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Overview

One of the most important ways for organisations to make progress towards their sustainability goals is to analyse their value chain and business model and how they positively impact people, profit and planet. In this course, value-chain analysis will relate, in particular, to UN Sustainable Development Goals 8 Decent Work … For more content click the Read More button below. This course will bring together many topics of business sustainability – such as responsible sourcing, green supply chains, designing for circularity, and sustainable consumption – to encourage a systemic and integrated approach to looking at a business value chain. Through this, you will learn how a business can create value in a sustainable way – whether through business model innovation, technology and design, or ecosystem partnerships. There are many options for building sustainable business models, including circular business models, shared value models and cooperative ownership models. This course will provide a framework for thinking about sustainable business models and provide examples and structures for some common approaches.

Conditions for Enrolment

Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in one of the following programs: MBAX - Business Administration (Part-time) (8625); Business Administration (Executive) (8355 or 8356); Business Administration (Full-time) (8351), Management (7316), Graduate Certificate in Sustainable and Inclusive Business (7459); and must have completed the AGSM9161 Sustainable and Inclusive Business course.

Delivery

Multimodal - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly) - ONL-SYNC

In-person - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly) - FTNIGHTLY

In-person - Intensive - 2 WEEKENDS

Fully online - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly) - ONL-ASYNC

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