Overview
Focuses on interactions between organisations, society and the environment by exploring concepts of sustainability at macro and micro levels. Climate change and sustainable transitions are considered in theory, research and organisational practice.
About this paper
| Paper title | Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Business |
|---|---|
| Subject | Management |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2
(On campus)
1st Non standard period (21 July 2025 - 17 October 2025) (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,268.09 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Notes
- (i) May not be credited together with MANT 443 offered in 2020 or 2021. (ii) The distance occurrences of this paper are only available to students enrolled in the MSusBus programme.
- Eligibility
- Enrolments for the N1 occurrence of this paper requires departmental permission. View more information about departmental permission.
- Contact
- management@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
View more information on the Department of Management's website
- Teaching staff
Co-ordinator: Dr Joe Cooper
Distance learning co-ordinator: Dr Joe Cooper
- 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, Critical thinking, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to:
- Discuss the study of organisations within a wider societal context to understand the social and environmental implications of managing business organisation.
- Critically analyse relevant sustainability, sustainable development and climate change theory and relate the literature to particular problems or challenges facing businesses.
- Work effectively as an individual and as part of a team to critically evaluate frameworks of business sustainability and understand and assess organisational responses to sustainability and climate change, and as a result of this ability and understanding, be able to provide recommendations to organisations in terms of sustainable operations and strategy.
- Critically discuss the relationship between organisations and the environment and emerging debates in the area of Organisations and the Natural Environment (ONE) in the academic literature.