Management Education for Sustainable Development: Integrating Ecology and Community Values in Social Impact Practicums

Abstract

This study explores a management education model to help integrate sustainable development ideas into university curricula and programs. This pedagogical model emphasizes a community-based approach along with other proven methods for university-community collaborations and course-based social impact analysis. The Laudato Si' encyclical's notion of integral ecology, along with the need to create

Strategic Alliances in Firm-Centric and Collective Contexts: Implications for Indigenous Entrepreneurship

“…Our analysis of the two streams of literature finds that corporations which have met with success in mainstream contexts may need to pay attention to the holistic worldviews of Indigenous communities, as well as be able to determine when these Indigenous knowledge systems and worldviews are not fully embraced, as the bonding aspects of communities that allow for them to successfully mobilize initiatives and organizations may not always be properly functioning. This is an exciting area of research considering that the worldviews of Indigenous communities mirror much of what is being reinvigorated within the management literature in the discussions pertaining to the relationship between business and society, especially regarding corporate social responsibility, partnership development (Tavanti et al 2017;Richards et al 2016), and Indigenous Entrepreneurship (Curry et al 2016;Ali 2016;Bindlish et al 2017;Lawrence and Larsen 2017).…”

“…For example, in an Indigenous context, the split between urban and reserve (local) with regard to the make-up of these communities serves to highlight some of the bonding issues that exist when collective decision-making and dissemination of material resources are engaged. How bonding and bridging capacities may be evaluated and/or the re-establishment, re-invigoration, or reshaping of measures of dependency, heritage retention, and language may add or subtract value from these communities is also a warranted area of research on social bonding aspects in partnership development (Tavanti et al 2017;Richards et al 2016). This stream of study also warrants more place-based emphasis on how corporations may engage communities to develop socioeconomic alternatives for successful alliance formation (Ehrnström-Fuentes and Kröger 2017).…”

Quantifying an Integral Ecology Framework: A Case Study of the Riverina, Australia

“…Integral ecology has been increasingly suggested to be a crucial concept to solve wicked environmental and conservation issues and for responding to climate change (e.g., Owens, ; Riddell, ). Accordingly, some have suggested using integral ecology as a comprehensive and holistic concept for community development (Hochachka, ; Preist, ; Tavanti et al, ; Tissot, ) and place‐making/planning (Wight, ).…”