Description What does it mean to live and work sustainably? There are many ways to ensure that businesses, communities and individuals continue to thrive into the future. This subject explores the evolving concept of sustainability in practice. Students will learn how to view complex policy, business, consumer, and individual performance problems and opportunities through the various lenses of sustainability. Through the application of psychological knowledge on individual values, collective power and impacts on human behaviour, student will develop the skills to implement new practices while also reconciling different aspects of sustainability in their own work or personal context.
School Business
Discipline Economics
Student Contribution Band HECS Band 4 10cp
Level Postgraduate Coursework Level 5 subject
Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate program
After successful completion of this Subject, students will be able to:
Critically engage with the concept of sustainability in a range of business and social contexts, Including from Indigenous perspectives.
Analyse the key role played by both government and consumers in driving sustainable practices.
Reconcile different aspects of sustainability, and the perspectives of different agents, in work and personal contexts.
Propose strategies that respond to the demands of consumers motivated by sustainable practices.
Develop sustainability goals, measures, and strategies, for a business or personal enterprise
The big picture
Sustainability: multiple contested meanings
Government to the rescue? Sustainable development priorities and policies
Sustainability in business
The sustainability imperative for modern business
Creating a sustainable business strategy
Sustainable consumption
The rise of ethical consumption
Collaborative consumption
Doing good: psychological drivers
Organisational and personal responsibility – value conflicts and values
Power shifts and the sustainability movement
Social responsibility and consumer psychology
Environmental anxiety: Individual and organisational levels
Cognitive style, interactions and human behaviour
Challenges and opportunities in application:
Intergenerational deficit in health and supporting services
Individual competency building for workforce sustainability - Case study: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce leadership in health
Essential equipment
Computer and internet access
Assessment
The following table summarises the standard assessment tasks for this subject. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated, where there is a difference your Learning Guide takes precedence.
