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This chapter summarises the foundations of management knowledge and expertise so as to provide a foundation and context for the rest of the book. This is defined from the point of view of what is a more or less agreed body of knowledge and expertise as established to date. This is then in turn set in the context of the world as it is at present, with especial reference to the restructuring of businesses, business and the economic and social world order as it emerges from the COVID19 pandemic.
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Pettinger, R. (2020). The Foundations of Management. In: The Socio-Economic Foundations of Sustainable Business. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39274-1_1
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