A wide range of definitions and conceptualizations of “management” have been offered and it is often difficult for managers to fully and clearly understand their roles within the organization; however, managers striving for effectiveness and success would do well to invest time and effort into...
Technology plays a big role in the pursuit of sustainability and economic development. Sustainable technologies include technologies that use durable, low-maintenance, recyclable and economic materials and technologies, including materials and technologies that can be locally sourced to reduce transportation costs. Sustainable technologies may be incorporated...
For many years, “sustainability” fell under the functional description of environmental, health and safety, or “EH&S”, and the primary role of the EH&S leader was to handle audit and compliance matters and interact mainly with permit writers, safety inspectors and low-level compliance staff at regulatory...
While sustainability has become an important issue for many companies, not surprisingly since consumers have confirmed that they would be willing to make purchasing decisions based on the level of social responsibility of the brands from which they are selecting, they often struggle with understanding...
A management system refers to what an organization does to manage its structures, processes, activities and resources in order that its products or services meet the organization’s objectives, such as satisfying the customer’s quality requirements, complying with regulations and/or meeting environmental objectives. Elements of a...
While organizational performance is a much discussed topic, the reality is that there is a good deal of confusion and argument regarding how it should be defined, conceptualized and measured. Traditionally, performance measurement systems relied almost exclusively on management and cost accounting principles, often resulting...
Consideration and debate regarding sustainability in the 21st century has involved integrating long-standing concerns about economic growth and social equity with concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems.[1] Interest in corporate sustainability surged in the late 1980s and during the 1990s academics and practitioners...
Sustainable management is ethical management, and businesses seeking to act in a sustainable manner need to take ethics seriously and establish and enforce ethical standards for current and future workers. However, defining “ethics” and identifying “ethical behavior” are not easy tasks. It is has been...
Common practice has been for recruitment and selection of new board members to be left to the CEO or to a small group of directors on a nominating committee. This committee meets only during that period of the year when the bylaws require that directors...
Community engagement and investment is a multi-faceted activity that requires formal management and planning. Working with and in the community is part of the broader corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) activities of the company and this means that management should begin at the top of the...