LB5203 - Sustainable Enterprise
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| 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 6 | |
| Census Date 27-Jun-2013 | |
| Face to face teaching 14-Jun-2013 to 30-Jun-2013 (Fri 14/6 6pm-9pm, Sat 15/6 & Sun 16/6 9am-5pm AND Fri 28/6 6pm-9pm, Sat 29/6 & Sun 30/6 9am-5pm) | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
| Lecturers: | Dr Tingzhen Chen, Professor Gianna Moscardo, 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%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject. |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 9 | |
| Census Date 10-Oct-2013 | |
| Face to face teaching 18-Oct-2013 to 03-Nov-2013 (Fri 18/10 6pm-9pm , Sat 19/10 and Sun 20/10 9am-5pm, Fri 1/11 6pm-9pm , Sat 2/11 and Sun 3/11 9am-5pm) | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
| Lecturers: | Dr Tingzhen Chen, Professor Gianna Moscardo. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); literature/concept review-report on contemporary publications (20%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject. |
| JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 55 | |
| Census Date 13-Jun-2013 | |
| Face to face teaching 01-Jun-2013 to 23-Jun-2013 (1/6, 4/6, 6/6, 9/6, 11/6, 13/6, 15/6, 23/6) | |
| 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 51 | |
| Census Date 21-Mar-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%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 18-Jul-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%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 14-Nov-2013 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Purnendu Mandal, 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 18-Apr-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
| Lecturer: | Mr Ian Kirkwood. |
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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 26 | |
| Census Date 12-Sep-2013 | |
| Face to face teaching (As per study period) | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
| Lecturer: | Mr Ian Kirkwood. |
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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 13-Dec-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Tingzhen Chen |
| Lecturer: | Mr Ian Kirkwood. |
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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 12-Dec-2013 | |
| Face to face teaching 07-Dec-2013 to 15-Dec-2013 (7/8 and 14/15 Dec. Exam 19 Dec 2013) | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
| Lecturer: | Mr Ian Kirkwood. |
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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.