Sustainable Development

Description
The course provides a strategic-level perspective on the integration of enterprise management, sustainable development and innovation management and their contributions for creating competitive advantages and exceeding the needs of the global business environment. Sustainable development is a broad management construct that focuses on how an enterprise improves the social, economic, environmental, and business impacts and consequences of its technologies, products, processes and operations. Sustainable development constructs use life cycle thinking, technological innovation and product development. Sustainable development requires creativity, knowledge, experience and learning for solving existing problems and managing new challenges. The course focuses on global corporations that are using sustainable development as an integrating construct for achieving success in the 21st century. Sustainable 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. It includes product development, technological innovation, and strategic management.

Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisites for this course.

Textbook(s)
Ordering Information

Format
Classes: 11 weeks, 11 sessions
Case Discussions and Workshop: Each Session
Project/Paper: 1
Exams: 2
Case Assignment: 1

Grading
Mid-term Exam: 30%
Case Assessment: 20%
Term Paper (Project): 40%
Final Exam: 10%

Computing
Email and World Wide Web access required for course communications, use of WebCT, and printing of course notes.

Access to WebCT, Rensselaer's course management tool, is required. Please refer to this page for instructions on how to set up your computer for WebCT.

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 with advisor pre-approval
ESCI-MM - elective with advisor pre-approval
ESCI-MOT - elective with advisor pre-approval
ESCI-MSE - elective with advisor pre-approval
ITEC - elective with advisor pre-approval
MANE - elective with advisor pre-approval
MBA - elective
MGMT-MS - elective
QUAL - elective with advisor pre-approval
SERV - elective with advisor pre-approval
TCOM - elective with advisor pre-approval

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