MBAM623-24T1 (C) Term One 2024

Business Sustainability and Economic Decision-making

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 12 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 5 May 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 25 February 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 April 2024

Description

This course will introduce you to a range of economic and sustainability principles. We discuss how economic principles shape the behaviour of individuals and organizations, and how these principles can help meet policy objectives effectively and efficiently particularly in resource and environmental management. We examine how thinking like an economist can provide a lens through which we can think about and improve the world. Understanding key economic principles like incentives, trade-offs, markets, and costs and benefits, means making better organisational decisions, including sustainability ones. The course will also cover the principles of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria, and sustainability within a bi-cultural and global context.

Learning Outcomes

1. Apply economic principles and reasoning to explain the behaviour of individuals and organizations.
2. Apply economic principles to policy objectives particularly those relating to resources and the environment (including in a bi-cultural and Pasifika context).
3. Explain how the principles of ESG and sustainability impact business strategy and social license to operate.
4. Critically evaluate sustainability challenges and opportunities for businesses across diverse industries and geographies.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the MBA Director

Restrictions

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 17:00 - 20:00 Rehua 702
12 Feb - 31 Mar
8 Apr - 5 May
Intensive Block Course A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 17:00 Rehua 702
15 Apr - 21 Apr
Intensive Block Course B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Saturday 09:00 - 17:00 Rehua 702
15 Apr - 21 Apr

Course Coordinator

Stephen Hickson

Lecturer

Tim Loftus

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $3,258.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Master of Business Administration Programme .

All MBAM623 Occurrences

  • MBAM623-24T1 (C) Term One 2024