Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Business School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
5019LBSBSC-JAN-MTP
Aims
The aims of this module are for students to develop a broad understanding of sustainability, appreciate how the world’s current sustainability challenges are affecting and are affected by business and to be able to competently discuss topics across a wide range of disciplines including business, economics, social issues and ecology. It will enable students to make informed decisions that incorporate ethical, environmental and responsible dimensions into management thinking - particularly strategic decision making.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Evaluate the processes that shape the natural world and their influence on and by human activities.
2.
Examine current trends and a range of data related to business and its interaction with the environment, society and the economy.
3.
Analyse and apply appropriate methods for putting sustainability into practice and then outline a strategy for organisational change towards a sustainability approach.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:- What is sustainability? History, definitions and concepts
- The global context
- Environmental dimensions of sustainability
Climate change
Resource depletion
Pollution
Waste and recycling
Alternative energy
- Social dimensions of sustainability
Water for the future
Food for the future
Eco-Tourism
- Economic dimensions of sustainability
- Sustainability reporting
- Theories and models of sustainability
- Putting sustainability into practice: Developing sustainably responsible strategies in business
Module Overview:
The aims of this module are for you to develop a broad understanding of sustainability, appreciate how the worlds current sustainability challenges are affecting and are affected by business, and to be able to competently discuss topics across a wide range of disciplines including business, economics, social issues and ecology. It will enable you to make informed decisions that incorporate ethical, environmental and responsible dimensions into management thinking - particularly strategic decision making.
The aims of this module are for you to develop a broad understanding of sustainability, appreciate how the worlds current sustainability challenges are affecting and are affected by business, and to be able to competently discuss topics across a wide range of disciplines including business, economics, social issues and ecology. It will enable you to make informed decisions that incorporate ethical, environmental and responsible dimensions into management thinking - particularly strategic decision making.
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