PERETTI MARÍA FLORENCIA
Artículos
Título:
Sustainable management in the Argentinean companies: concepts and degree of implementation
Autor/es:
PERETTI, M. F.
Revista:
Social Responsibility Journal
Editorial:
De Montfort University, UK - Emerald
Referencias:
Lugar: Leicester, UK; Año: 2007 vol. 3 p. 52 - 52
ISSN:
1747-1117
Resumen:
tarting from the concepts that Administration Theory has been incorporating during the last decade as regards sustainable management and social responsibility, this work presents a study of the state of the art as for the knowledge and application of these contributions to the Argentinean companies. The above mentioned concepts include those related to the management and the valuation of variables which are traditionally not measurable and they appear as the main obstacle when implementing these new theories. The used methodology included the analysis of secondary sources as well as interviews with key informants, and it allowed to conclude that the Argentinean companies are still a long way behind as for sustainability management. Even though Argentine businessmen appear to be very interested about the knowledge of these new concepts, there is neither a full assimilation of them, nor an integral implementation by the organizations, specially the SMEs which are even further behind tha