LB5203 - Sustainable Enterprise
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2012 |
| 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 5 | |
| Census Date 03-May-2012 | |
| Face to face teaching 04-May-2012 to 20-May-2012 (Fri 4/5 6pm-9pm, Sat 5/5 & Sun 6/5 9am-5pm AND Fri 18/5 6pm-9pm, Sat 19/5 & Sun 20/5 9am-5pm) | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
| Lecturers: | Professor Lynne Eagle, Professor David Low, Professor Peter Case, Professor Philip Pearce, Dr Alastair Birtles. |
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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 04-Oct-2012 | |
| Face to face teaching 04-Oct-2012 to 08-Oct-2012 (Thurs 4/10 and Fri 5/10 4pm-9pm, Sat 6/10 and Sun 7/10 9am-5pm, Mon 8/10 4pm-9pm; Plus 5hrs directed work by Lecturer) | |
| 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%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 22-Mar-2012 | |
| 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, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 15-Nov-2012 | |
| 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, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 09-Aug-2012 | |
| 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 22 | |
| Census Date 09-Aug-2012 | |
| 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, Block, Study Period 27 | |
| Census Date 13-Dec-2012 | |
| Face to face teaching 01-Oct-2012 to 06-Jan-2013 | |
| 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.