Organizational Resilience
Games and Exercises for Sustainability Management
Edward Elgar Publishing
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-78347-028-0 (ISBN)
Description
Reviews / Votes
'Organizations that manage to increase their resilience will have enormous advantages over their competitors in the face of the drastic changes that loom over the next decades. Few consultants are as experienced as Elizabeth Christopher and Elyssebeth Leigh in using role playing games to help corporate managers short through their priorities and develop new strategies. Here they share their insights and a number of useful exercises. Their book will be a useful addition to the library of anyone who works with management on issues of resilience and sustainability.' -- Dennis Meadows, Emeritus Professor of Systems Management, and President, Laboratory for Interactive Learning 'At last a simple and effective text for the practitioners of experiential learning and an excellent tool for classroom engagement. The experiential approach to learning sets this book apart from other texts and this unique offering is directly compatible with the recent AACSB emphasis on developing student skills and competencies through engagement and hands on experience to make them work ready. As an advocate of experiential learning I highly recommend this book as a university text but also strongly feel it is well suited to corporate training as the vast experience of the authors in both academia and industry is evident throughout this book.' -- Meena Chavan, MacQuarie University, Sydney, AustraliaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78347-028-0 (9781783470280)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Elizabeth Christopher, Senior Associate, Christopher, Smith and Associates LLC, Hawai'i, US and Elyssebeth Leigh, Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia
Content
Contents: Part I: The Organization 1: Achieving business sustainability: Resilience in response to climate change in the short and long term 2: Organizational resilience: setting priorities and changing behaviour Part II: Human Resources 3: Resilient administration: Building a structure for business sustainability. 4: International governance 5: Stars and Circles: Communication for sustainability Part III: The Community 6: Ethical marketing and business communication 7: The welfare of society Part IV: The Environment 8: Dollars and sense; negotiating sustainability 9: Leading the competition 10: The long view; Planning for long term sustainability Index