The strategic implications of sustainability in strategy textbooks

Bubna-Litic, DC; North-Samardzic, A

The strategic implications of sustainability in strategy textbooks

Bubna-Litic, DC North-Samardzic, A

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Publisher:: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: 22nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, 2008, pp. 1 - 15
Issue Date:: 2008-01

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dc.contributor.author	Bubna-Litic, DC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	North-Samardzic, A	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Wilson, M	en_US
dc.date	2008-12-02	en_US
dc.date.issued	2008-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	22nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, 2008, pp. 1 - 15	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1863081488	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11408
dc.description.abstract	Underlying every strategic management textbook are numerous assumptions about the nature of the economic system, society and the environment. One assumption that seems saliently absent from management textbooks is sustainability. In view of the detailed critique of the design of the MBA set out in Bubna-Litic and Benn (2003) it is likely that a systematic study of strategy textbooks will reveal other similar omissions. This study analyses a number of strategy textbooks exploring how they engage with questions of sustainability. The findings show that although the increase in the ethical self-consciousness of environmental economics is visible, so too is a narrow view of sustainability.	en_US
dc.publisher	Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	22nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	ANZAM Conference	en_US
dc.title	The strategic implications of sustainability in strategy textbooks	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Auckland, New Zealand	en_US
utslib.location.activity	The University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand	en_US
utslib.for	150310 Organisation and Management Theory	en_US
dc.location.activity	The University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CMOS - Centre for Management and Organisation Studies
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Abstract:

Underlying every strategic management textbook are numerous assumptions about the nature of the economic system, society and the environment. One assumption that seems saliently absent from management textbooks is sustainability. In view of the detailed critique of the design of the MBA set out in Bubna-Litic and Benn (2003) it is likely that a systematic study of strategy textbooks will reveal other similar omissions. This study analyses a number of strategy textbooks exploring how they engage with questions of sustainability. The findings show that although the increase in the ethical self-consciousness of environmental economics is visible, so too is a narrow view of sustainability.

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