Course Summary
Business has an urgent need to reconsider the way it interacts?with and contributes to society. In this course you will identify?and evaluate major contemporary global challenges and trends?impacting society and explore business opportunities for driving?sustainable innovation. A major focus will be critical?appreciation of stakeholder theory and how this theory frames?integrative thinking across a range of business disciplines,?including strategic management, finance, accounting, human?resource management, marketing, law, economics and public? policy. You will also cover two important areas that stakeholder?theory has helped to shape and define business ethics and?corporate social responsibility.?
In addition, the course invites you to reflect on your strengths,?talents and what success mean to you. You will conduct an?environmental scan of professional worlds and engage with?various reflection and feedback methods to situate yourself?within these worlds. As a result, you will begin to develop your professional sense that can contribute to positive?changes in the world. This will be structured in the context of a?reflective portfolio that communicates your vision and emerging? professional self to various audiences. As a future business?professional, this will equip you to deal with the unexpected,?shape your own life and contribute to the well-being of others.??
This course incorporates the development of graduate skills for?future-ready business professionals, including social and cultural awareness, integrating multiple perspectives and ways of knowing, awareness of self, personal and professional effectiveness and learning how to learn.?