2010 Course Handbook
BUS860: Organisational Change for Sustainability
This unit takes an interdisciplinary perspective to prepare students for implementing and managing sustainability in business and other organisations. It provides participants with the change management and organisational learning and development skills required to ensure that organisations can meet sustainability challenges such as eco-effectiveness, sustainable people management and strategic corporate social responsibility. The unit integrates concepts and techniques from organisational areas imipacting on sustainability performance, including human resource management, employee and other stakeholder relations, diversity management and workforce planning, leadership and entrepreneurship. It emphasises their application in the workforce through case studies and critical comparison of change management techniques.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Professor Suzanne Benn, Professor Lucy Taksa |
| Prerequisites: | BUS651 |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | GSE838 |
| Unit Designations: | Commerce |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Marketing and Management Faculty of Business and Economics |