LB5203 - Sustainable Enterprise
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
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.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | BU5110 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 6 | |
| Census Date 16-Jun-2016 | |
| Face to face teaching 10-Jun-2016 to 26-Jun-2016 (6-9pm Fri 10 June, 9-5pm Sat 11 & Sun 12 June; 6-9pm Fri 24 June, 9-5pm Sat 25 & Sun 26 June) | |
| Coord/Lect: | 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 07-Apr-2016 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); literature/concept review report on contemporary publications (20%). |
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An enrolment quota applies to this offering. |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 08-Dec-2016 | |
| 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, Limited, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 11-Aug-2016 | |
| Face to face teaching (Face to Face Dates are: 8, 9 and 15 October 2016.) | |
| 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 07-Apr-2016 | |
| 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-2016 | |
| 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 11-Aug-2016 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Philip Pearce |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); literature/concept review report on contemporary publications (20%). |
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