SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES TO SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
Organizations employ a variety of improvement approaches to develop sustainable practices. Sustainability concerns such as natural capital, emission buildup, and base of the pyramid are directly addressed by examining innovative system-improvement concepts, while simultaneously strengthening mission-central concerns such as cost, quality, customer, market, revenue, profit, brand, reputation sourcing, and quality of work life.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the forces in an organization’s ecosystem that drive sustainability Audience: Undergraduate 2. Determine the capabilities needed to utilize forces that drive sustainability Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recommend sustainability improvements that strengthen the organization’s core mission Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to address the challenge of improving an organization’s core mission Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach to support organizational or societal sustainability strategies Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the forces in an organization’s ecosystem that drive sustainability Audience: Undergraduate 2. Determine the capabilities needed to utilize forces that drive sustainability Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recommend sustainability improvements that strengthen the organization’s core mission Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to address the challenge of improving an organization’s core mission Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach to support organizational or societal sustainability strategies Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027