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| Location | Domestic | International |
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| China - TUST | N/A | |
| Melbourne | N/A | |
| Online | ||
| Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby | N/A | |
| Perth | N/A | |
| Sydney | N/A |
Unit description
The unit applies the concept of sustainability to contemporary business organisations by examining a range of innovative environmental and social management tools.
Unit content
- Sustainability
- Sustainability and business
- CSR & stakeholders
- Sustainable economics
- Sustainable Business Models 1
- Sustainable Business Models 2
- Energy, carbon & climate
- Waste, pollution & recycling
- Sustainable production, supply chains and consumption
- Strategy & sustainability
- Life cycle analysis and sustainability accounting
- Social business
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Evaluate the relevance of sustainability as a primary goal of business. |
| 2 | Apply the new models of sustainable business to transform conventional business organisations into sustainable organisations. |
| 3 | Apply the sustainability paradigm to the traditional business functions of marketing, HRM, accounting, economics, supply chain management and management strategy. |
| 4 | Evaluate organisational performance against relevant sustainability benchmarks. |
| 5 | Develop creative solutions to remove causes of unsustainability. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Evaluate the relevance of sustainability as a primary goal of business.
- Apply the new models of sustainable business to transform conventional business organisations into sustainable organisations.
- Apply the sustainability paradigm to the traditional business functions of marketing, HRM, accounting, economics, supply chain management and management strategy.
- Evaluate organisational performance against relevant sustainability benchmarks.
- Develop creative solutions to remove causes of unsustainability.
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
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International
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