Enabling business organizations to serve the Common Good
Building hope on the African continent
A South African University have restated their mission to be true builders of hope on the African continent, and to blaze new trails with a “science for society” strategy that puts its strengths and expertise at the service of human need. The project, that has received considerable funding from internal and external sources, enables research [...]
Student help co-create an MBA for the planet
A growing number of companies are increasing their commitment to sustainability – particularly those working with commodities, chemicals, consumer products, retailing and industrial goods and machinery. A university in Exeter, United Kingdom, has incorporated sustainability studies in its MBA programme – providing a transformative, reflective, and issue-based learning curriculum. Working closely with a well-known environmental [...]
Pedagogy of passion for sustainability
Current practices in teaching sustainable management are replete with scientific facts, analytical tools, optimization models, and management techniques. A Professor at a Canadian business school argues that we need to focus on transformative learning, reflective practice and fieldwork, and issue-centred learning when teaching sustainability – specifically by helping students develop a passion to tackle the [...]
Strengthening leadership in a family business
In the past more businesses were managed according to the long-term interests of the owners and their families. One peer-based learning organisation in the UK employs transformative learning techniques to help a large family business retain its core values of independence, creativity, innovation and quality, sustainability, globally responsible practice and financial conservatism. Institutions: Oasis: School of [...]
Questioning what we think we know
Which cultural foundations and changes leave their mark on our society? How can we create optimal educational opportunities for our future leaders? A university in Germany has embraced culture, sustainability and entrepreneurship as its thematic focuses in research and teaching – helping address the future of social commitment to civil society in the twenty-first century. Institution: Leuphana [...]
Tackling complexity in large-scale problems
Solving complex, large-scale problems requires creativity and innovation; strategic and entrepreneurial thinking; and enlightened management and organizational practices. Three colleges in the US are collaborating to provide an issue-based learning sustainability certificate program that empowers our future leaders to make use of the skills, tools, and concepts from the liberal arts, business, and engineering in order to [...]
Resetting managerial mindsets
An international management masters program utilises a unique approach structured around five managerial mindsets (reflective, analytical, worldly, collaborative, action). The program breaks away from the traditional lecture format where the professor is considered the expert in the room, focusing instead on sessions that are designed to involve all participants, enabling them to transfer knowledge with [...]
Changing attitudes with the MBA for a Better Planet
A University in Canada plans to launch an MBA for a Better Planet. Students will combine a transformative classroom and online learning curriculum with experiential and field-based learning to better understand food systems and supply chains, barriers to a safe and secure food supply, and the role of business in development. The program aims to [...]
Collaborating for a sustainable future
A US university provides a service to society by blending scientific research, education and practical solutions, while helping support companies towards stewardship by bringing together the people and tools needed to address some of the world’s most difficult problems, from climate change and environmental degradation, to poverty, disease and the sustainable use of resources. Institution: Columbia University [...]
Business school incubator start-up raises EUR 16 million biotech investment
An entrepreneurial incubator set up through an international business school has raised a large biotech investment for developing innovative treatments for Type 2 diabetes sufferers. The school aims to stimulate the social responsibility of its participants, providing the support needed to achieve business success across various cultural and economic systems. Training is based both on theory [...]
