Conference proceeding
Integrating sustainability in the business curriculum: an exploratory study
ANZAM 2010: refereed papers of the 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
ANZAM 2010: refereed papers of the 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (Adelaide, Australia., 08/12/2010 - 10/12/2010)
2010
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Abstract
The challenge to embed sustainability in the formal curriculum has been greatest for the business studies curriculum. Schools of business have been perceived as key socialising agencies for the intelligentsia of advanced capitalist societies, whereas the students of sustainability need to be helped to critique the dominant capitalist paradigm and consider its alternatives. Drawing on a critical perspective of education for sustainability, this paper presents a detailed examination of the sustainability curriculum at a regional university in Australia. The paper contributes to the discussion needed to understand what sustainability skills are required by managers and how tertiary education programs may need to change to develop these skills. In this way the nature of the role that business schools should be playing in leading and managing change towards sustainability is further informed.
Details
- Title
- Integrating sustainability in the business curriculum: an exploratory study
- Creators
- Tania von der Heidt - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- ANZAM 2010: refereed papers of the 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
- Conference
- ANZAM 2010: refereed papers of the 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (Adelaide, Australia., 08/12/2010 - 10/12/2010)
- Publisher
- ANZAM; Adelaide, SA
- Identifiers
- 1125; 991012821240202368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; School of Business and Tourism
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding