LB5203 - Sustainable Enterprise
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
This subject examines contested meanings of sustainability; integrated models of sustainability (economic, environmental, social and cultural); the growth of the sustainability movement; measuring sustainability (metrics and management); sustainability as seen through the ecoadvantage model - that is how enterprises can build returns, reduce costs, limit risks and build reputations; international and cross-cultural perspectives on sustainability; how to change and foster good corporate sustainable practices and issues in the communication of sustainability.
Learning Outcomes
- understand relationships between sustainability, government policies and enterprise strategies;
- understand contemporary approaches to measuring and reporting the outcomes of enterprise sustainability strategies;
- recognise and understand the linkages between sustainability, value creation, risk and effective use of global resources;
- understand and critically evaluate sustainability and sustainable development concepts and issues.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to appraise information critically;
- The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
- The ability to think laterally and be original;
- The ability to conceptualise problems;
- The ability to conceptualise and evaluate a range of potential solutions to relevant problems.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | BU5110 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 4 | |
| Census Date 17-Mar-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching 23-Mar-2011 to 10-Apr-2011 (Fri 25/3 6pm-9pm, Sat 26/3 & Sun 27/3 9am-5pm AND Fri 8/4 6pm-9pm, Sat 9/4 & Sun 10/4 9am-5pm) | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
| Lecturer: | Professor Gianna Moscardo. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); literature/concept review report on contemporary publications (20%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 9 | |
| Census Date 06-Oct-2011 | |
| Non-standard start/end 16-Sep-2011 to 18-Nov-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching 16-Sep-2011 to 09-Oct-2011 (Fri 16/9 6pm-9pm , Sat 17/9 & Sun 18/9 9am-5pm AND Fri 7/10 6pm-9pm, Sat 8/10 & Sun 9/10 9am-5pm) | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
| Lecturer: | Mr Paul Lynch. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); literature/concept review-report on contemporary publications (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 21-Jul-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); literature/concept review report on contemporary publications (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 56 | |
| Census Date 22-Sep-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching 27-Aug-2011 to 18-Sep-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); literature/concept review report on contemporary publications (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 14-Apr-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); literature/concept review report on contemporary publications (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 08-Dec-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); literature/concept review report on contemporary publications (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 24 | |
| Census Date 17-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); literature/concept review report on contemporary publications (20%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.