Business for Sustainability, Social Change and Impact
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 24 hours face to face + blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2024 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1 |
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 | |
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Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 |
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Aims and objectives
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On Campus Class | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Online (asynchronous Lecture) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Unspecified Learning Activities | 9.5 | 12 | 114 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) |
Assignment | Individual | 10-20% | 1 |
Case Study | Individual | 30-40% | 1,2,3 |
Portfolio | Individual | 40-60% | 4 |
Content
- The histories of sustainability and social impact: the rise of the Australian and global wicked problems
- The ethics of sustainability and social impact, historical issues with the Australian global wicked problems
- Social change and impact – the contemporary social economy and doing social ecological good
- Social impact across sectors
- Using local and global frameworks and tools for evaluating and measuring social impact
- The historical and contemporary values of leadership for social change reflecting the goals of a just and reconciled nation
- Sustainability and social impact: the role of public sector and a civil and just society to mitigate the local and global effects of climate change
- Predicting the future of business, social change and impact
Study resources
- Reading materials.