Program Overview

Unit Overview

The Sustainable Business Management unit explores the crucial role of business in solving social and environmental problems while remaining economically viable in the long term. Innovative business models guide the creative transformation of business, including the redesign of products and services, and production and delivery systems, so that business becomes a powerful and positive change agent.

Unit Description

In this unit, we explore the crucial role of business in solving social and environmental problems whilst remaining economically viable in the long term. Innovative business models guide the creative transformation of business including the redesign of products and services, and production and delivery systems, so that business becomes a powerful and positive change agent.

Unit Content

The unit content includes:

• Module 1: Sustainability, social responsibility and business
• Module 2: Sustainable business best practice
• Module 3: Sustainable business models
• Module 4: Managing energy, waste and supply chains
• Module 5: Life cycle analysis, sustainability accounting and sustainable consumption
• Module 6: Social Entrepreneurship

Availabilities

The unit is available at the following locations and terms:

• Brisbane: Term 3
• China - TUST: N/A
• Dual: Term 4
• Gold Coast: Term 1, 3, 5
• Melbourne: Term 1, 3
• Online: Term 1, 3, 5
• Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby: N/A
• Perth: Term 1, 3
• Sydney: Term 1, 3

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

• Apply sustainable business principles to transform conventional business organisations into sustainable organisations
• Evaluate organisational performance against sustainability best practice benchmarks
• Develop creative solutions to remove causes of unsustainability
• Evaluate the potential for business to solve social problems

Prescribed Learning Resources

The prescribed learning resources for the unit include:

• For Term 1:
  • Prescribed Text: Moscardo, G, Lamberton, G & Wells, G, et al., 2013, Sustainability in Australian business: principles and practice, John Wiley & Sons, Milton (available as e-book only)
  • Prescribed Resources/Equipment: No prescribed resources/equipment
• For other terms:
  • Prescribed Text: Information not currently available
  • Prescribed Resources/Equipment: Information not currently available

Unit Details

• Unit type: UG Coursework Unit
• Credit points: 12
• Faculty/College: Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
• Placement: No
• Enrolment information: N/A