GRN 6500 - Sustainable Economic and Management Systems

(4 units)

This course reviews the principles and practice of sustainable business management and the economics that have led to the transformation of our most important business systems. Students will learn how the triple bottom line approach emphasizing people, prosperity, and environment can improve profits, reduce risks, and improve stakeholder engagement. The economic underpinning of management is explained, and the use of true cost accounting provides insight into the implications of sustainable management throughout the value chain. This class provides new approaches for management that can help students manage people and resources better, resolve conflicts, and identify and take advantage of new business opportunities as an entrepreneur or intrapreneur. It is designed to help prepare professional practice skills that will lead to student success in their careers, as workers, managers and leaders.
(San Diego)