Educating for Sustainability in Business: Generating organizational collaborative learning

1. Educating for Sustainability in Business: Generating organizational collaborative learning A collaboration between University of Sydney: School of Economics and Business (Dr. Lesley Treleaven, Senior Academic Advisor) & University of British Columbia: Sauder School of Business (Vivian Forssman, Director Learning and Technology Services)

2. “Looseness in the beginning – once the coalitions of interest have formed, innovative parties will adapt into more tightly coupled structures” “New centres of power emerge from internal diversity” “Diversity fosters innovation” Knowledge, culture and organizational change requires historical perspective – sometimes marked by centuries, not weeks and months Empowerment Commitment Self-reliance Interdisciplinary “Change requires finding a renewed message which stimulates” Getting to the 3rd generation – people and learning process, first, with technology and content as secondary; learning as knowledge creation Federated systems; federated governance Network Theory: Nodes are self-reliant

3. Project Context Who?B-School faculty and studentsWhen?2 year horizon (Jan 2010 – Dec 2012)What?Embed sustainability values within B-School curriculaPromote the role that sustainability has to play in responsible business practice How? Develop local and global CoP’s around sustainability value themes (faculty, students and business practitioners) Use CoP’s as the catalyst for course innovation, student and faculty exchanges, and new theory and practice Integrate innovative pedagogies & web technologies to engage and connect

4. Definition of Sustainability

5. Designing a sustainability education project: Implications • Personal ethical responsibility for restoring healthier communities and ecosystems • Practices of renewal • Promoting glocal well-being (Fenwick 2007)

6. Heuristic Framework: Educating for Sustainability in Business Foster Communities of Practice & (VERY) Distributed Leadership Faculty Engagement? Focus on Curricula & Policies & Procedures Support through Resources, Network Tools & Databases

7. Examples of Current B-School Course Offerings • UBC: MBA • Environmental Economics, Management & Technology • Corporate Social Responsibility • Environmental Marketing • Sustainable Transportation UBC: Bachelor of Commerce • Business and Sustainable Development • Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics • Environmental Management • Sustainability Marketing • Environmental Politics and Policy • Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Economics of Project Evaluation • Economics of the Environment • Environmental History of North America • Sustainable Energy: Policy and Governance • Design Thinking USyd: Master of Commerce • Social Entrepreneurship • Business Growth and Innovation • International Entrepreneurship USyd: Master of Sustainability • Ecological Economics • Sustainability, Society & Change • Techniques for Sustainability Analysis • Understanding Environmental Uncertainty

8. Emergent organizational collaboration for formal/informal learning Industry, Gov’t , NFP sector Employers Student Clubs Student Exchanges MBA Students Student Internships B. Com Students Student Capstone Projects Masters Students Work-Integrated Learning Marketing; Entrepreneurship, Int’l projects Design-Thinking Studio Campus Infrastructure Wikis, blogs, virtual projects Sustainability Research Institutes Faculty to Faculty Exchanges i.e. UBC SEEDS, (Social, Ecological, Economic, Development Studies), various energy, waste and transportation mgmt initiatives ISIS Institute for Sustainability ? Int’l Networks LSE, LBS, Edinburgh