SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT (BA5061)

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This is a “big .picture” comprehensive course covering sustainability management topics. It cuts across the whole spectrum of business and management with a focus on sustainability (economic, social, ethical and ecological returns). Climate Change, the greatest unmet challenge facing contemporary managers and organizations, is a particular focus. We will look at sustainability issues presenting “wicked” and untamed (complex) contexts for managers and evaluate how current theories and practices perform and fail to perform in these contexts. May be taken twice for credit.

Code: 
BA5061
Name: 
SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT
Discipline: 
BA (Business)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Graduate
Credits: 
2
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
Yes
Pre-requisites: 
Major=MSc: International Management OR Major=MSc: Int'l Mgmt (NGO & Mission-Based Track) OR Major=MSc: Int'l Mgmt (Sustainability Systems Track) OR Major=MSc: Strategic Brand Management
Co-requisites: 
None
Equivalencies: 
SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT (GR5061)

Learning Outcomes

  1. To acquire practical experience in managing with sustainability issues in organizations.
  2. To explore conceptual frameworks and models and analyze strategic dilemmas regarding sustainability.
  3. To investigate some of the common narratives of sustainability and explore how these may have an influence our current perceptions.
  4. To understand local, regional, and global levels of sustainability policy and practice, as well as the inherent conflicts and paradoxes that may arise between these levels.

Offering(s)

Term Code Name
Spring 2025 BA5061 SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT

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