M: Management
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259732805
Author: Thomas S Bateman, Scott A Snell, Robert Konopaske
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Case summary: Every year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Country U picks few associations to get the "Green Power Partner of the Year" award. This honour perceives organizations that separate themselves through their green power use, authority, their strategy as a whole and effect on the green power market. In the year 2015,the winners were Company A, Company M, and an ice hockey team called Team NHL. Company A is growing the green power market. For instance, the tech mammoth is banding together with First Solar to manufacture a business measured solar plant in City N. Company M as of late met its objective of diminishing carbon emissions by 30% beneath the company's 2007 pattern.
Characters in the case: Company A, Company M, Company NHL, and Country U.
To discuss: The ways leaders at these organizations have persuaded stakeholders to embrace green initiatives.
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