Overview
Concepts and approaches to provide an appreciation of sustainability and sustainable development in relation to business, and the legal, institutional, national and global contexts of sustainability.
Understand key current environmental issues and future possibilities. Concepts and approaches to sustainability in relation to business.
About this paper
| Paper title | Leading Sustainable Enterprises |
|---|---|
| Subject | Business Administration |
| EFTS | 0.125 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period(s) | 1st Non standard period (8 June 2026 - 19 July 2026)
(On campus)
6th Non standard period (14 September 2026 - 25 October 2026) (Distance learning) 7th Non standard period (2 November 2026 - 13 December 2026) (Distance learning) |
| Delivery mode | The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught and assessed remotely |
| Delivery mode | The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught and assessed remotely |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $2,721.00 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Restriction
- CMBA 510
- Limited to
- PGDipBusAdmin, MBA, PGDipHealMgt, MHealSc, PGCertEM, PGDipEM, PGDipFBLM, MFBLM
- Eligibility
- Enrolments for this paper require departmental permission. View more information about departmental permission.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
Convenor: mba.academicleader@otago.ac.nz
- Teaching Arrangements
The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught remotely.
- Textbooks
Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, interdisciplinary perspective, lifelong learning, communication, critical thinking, cultural understanding, ethics, environmental literacy, information literacy, research, self-motivation, teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- Learning aims and objectives of the paper:
- To grasp the concepts and gain an appreciation of sustainability and sustainable development, in relation to business
- To consider the key current environmental issues and future possibilities
- To explore the legal, institutional, global and national contexts of sustainability
- To be able to measure the sustainability of current practice through TBL reporting and carbon and ecological foot printing
- To consider how business is currently 'doing' sustainability and evaluate what that means
- To evaluate how participants can bring about more sustainable operations in their own lives and organisations
- To examine one's own leadership style through the lens of contemporary leadership theories
- To explore how one's behaviour affects others
- To align appropriate behaviours to achieve strategic actions through others