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Sustainable Business Practices (MGMT90208)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Semester 1
Overview
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This subject addresses the sustainability related challenges confronting business organisations, and how these can be overcome. Many organisations find it difficult to balance short and long-term objectives relating to economic, social and environmental outcomes. The subject addresses the complexity and multi-faceted nature of social and environmental issues and why they present significant challenges to organisations. Principles of sustainability will be discussed with reference to concepts such as corporate social responsibility, corporate political responsibility, triple bottom line thinking and creating shared value. It will then review how organisations respond to these challenges, both negatively and positively, and why they respond in these ways, including strategic, ethical and critical perspectives. The subject then addresses approaches that increase organisations’ capability for continuous renewal and long-term success, whilst also promoting social and environmental benefits. This will be done through a focus on topics such as managerial competencies and organisational capabilities for sustainability, stakeholder management, industry and transnational guidelines for sustainability, national regulation and self-regulation, and an integrated supply chain perspective.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- appreciate the variety of social, political and economic forces, stakeholders and issues affecting business organisations today at the global and local levels;
- identify and analyse current public issues in the interplay between businesses and their stakeholders, such as social justice, environmental degradation, varieties of globalisation, and privatisation;
- critically evaluate the debates around ethics, social responsibilities and sustainability for business; identify the different ethical frameworks for engaging in those debates; and understand how managers and marketers can respond to calls for social responsibility and sustainability; and
- apply the above learnings to real-world cases and situations.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- critical thinking about societal and ethical issues in organised settings;
- oral and written communication;
- problem solving and collaborative learning; and
- synthesis of data and other information.
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Class participation, due throughout the semester (10%);
- Group assignment of 3000 words (usually in groups of 3-4), Week 7-9 (30%);
- Reflective essays (2 x 500 words), Weeks 3 & 11 (10%); and
- 2 hour examination, end of semester (50%).
Note: Successful completion of this subject requires a pass (50%) in the final exam.
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Ben Neville Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36hrs (12 x three-hour seminars each week) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A collection of readings and case studies will be provided.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Management Course Master of Management (Marketing) Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Management (Marketing) Major Tailored Specialisation Major Governance, Policy and Markets Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Management Major Tailored Specialisation Major Tailored Specialisation Major Tailored Specialisation Major Tailored Specialisation Major Tailored Specialisation Major Governance, Policy and Markets - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 9 April 2024