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  • 1.  Sustainability and Strategic Management

    Posted 09-24-2006 11:17

    Dear Colleagues,

     

    I am teaching the exit/capstone course on Strategic Management to undergraduate students of the <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Business Administration</st1:placename> in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">South Florida</st1:placename></st1:place>.   

    While designing this course, I took up the challenge of integrating knowledge on strategic management with that of sustainable development.  My objective has therefore been to educate my students on strategic management of organizations from a relational and resource perspective, while simultaneously guiding them to develop deeper appreciation of corporate organizations as "social" institutions.

     

    In this course, I have therefore included sessions that exclusively focus on corporate environmental management, corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability.

    This way I am attempting to reveal the complex and dynamic interlinkages among socio-cultural, environmental, and economic institutions within which corporate organizations are deeply embedded and operating, and the influence of such global to local institutional settings on corporate survival and strategic growth.

     

    And while I am trying to sensitize my students on these complex issues, I am also hoping that at least some of them would be fascinated and inspired by this area of knowledge, and propagate these issues as they take up managerial positions in future, or pursue higher academic goals.

     

    At this stage, I am looking for some very basic and foundational readings (including video resources) on corporate sustainability, corporate environmental management, triple bottom line reporting and corporate social responsibility that I can share with my students.  Since they are undergraduates, I am looking for educational resources which are appropriately pitched to their level, which they can easily grasp, and which does not overwhelm (or scare) them!

     

    I am teaching this course for the first time and aiming to achieve this level of depth.  Please guide me on to some resources which you think will be useful to me in my above objectives.  I will greatly benefit from your knowledge, expertise and experience as an ONE scholar and therefore look forward to your help and advice.  Thank you very much.

     

    Sincerely,

     

    Aarti

     

    Aarti Sharma

    Department of Management & Organization

    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Business Administration</st1:placename></st1:place>

    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">University of South</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">Florida</st1:state></st1:place>

    <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">4202 E. Fowler Ave.</st1:address></st1:street>, BSN-3524

    Tampa, FL-33620-5500

    Tel: 813-974-4354

    Fax: 813- 974-1734



  • 2.  Sustainability and Strategic Management

    Posted 09-24-2006 16:05
    I highly recommend doing a google on "Industrial Systems of
    Tomorrow:Finding Sustainability Through Natural
    Systems". This video will give you several case studies of businesses
    which have integrated sustainability
    into their business practices. It also looks at sustainability from an
    Industrial Ecology perspective.

    Tony Sarkis



    Sharma, Aarti wrote:

    > Dear Colleagues,
    >
    > I am teaching the exit/capstone course on Strategic Management to
    > undergraduate students of the College of Business Administration in
    > the University of South Florida.
    >
    > While designing this course, I took up the challenge of integrating
    > knowledge on strategic management with that of sustainable
    > development. My objective has therefore been to educate my students on
    > strategic management of organizations from a relational and resource
    > perspective, while simultaneously guiding them to develop deeper
    > appreciation of corporate organizations as “social” institutions.
    >
    > In this course, I have therefore included sessions that exclusively
    > focus on corporate environmental management, corporate social
    > responsibility and corporate sustainability.
    >
    > This way I am attempting to reveal the complex and dynamic
    > interlinkages among socio-cultural, environmental, and economic
    > institutions within which corporate organizations are deeply embedded
    > and operating, and the influence of such global to local institutional
    > settings on corporate survival and strategic growth.
    >
    > And while I am trying to sensitize my students on these complex
    > issues, I am also hoping that at least some of them would be
    > fascinated and inspired by this area of knowledge, and propagate these
    > issues as they take up managerial positions in future, or pursue
    > higher academic goals.
    >
    > At this stage, I am looking for some very basic and foundational
    > readings (including video resources) on corporate sustainability,
    > corporate environmental management, triple bottom line reporting and
    > corporate social responsibility that I can share with my students.
    > Since they are undergraduates, I am looking for educational resources
    > which are appropriately pitched to their level, which they can easily
    > grasp, and which does not overwhelm (or scare) them!
    >
    > I am teaching this course for the first time and aiming to achieve
    > this level of depth. Please guide me on to some resources which you
    > think will be useful to me in my above objectives. I will greatly
    > benefit from your knowledge, expertise and experience as an ONE
    > scholar and therefore look forward to your help and advice. Thank you
    > very much.
    >
    > Sincerely,
    >
    > /Aarti /
    >
    > Aarti Sharma
    >
    > Department of Management & Organization
    >
    > College of Business Administration
    >
    > University of South Florida
    >
    > 4202 E. Fowler Ave., BSN-3524
    >
    > Tampa, FL-33620-5500
    >
    > Tel: 813-974-4354
    >
    > Fax: 813- 974-1734
    >
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