Organizing for sustainability / edited by Susan Albers Mohrman, Abraham B. (Rami) Shani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mohrman, Susan Albers.

Shani, Abraham B.

Series:

Organizing for sustainable effectiveness ; v. 1.

Organizing for sustainable effectiveness, 2045-0605 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley [England] : Emerald Group Pub. Ltd., 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

A large literature has been generated about sustainability, and many organizations, governments, communities, and citizens have focused on it. Yet, given how quickly the limits of the current models of the global economy are being approached, we must accelerate the rate at which we learn to operate differently. In this first volume of the Emerald series Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness, our goal is to learn from some of the pioneers articulating these challenges and organizing to address them. There is an urgent need to grow the knowledge bases to guide the transition. For this reason, each chapter in this volume is crafted to bring together the knowledge of practice and theory. The chapters are based on rich empirical data about particular cases in which organizations are, individually or collectively, working to build a more sustainable future. The authors of these chapters also bring theoretical knowledge to bear on these case examples. In so doing, they test the applicability of the formal knowledge base about management and organizations, while refining, modifying, and extending it to increase its usefulness in addressing the challenges of organizing for sustainable effectiveness. By combining knowledge from multiple stakeholders and multiple disciplines, it is the intention of the authors in this book to contribute to the broader learning discourse through which practical organizing solutions are designed and research-based guidance is provided.

Contents:

ch. 1. Organizing for sustainable effectiveness : taking stock and moving forward / Susan Albers Mohrman, Abraham B. (Rami) Shani

ch. 2. Unilever's drive for sustainability and CSR : changing the game / Philip Mirvis

ch. 3. On the road to corporate responsibility : the institutionalization of sustainability at Gap, Inc. / Christopher G. Worley

ch. 4. towards a sustainable healthcare system : transformation through participation / Svante Lifvergren, Peter Docherty, Abraham B. (Rami) Shani

ch. 5. Emergent collaboration and leadership for sustainable effectiveness : the metropolitan housing authority / Ann E. Feyerherm, Sally Breyley Parker

ch. 6. Managing sustainability : the port of Los Angeles among an ecology of organizations / Jan Green Rebstock, Hilary Bradbury-Huang

ch. 7. Building multi-stakeholder sustainability networks : the Cuyahoga Valley Initiative / Christopher G. Worley, Sally Breyley Parker

ch. 8. Organizing for sustainable effectiveness : reprise and way forward / Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, Susan Albers Mohrman.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record

ISBN:

9786613223210

9781283223218

128322321X

9780857245588

0857245589

OCLC:

745401084