The Sustainable MBA (eBook)

A Business Guide to Sustainability

Giselle Weybrecht (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2013 | 2. Auflage
480 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-76060-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Whether you are an employee, a manager, an entrepreneur or a
CEO, The Sustainable MBA Second Edition provides the
knowledge and tools to help you 'green' your job and
organization, to turn sustainability talk into action for the
benefit of your bottom line and society as a whole.

Based on more than 150 interviews with experts in business,
international organizations, NGOs and universities from around the
world, this book brings together all the pieces of the business and
sustainability puzzle including:

* What sustainability is, why you should be interested, how to
get started, and what a sustainable organization looks like.

* A wide range of tools, guidelines, techniques and concepts that
you can use to implement sustainability practices.

* Information on how to be a sustainability champion or
intrapraneur in your organization including how to sell these ideas
to your team and how to incorporate them into any job.

* A survey of the exciting trends in sustainable business
happening around the world.

* A wealth of links to interesting resources for more
information.

The Sustainable MBA Second Edition is organized like a
business school course, allowing you easy access to the relevant
information you need about sustainability as it relates to
Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Finance,
Marketing, Organizational Behavior and HR, Operations and
Strategy.

The Sustainable MBA Second Edition has been updated to
reflect global developments in this evolving field to remain the
definitive guide to sustainable business. Additional resources to
accompany the book are available at www.thesustainablemba.com.

Autor

Giselle Weybrecht is determined to make sustainability everybody's business. Her work is focused on how to inspire and engage the next generation of business leaders to not only understand sustainability, but to put it into practice in ways that make sense for the environment, society and business. She has 15 years of experience working in sustainability in particular with the United Nations but also with governments, universities, NGOs, businesses and entrepreneurs. Giselle has an MBA from London Business School and is a frequent lecturer at universities around the world.

Inhalt

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xix

PART I: SETTING THE SCENE 1

Chapter 1: About this Book 3

Chapter 2: What is Sustainability? 13

Chapter 3: What does this Mean for Business? 23

Chapter 4: The Sustainability Journey 33

Chapter 5: Getting Started 41

PART II: THE CORE TOPICS 51

Chapter 6: Accounting 55

Chapter 7: Economics 85

Chapter 8: Entrepreneurship 123

Chapter 9: Ethics and Corporate Governance 153

Chapter 10: Finance 183

Chapter 11: Marketing 217

Chapter 12: Operations 255

Chapter 13: HR and Organizational Behavior 295

Chapter 14: Strategy 323

PART III: TOOLS 361

Chapter 15: Tools for Monitoring, Managing, and Improving Performance 363

Chapter 16: Tools for Greening Offices and Buildings 377

PART IV: WRAPPING IT ALL UP 399

Chapter 17: What Can I Do? 401

Chapter 18: What will the Future Bring? 409

Endnotes 435

Index 439

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.11.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Business & Management • Environmental Management, Policy & Planning • Environmental Studies • Strategic Management • Strategisches Management • Umweltforschung • Umweltmanagement, Politik u. -Planung • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 1-118-76060-3 / 1118760603
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-76060-4 / 9781118760604