Managing in turbulent times: The impact of sustainability in management education on current and future business leaders

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:210

Article

Cole, Rosanna¹  Snider, Brent² 

[1] Univ Surrey, Surrey Business Sch, Stag Hill Campus, Guildford GU2 7XH, Surrey, England

[2] Univ Calgary, Haskayne Sch Business, 2500 Univ Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada

关键词: Sustainable supply chains;    Management education;    Turbulence;    Threshold learning;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.135

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

During modern times of economic and political turmoil, we ask how we should be educating current and future business leaders to navigate periods of global turbulence. The paper suggests that firstly, undergraduates (future managers) and executive MBA students (current managers) need sustainability embedded in their management education because both groups believe that the global supply chain practices have contributed to global turbulence and that sustainable supply chain actions could help to reduce that turbulence. Secondly, that exposure to supply chain sustainability examples in management education increases global awareness and empathy in current and future managers. Thirdly, it is suggested that a gender balance is required for improved sustainability decision making. Lastly, it is found that direct facilitation by an instructor is not required for threshold learning and that it can occur exclusively through self-reflection. The overarching contribution of the paper is that rather than viewing economic, environmental, social and political turbulence as external factors that managers must simply navigate, supply chain sustainability education enables managers to connect how their global supply chain decisions can either intensify or reduce the turbulence. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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