Full Description
Around the globe, faculty and higher education leaders are actively changing what they teach to create a sustainable world. This book shares how to transition to programs and courses that teach sustainable business management practices critical for success.
Students are demanding more than the same business courses taught for half a century. Faculty are wondering if they have the expertise to include sustainable business practices. Easy to read and relatable, this book provides tactical ideas for transitioning from current business curriculum to courses for a sustainable future. It compiles insights and recommendations from 28 global experts who have put ideas into practice. Each chapter addresses integration of sustainability topics into existing subject areas and offers ideas for adding new courses or concepts to ground business in the context of the global socio-environmental community.
The book offers actionable ways that administrators and faculty can immediately begin transitioning their business curriculum to one that is socially and environmentally sustainable.
Contents
Introduction 1. Changing management education: tapping into the forgotten power of the mindset 2. The positive impact rating as a platform for change 3. A teaching journey from corporate responsibility to systems understanding 4. Transforming business education to create regenerative value at scale 5. Climate savvy graduates: because it is time, and we must 6. Emotions, AI and coaching pedagogy for the evolution of sustainability education 7. University campuses: living laboratories for transformational programs 8. Woxsen University as a model for sustainable business school transformation 9. Inspirational paradigm: rethinking business education 10. The Bard MBA in sustainability: baked in, not bolted on 11. Curricular design and business education focused on sustainability: the importance of an interconnected and comprehensive strategy 12. Sustainability in action: an experiential learning course in international business 13. Marketing principles for a sustainable world: transforming the foundation 14. Developing a 21st-century sustainability leader 15. Mapping affections: cartography as a pedagogical tool for teaching ecocentrism in business schools 16. Just doing it
