1st Edition

Corporate Environmental Management 2 Culture and Organization

Edited By Richard Welford Copyright 1997

    The second book in a series looking at management techniques which could be implemented by a business in order to improve its environmental performance, this text identifies the best practices and examines the key tools within the framework of corporate environmental management. Richard Welford and contributors explore the various organizational and cultural concepts which firmly place the corporate environmental management agenda within the human dimension.

    Part 1: Introduction  The Ecological Challenge in Organization Theory and Organizational Behaviour  Part 2: Framing the Organizational Dimensions of the Natural Environment  Defining the Problem - Diagnostic Tools to Explore the Evolution of Unsustainable Practice in Organizations  The Challenge of Ecological Logic - Explaining Distinctive Organizational Phenomena in Corporate Environmental Management  Power, Organizational Culture and Ecological Abuse  Part 3: Developing Strategies for Managerial Action  Developing an Environmental Culture Through Organizational Change and Learning  Reassessing Culture and Strategy - Environmental Improvements, Structure, Leadership and Control  Culture Change, pluralism and Participation  Human Resource Management, Strategic Organizational Capabilities and Sustainable Development

    Biography

    Richard Welford is Professor of Business Economics at the University of Huddersfield and Director of the Centre for Corporate Environmental Management.