Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Corporate Social Responsibility, John Kotter, Politicking With Larry King

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Hayden Woodley

Document Summary

Part 1: an introduction: organizational behaviour and management. Leading provider of food services and facilities management. Offers integrated facilities management services i. e. building maintenance, construction, landscaping, security, concierge services, housekeeping, fitness centre management. Better tomorrow plan: global initiative that was developed at the company"s headquarters. Global and local issues that touch every part of the organization. Three main pillars : actively promote nutrition, health, and wellness; support development of communities; protect the environment. Plan: company wide commitments to reduce its carbon footprint, water consumption, waste diversion and composting. Online toolkit to communicate to and engage employees. Green team: educate and engage employees + inspire them to adapt practises and reduce waste. Used cross functional teams to help with initiatives. Organizations: social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. That their essential characteristic is the coordinated presence of people. not things. People who present both opportunities and challenges.