BU5113:03
Managing Sustainable International and Regional Industry Development
Cairns
HECS Band 2
40 hours lectures. October block mode.
An analysis of the reasons for the introduction of sustainable international and regional industry development. The subject looks at a wide variety of different strategies utilised in a broad cross-section of industries, including manufacturing, natural resources, construction, services and tourism. Topics examined include: international patterns of renewable and non-renewable resources use; causes, consequences and costs to the international community of the deterioration of the natural environment from international and regional business development strategies; concepts of carrying capacity and ecologically sustainable development; global growth of ‘green’ consumerism and its impact upon international business; the impact of microprocessor technology and biotechnology on sustainability strategies; government and business policies and reactions to different sustainable development approaches; implementing a sustainable international and regional industry development approach; the future of sustainable industrial development in developed and developing economies.
Learning Objectives:
- using the skills acquired in earlier core subjects, the subject develops cross-functional and holistic thinking and the ability to recognise opportunities for sustainable international and regional industry development;
- identification and evaluation, industry and competitor analysis, strategic alliances and joint ventures, innovation in multi-divisional organisations, globalisation, international diversification strategy and managing multinational organisations;
- understand the challenge of formulating effective sustainable international and regional industrial development strategies that balance the opportunities and risks associated with dynamic and uncertain changes in business competitiveness and the need to protect the natural environment both globally and regionally;
- understand the complex issues surrounding sustainable international and regional industrial development through an in-depth fieldwork exercise.
Assessment to be advised by first week of lectures.