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Ganson, B. (2013). Management in Complex Environments Questions for Leaders.

2025 PGD BMA TEAMS UTW

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Session 1: The business enterprise

The Brazilian mining disaster and BHP Biliton

WEF Global Risks Report - 2024

Understanding the World - Session 1

Session 2: The social environment

Raising the pension age in Russia causes controversy

Better prospects in South Africa for all in society

Slides for Theme 2 (Social environment) A Roux

Session 3: The economic environment

Eberstadt, N. (2021). The China Challenge: A Demographic Predicament Will Plague the Mainland for Decades

IMF. (2021). South Africa: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2021 Article IV Mission

Slides for Theme 3 (Economic environment) A Roux

Session 4: The legal environment

Ganson 2021 International standards of corporate performance

Equatania Case Study

Understanding the World - Session 4

Session 5: The political environment

A populist president in Brazil

Political risks in Mali

Understanding the World - Session 5

Session 6: Global finance

Bayer takes over Monsanto - What are the implications

PepsiCos Pioneer Foods offering

Aizenman et al (2010)

Understanding the World - Session 6A

Understanding the World - Session 6B

PepsiCo Pioneer Answers

Session 7: Technology and Innovation

D Viljoen Slide pack Session 7 UTW 2025

Session 8: Ecology and climate change

The end for diesel

Plastic waste and what to do about it

Session 8: ecology and climate change slides

Session 9: Sustainability

Ten years on from the global financial crisis - a sustainable recovery

Tech billionaires turn philanthropists

Sustainability

Session 9: Sustainability slides

Session 10: Closure

Bean There - coffee as a vehicle

Understanding the World - Session 10

Assessments

Test - 19 May 2025

Engagement Quiz

Engagement Quiz

Supplementary Assignment - 24 November 2025
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