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A Resource For Those Delivering Sustainability Courses in 2021

  • 1.  A Resource For Those Delivering Sustainability Courses in 2021

    Posted 12-19-2020 12:10

    Friends,

    For those developing and delivering sustainability classes in 2021, consider using Integrated Management: How Sustainability Creates Value for Any Business , from Emerald Press.

     

    A resource for Business School Sustainability Courses and curriculum.  Recipient of the 2020 Responsible Research for Business Management book award.  Endorsed by the CEO of Unilever Paul Polman, John Elkington, Scholars from Harvard, MIT, Boston College, American University, The Aspen Institute, The Living Futures Institute and industry consultants. 

    This book is an evidence based how-to resource. 

     

    Chapters include action learning activities and integration exercises for material practices, while showcasing best practices by top ranked companies.  It shows how sustainability is part of the decisions that are made every day and how it cuts across business functions, systems, and supply chains. The information within this book includes the application of systems thinking to complex problems, development of a vision and action plan, your own research, and action learning activities are all designed to accelerate management action, value creation, and the goal of a sustainable future.

     

    Each chapter includes applied learning, what's your Integrated Enterprise (IntEnt) questions, along with templates for a customizable integrated management strategy statement; strategic sustainability assessment; use of the social cost of carbon dioxide in financial decision analysis; and the creation of a vision and action plan.

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    Table of ContentS

     

    SECTION I

    A DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE FRONTIER – BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY

    Chapter 1 The Integration Opportunity

    Chapter 2 Critical Dimensions of Integration – Enablers

    Chapter 3 A Customized Approach for Any Enterprise

     

    SECTION II

    BUILD SHARED UNDERSTANDING

    Chapter 4 Integration Across Disciplines

    Chapter 5 Value Creation for Stakeholders and Shareholders

     

    SECTION III

    ASSESSING THE CURRENT REALITY (As Is)

    Chapter 6 Design Thinking – Life Cycle Assessment

    Chapter 7 Enterprise Systems – Operational & Strategic Assessment

     

    Section IV

    BRAINSTORMING ACTIONS TO CLOSE THE GAP (To Be)

    Chapter 8 The Changing Performance Frontier – Evolution & Trends

    Chapter 9 Crossing the Chasm – Evidence & Opportunity

    Chapter 10 Propositions – Integration and Innovation

     

    Section

    PRIORITIZATION – ACTION

    Chapter 11 The Strategic Integrated Enterprises We Have Been Waiting For

    Chapter 12 The Future – What Could Be (Beyond Sustainability)?

     

    https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Integrated-Management/?k=9781787145627

     

    Best Regards,

    Robert Sroufe, Ph.D.

    #1 Ranked MBA Program in the U.S. by The Corporate Knights

    Palumbo-Donahue Graduate School of Business

    Murrin Chair of Global Competitiveness

    Management Department

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       Integrated Management: How Sustainability Creates Value for Any Business

    The Power of Existing Buildings   The Power of Existing Buildings

      Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value Vol I & II

        Strategic Sustainability

     

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