Sustainable Business Core

MGT 667: Leadership for Sustainable Organizations

This course covers the essentials of front-line leadership in sustainability, from integrating sustainability into an organization, executing organizational strategy, and committing to it for a lifetime. It is an exploration of the most prominent issues in the field of leading for sustainability; for example, leader traits required to promote and support change, how to deal with real world constraints, and ethical considerations. The lectures, along with readings, cases, simulations, and assignments, will further develop students understanding and critical thinking about the leadership tools and strategies that they, themselves, can use in their own organizations.