Conflict Minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Part of the Pentalemma Series on Managing Global Dilemmas
Summary
Excerpt
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Epigraph
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Defining the Problem
- 2. Analyzing Costs and Benefits
- 3. Brainstorming Solutions
- Conclusion
- Other Books by This Author
Figure 1.1: Office locations of Speedy Devices and Pentalemma Inc.
Figure 1.2: Forecasted prices for tantalite ore over the next five years.
Conflict Minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo provides readers with a hands-on approach to dealing with the complexities unique to international management. The book draws strategically on this complexity to help readers cultivate greater critical thinking. It goes beyond the usual static business decisions related to setting the right price or memorizing truisms of management, choosing instead compelling real-world cases that require detailed deliberation and creative problem-solving. While the book has been fictionalized, it draws on firsthand fieldwork and rigorous research on actual business cases.
Each of the three chapters starts with a brief background of the context and the company, and then confronts the reader with a formidable and escalating challenge to work through. The scenarios include a high degree of complexity that companies often face in fragile environments, whether in developing or industrialized countries.
With a focus on cross-sector collaboration and managing the tensions between financial, social and environmental priorities, the book helps readers learn how to develop creative solutions to seemingly insurmountable dilemmas. It contributes in this way to management ←xi | xii→skills as well as to the knowledge needed to resolve issues in economic development, peace and conflict studies, political science, international relations and related fields.
Although the topics deal with high levels of complexity, they are written in an engaging and accessible way for both current and future managers interested in stakeholder management, business in developing countries, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainable business, international entrepreneurship, strategic leadership and global business issues.
Conflict Minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo is written as a trilogy to let readers experience how a business challenge evolves over three distinct phases in one location. This design enables readers to “stack” their learning from one part of the book to another. As business issues take on an increasingly global character, the material is organized to help the next generation of business leaders prepare for a wide range of scenarios in uniquely challenging environments.
Details
- Pages
- XVI, 94
- Publication Year
- 2020
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781433175626
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9781433175633
- ISBN (MOBI)
- 9781433175640
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433175619
- DOI
- 10.3726/b16467
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2020 (March)
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Oxford, Wien, 2020. XVI, 94 pp., 3 b/w ill.