305581 (v.1) Environmental Issues in Business 501

Area:

School of Management

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

An introduction to the contemporary environmental issues relevant to the managers of today and tomorrow's organisations. Outlines current environmental problems, possible solutions, and ways to implement such opportunities. The needs of nature, communities, business operators, governments and interest groups will all be examined. Identification and understanding environmental problems, developing strategies for dealing with these, and discovering new business opportunities.

Unit Outcomes:

Upon completion of this unit students will have gained - An understanding of the concept of sustainable development. Identified ways to deal with such problems. Developed new entrepreneurial 'green' business opportunities.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Australian Bureau of Statistics (1999), Environmental Issues: People's Views and Practices (Cat.No. 4602.0) Canberra, Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Bureau of Statistics (1996), Australians and the Environment Canberra. Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Conservation Foundation (2000), Natural Advantage: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Australia Canberra, Australian Conservation Foundation Harvard Business Review (2000), On Business and the Environment, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard Business School Press Hawken, P. Lovins, L.H. and Lovins, A. (2000), Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. Boston, Little, Brown and Co. Hillary, R. (ed.) (2000), Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Environment: Business Imperatives Sheffield, Greenleaf Isaak, R. (1998) Green Logic: Ecopreneurship, Theory and Ethics London, Greenleaf. Piasecki, B.W.; Fletcher, K.A.; and Mendelson, F.J. (1999) Environmental Management and Business Strategy New York, John Wiley and Sons. Welford, R. (1996) Corporate Environmental Management: Systems and Strategies London, Earthscan. The Curtin library also has many other relevant publications at 658.408 and 363.7

Unit Texts:

There is only one textbook for this unit - Buchholz, R.A. (1998), Principles of Environmental Management: The Greening of Business. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, Prentice-Hall. In addition, you may find parts of the following useful for specific topics - Hutchinson, A. and Hutchinson, F. (1998), Environmental Business Management. London, McGraw-Hill.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Business evaluation 35%, Individual essay 15%, Seminar presentation 20%, Written seminar essay 30%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y