MGMT-7003 Sustainable Business Development

Sustainable Business Development
Lally School of Management and Technology - MGMT-7003

Description
The course provides a strategic-level perspective on the integration of sustainable business development, enterprise thinking, and innovation management and their contributions for creating sustainable competitive advantages and exceeding the needs and expectations of the global business environment. Sustainable business development involves broad strategic management constructs that focus on how an enterprise improves the social, economic, environmental, technological, and business impacts and consequences of its technologies, products, processes and operations. Sustainable business development constructs include corporate social responsibility, green marketing, value creation, technological innovation, product development, and life cycle thinking. Sustainable business development involves creativity, knowledge, and learning for solving existing problems and managing new challenges. The course focuses on global corporations that are using sustainable business development paradigm as an integrating construct for achieving success in the 21st century. Sustainable business development means leading change, dealing with the environmental consequences of products, processes, and operations from cradle to grave, and improving every facet of the enterprise. (Source: Catalog & Student handbook 2007-2008 R@H)

Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisites for this course.

Textbook(s)
Ordering Information

Format
Classes: 13 weeks, 13 sessions
Exams: 2
Term Paper: 1
Discussion Board Participation

Grading
Mid-term: 20%
Final: 20%
Term Paper: 50%
Participation: 10% via RPI LMS (Blackboard) Discussion Threads

Computing
E-mail access is required for course communications.
Access to Blackboard, Rensselaer's course management tool, is required.
Please refer to this page for instructions on how to set up your computer for Blackboard.

Who Should Enroll
This course may be used in your Plan of Study as follows:

Degree Programs
CSCI - elective with advisor pre-approval
CSYS - elective with advisor pre-approval
ELEC - elective with advisor pre-approval
EPOW - elective
HCIN - n/a
ITEC - elective with advisor pre-approval
MBA - elective
MGMT-MS - elective
MGTE - elective with advisor pre-approval
TCOM – n/a

This course is also open to non-matriculated students who meet the prerequisites.