It is no longer acceptable for organisations to focus entirely on financial success if they are to be competitive on the global stage. As corporate scandals continue to make headlines, you will expand your strategic thinking beyond your organisation’s competitive financial environment to consider its broader impact on society. You will grapple with the conflicting outcomes of maximising financial return and societal impact as you develop the skills to create a balance that is sustainable. Through structured learning activities (video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments) you will gain an appreciation of how important sustainability will be for every organisation in the future – and how to achieve it.
Этот курс входит в специализацию ''Специализация Strategising: Management for Global Competitive Advantage'
Global sustainability and corporate social responsibility: Be sustainable
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Чему вы научитесь
Assess business decisions using metrics including financial maximization, shareholder value, customer well-being, and societal impact
Apply the principles and tools of complex systems thinking to sustainable business challenges and/or opportunities
Identify and evaluate strategies, processes and leadership techniques that enable successful sustainability transitions in a business context
Приобретаемые навыки
SustainabilityCorporate Social ResponsibilityEthics
Программа курса: что вы изучите
Неделя
14 ч. на завершение
The nature of sustainability
What is sustainability, why, and when did the concept develop, and why is it of crucial strategic importance for business? This week you will be introduced to the drivers that have given rise to the concept of sustainability; the diverse range of ethical, social, and environmental issues it contains; and the main global definitions, goals and frameworks of sustainable development. To provide context for the above, you will start by reviewing contemporary examples, from some of the world's most powerful corporations, of how neglect of sustainability has resulted in massive financial, reputational, and social costs.
5 видео ((всего 18 мин.)), 7 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов
5 видео
Week 1 outline1мин
Video 1.1 The origins of sustainability3мин
Video 1.2 The sustainable development goals3мин
Video 1.3 Business and the sustainable development goals5мин
7 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Become a Global MBA degree learner1мин
Course overview1мин
Learning activities and assessment1мин
Sustainability30мин
Sustainable development goals30мин
UN Global Compact30мин
UN global compact30мин
2 практического упражнения
Recall: The nature of sustainability30мин
Week 1
Неделя
22 ч. на завершение
Concerns with business impacts
What is it about the history and practices of business that have given rise to wider societal concerns regarding its impact on the sustainability of our world? Focussing upon three major developments – i) industrialisation, ii) neoliberalism, and iii) globalisation – this week you will examine the root of concerns with business impact on areas such as environmental pollution, inequality, and the quality of working lives. Understanding some of this wider critical context is an essential foundation if businesses and business leaders are to retain or gain the trust of the community, consumers, regulators, and employees.
4 видео ((всего 23 мин.)), 3 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов
4 видео
Week 2 Outline2мин
Video 2.1 Industrialisation5мин
Video 2.2 Neoliberalism8мин
Video 2.3 Globalisation and multinational corporations (MNCs)6мин
3 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Industrialisation and human activity30мин
'Free to compete' or free to deplete?30мин
Self-dealing, protectionism, and authoritarian globalisation30мин
2 практического упражнения
Recall: Sustainability and business impacts30мин
Week 2
Неделя
33 ч. на завершение
Strategic responses to sustainability
Given the complexities of the relationship between business and sustainability, what are the key sustainable strategies that businesses can employ? You will be introduced to three such strategies this week, organised around: i) business ethics, ii) corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate philanthropy, and iii) natural or green capitalism. Through an examination of contemporary business practices, you will see that strategies in the above areas may still signal a variety of value positions by businesses, including those proactively committed to, reactive to, and resistant of sustainability.
4 видео ((всего 24 мин.)), 3 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов
4 видео
Week 3 outline3мин
Video 3.1 Organisational ethics programs5мин
Video 3.2 Corporate social responsibility (CSR)7мин
Video 3.3 Market-based environmentalism6мин
3 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Values and integrity30мин
Strategic CSR30мин
The ‘green’ paradigm shift30мин
2 практического упражнения
Recall: Strategic responses to sustainability30мин
Week 3
Неделя
43 ч. на завершение
The difficulty of being ethical in organisations
Why is it that some business leaders may knowingly engage in strategies that are unsustainable? Is there something particular to formal organisational structures that make them spaces where being ethical can seem the hardest thing to do? This week we consider important social scientific research that examines the dynamics by which such things as organisational hierarchy, too close an identification with work roles, a focus on procedures and instrumental outcomes, even relations of authority, can dramatically inhibit or subvert our sense of ethical responsibility in organisations.
4 видео ((всего 19 мин.)), 3 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов
4 видео
Week 4 outline2мин
Video 4.1 Are some managers evil?4мин
Video 4.2 Bureaucratic organisations and amorality4мин
Video 4.3 Authority, role following, and the loss of ethics7мин
3 материала для самостоятельного изучения
'A few bad apples?'30мин
The sins of bureaucratic rationality30мин
Ethical decision-making30мин
2 практического упражнения
Recall: The difficulty of being ethical in organisations30мин
Week 4
Неделя
53 ч. на завершение
New and emerging sustainable business strategies
Much of the strategy field concentrates upon the strategies of large, profit maximising, corporations. Some of the most interesting and innovating strategies however may emerge across different types of organisation and context. This week you will examine some of these – concentrating upon the areas of social entrepreneurship, micro-finance, public-private partnerships, and examples of smaller businesses embedding sustainability in their local communities. There is considerable promise with some of the above strategies and practices, but as we shall examine, even here we still need to be attentive to tensions and open to critique in terms of how sustainability is achieved.
4 видео ((всего 24 мин.)), 3 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов
4 видео
Week 5 outline1мин
Video 5.1 Socially responsible investing6мин
Video 5.2 Social entrepreneurship8мин
Video 5.3 Cross-sector sustainability partnerships7мин
3 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Conscious investing30мин
Greenwashing30мин
Sustainable partnerships30мин
2 практического упражнения
Recall: New and emerging sustainable business strategies30мин
Week 5
Неделя
63 ч. на завершение
Taking sustainable strategy forward
How can you transfer knowledge about sustainable strategies into effective practices in the business domain? This week directs you to resources that you can draw upon to seek to develop more sustainable strategy in your own current and future organisational roles. Organised around industry, firm, and individual levels, these lessons considers international best practice on corporate governance systems, global business sustainability compacts, guidance on responsible supply chain practices, and research on raising ethical issues in a business setting.
4 видео ((всего 24 мин.)), 2 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов
4 видео
Week 6 outline1мин
Video 6.1 Organisational level resources and strategies6мин
Video 6.2 Resisting unsustainable workplaces7мин
Video 6.3 Raising value issues at work7мин
2 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Actionable SDGs: Corporate level resources and strategies30мин
Sustainability, values, and change30мин
2 практического упражнения
Recall: Taking sustainability strategy forward30мин
Week 6
Преподаватели
Associate Professor Edward Wray-Bliss
Department of ManagementMacquarie University
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О Университет Маккуори
Macquarie is ranked among the top one per cent of universities in the world, and with a 5-star QS rating, we are recognised for producing graduates who are among the most sought-after professionals in the world. Since our foundation 54 years ago, we have aspired to be a different type of university: one focused on fostering collaboration between students, academics, industry and society.
О специализации ''Strategising: Management for Global Competitive Advantage'
Leaders must have the ability to develop and deploy effective strategies. This specialisation will prepare you to be the strategic change-maker capable of enabling your organisation to compete into the future. You will learn: how to think strategically to make your organisation more competitive (Be Competitive); how crucial it now is for supply chains to effectively meet customer demands (Be Global); how to leverage technology and innovation to disrupt and reshape your organisation (Be Disruptive); and how to make a positive contribution to the world while effectively maintaining the bottom line (Be Sustainable).
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