Syllabus for SUM-501
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Principles of Sustainable Management introduces students to the topic of sustainable management in organizations. Sustainable management views the goals of an organization (its product and/or service-providing mission) through a long-term, environmental and social cost/benefit mental model. The course provides background on the social, economic, and environmental sustainability challenges facing managers today and explains the trade-offs and payoffs involved in striving for zero waste, both social and planetary. In addition, it provides tools that will help students guide organizations along appropriate paths to become more sustainable. Through this course students learn from the key leaders and the important literature in the field about the global issues challenging today's sustainable managers. Students will also develop their capacity to think critically about the role their organizations have played or can play in building a more sustainable world.
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: The following materials are required to do the work of the course. The required textbooks are available from the College's textbook supplier, MBS Direct. Required Textbooks Wirtenberg, J. et al. (2009). The sustainability enterprise fieldbook: When it all comes together. New York: AMACOM. Senge, P. et al. (2008). The necessary revolution: How individuals and organizations are working together to create a sustainable world. New York: Doubleday.
Principles of Sustainable Management is a three-credit graduate course, consisting of four modules. For the course's instructional modules, go to the Course Content area of the course Web site. (See also the course Calendar.) Within each module you will participate in one or more online class discussion forums. All discussion forums take place asynchronously on the class Discussion Board. Online discussions provide an opportunity for you to interact with your classmates. During this aspect of the course, you respond to prompts that assist you in developing your ideas, you share those ideas with your classmates, and you comment on their posts. Discussion board interactions promote development of a community of learners, critical thinking, and exploratory learning. Please participate in online discussions as you would in constructive face-to-face discussions. You are expected to post well-reasoned and thoughtful reflections for each item, making reference, as appropriate, to your readings. You are also expected to reply to your classmates' posts in a respectful, professional, and courteous manner. You may, of course, post questions asking for clarification or further elucidation on a topic. Click link for an Evaluation Rubric.
Each module contains several types of assignments: The last module contains directions for your final project (see below). Click the appropriate link for the evaluation rubrics for these assignments:
Click the link for the evaluation rubric: A Note About Research The use of Wikipedia or other online encyclopedias for graduate-level papers is inappropriate. Aside from the uneven quality of the information that may be found in these sources, the real issue is that the information presented in these sources is "already digested." Use of such sources is an unacceptable shortcut for the graduate student. Students gathering information from these sites are essentially obtaining analyses done by someone else, not doing the work themselves. Rather than exploring the literature on a subject, such students are merely using the words of others who have already taken this vital step in academic research. It is imperative that graduate students be able to search the more academically-oriented literature, sift through useful (and not so useful) information, analyze, synthesize, and report the results of their activities. All of these steps are bypassed if information is cited from an online site such as Wikipedia. To sum up: Using information summarized or annotated by someone else is an unacceptable shortcut for a graduate student.
Your grade in the course will be determined as follows: To receive credit for the course, you must earn a letter grade of C or higher on the weighted average of all assigned course work (e.g., written assignments, papers, etc.). You will receive a score of 0 for any work not submitted. (Note: Graduate students must maintain a B average to remain in good academic standing.) Letter grades and their numerical equivalents are as follows:
Thomas Edison State College expects all of its students to approach their education with academic integrity—the pursuit of scholarly activity free from fraud and deception. All mentors and administrative staff members at the College insist on strict standards of academic honesty in all courses. Academic dishonesty undermines this objective. Academic dishonesty takes the following forms: Academic dishonesty will result in disciplinary action and possible dismissal from the College. Students who submit papers that are found to be plagiarized will receive an F on the plagiarized assignment, may receive a grade of F for the course, and may face dismissal from the College. A student who is charged with academic dishonesty will be given oral or written notice of the charge. If a mentor or College official believes the infraction is serious enough to warrant referral of the case to the academic dean, or if the mentor awards a final grade of F in the course because of the infraction, the student and the mentor will be afforded formal due process. If a student is found cheating or using unauthorized materials on an examination, he or she will automatically receive a grade of F on that examination. Students who believe they have been falsely accused of academic dishonesty should seek redress through informal discussions with the mentor, through the office of the dean, or through an executive officer of Thomas Edison State College. Plagiarism Accidentally copying the words and ideas of another writer does not excuse the charge of plagiarism. It is easy to jot down notes and ideas from many sources and then write your own paper without knowing which words are your own and which are someone else's. It is more difficult to keep track of each and every source. However, the conscientious writer who wishes to avoid plagiarizing never fails to keep careful track of sources. Always be aware that if you write without acknowledging the sources of your ideas, you run the risk of being charged with plagiarism. Clearly, plagiarism, no matter the degree of intent to deceive, defeats the purpose of education. If you plagiarize deliberately, you are not educating yourself, and you are wasting your time on courses meant to improve your skills. If you plagiarize through carelessness, you are deceiving yourself. For examples of unintentional plagiarism and advice on when to quote and when to paraphrase, click the links provided below. Examples of Unintentional Plagiarism
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