2010-2011 Academic Catalog

Dec 21, 2024

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MGMT 248 - Social Change: International Field Experience (Bolivia)

The intent of this course is to further the student’s understanding of the complex dynamics associated with Social Change broadly, and its business counterpart Social Entrepreneurship specifically, as emerging national and global phenomenon. This international field experience will combine classroom discussions with an international forum in Bolivia, South America (Fall Term, 2010) as a means of considering the UN Millennium Development Goals #7 (Environmental Sustainability) and how through “ecopreneurs” and social entrepreneurship we could avoid irreversible adverse impact on our global climate system. James Hansen (2008) NASA’s Chief Climate Scientist, has posited that “We have at most 10 years. Not 10 years to decide upon action, but 10 years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emission….if not we will hit a critical tipping point.” Students will consider how “the business sector working in tandem with government and the “citizen sector” could help avoid an environmental tipping point. Corporate social responsibility, sustainable design, and the environmental impact on the “bottom of the pyramid” (the poorest of the poor)-only with other related concepts-will be part of the curriculum. This class fulfills the Global Perspective.

Faculty: TBA