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MBA Concentration in Sustainable Business

The e Master of Business Administration (MBA) Concentration in Sustainable Business program concentration provides with skills to address environmental and social dimensions of conducting business in a global market.

It emphasizes four aspects of sustainable business that improve a firm's long-term performance:

• managing risks (regulatory, reputation, litigation, market)
• recognizing market opportunities created by environmental and social challenges, and
• Applying innovation tools and concepts to meet unmet needs.

One learn how to articulate the business case for sustainability; develop innovative products and services; lead internal and external coalitions needed to drive organizational change; and implement metrics to measure progress and provide accountability.

In addition to the core MBA requirements, one specializing in Sustainable Business completes the following 3 courses and 2 electives approved by a concentration adviser:

Core Courses

• MGMT 856:
Managing the Sustainable Business - Skills and perspectives required to manage and operate a sustainable business.
Focus on the tools necessary to perform each business function taking environmental and social implications into account.

• BUS 857:
Business Management and Environmental Leadership - Impact of business organizations on the natural environment
Approaches to respond effectively to environmental issues

• MGMT 858:
Innovation for Sustainability - Business innovation to meet society's emerging needs. Application of design thinking and innovation to the challenges of creating a more sustainable society, and the emerging opportunities for business to become an innovative force in addressing social and environmental problems

Suggested Electives
• MGMT 850: Ethics and Compliance
• MGMT 855: Emerging Issues in Business: Business, Energy and Climate
• MGMT 855: Emerging Issues in Business: Business Models for Social Innovation
• DS 855: Supply Chain Management
• BUS IBUS 841 Creativity for Managers - A Global Perspective 899: Independent Study. Applied Sustainable Business Project.
• MGMT 842: Seminar in Organization Design and Change