Business in Society

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09/02/2014

begin before the beginning

Brink of Extinction
Invention of subsistence agriculture- org. and technology
operative principles of SA (subsistence agriculture)
SA in the USA 1830s
Business roles & responsibilities- 1830s
Capitalism & democracy in 19th century
Commercial and industrial revolutions
Contemporary NS business roles & responsibilities.
Compare and contrast 1830s/today continuity and change
Why so much expansion? Roles & responsibilities?

Hominoids:
Ancestral ape-civillian
Homo Habilis 4.5m
Australopithecus 1.8m (Lucy)
Homo Erectus -1.4m
Paleolithic 250-300,000
Neanderthal 250,000
Denisovans 250,000???
Homo Sapiens 120,000???
The further backward you look, the farther forward you can see
Winston Churchill

From Predators to Peasants

Technology domestication of plants and animals.

Plants
Animals

Organization socio-economic system of subsistence agriculture

we are tethered. We do not think so but were 100% tethered (tied)
to nature.
The world until yesterday: SA
Purpose:
Survival nasty, brutish, and short Thomas Hobbes
Labor intensity, production
Insurance principle (known risk/population)
o Extended family
o Multi-cropping
o Ecological conversation