Management for sustainable development / editors, Carolina Machado, J. Paulo Davim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Machado, Carolina, editor.

Davim, J. Paulo, editor.

Series:

River Publishers Series in Multi Business Model Innovation, Technologies and Sustainable Business

River Publishers Series in Multi Business Model Innovation, Technologies and Sustainable Business ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aalborg, Denmark ; Delft, Netherlands : River Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

Conscious of this reality, this book contributes to the exchange of experiences and perspectives about the state of research related to the management for a sustainable development, as well as the future direction of this research field.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

1: The Seven Competences of a Sustainable Professional: The RESFIA+D Model for Human Resource Management (HRM), Education and Training

1.1 Introduction

1.1.1 A Case Study

1.1.1.1 Real Professionals and their Competences

1.1.1.2 Competences for Sustainability

1.1.1.3 The Civilian, The Consumer and The Professional

1.2 The Sustainably Competent Professional

1.2.1 Professional Competences

1.2.2 The Competent Plumber

1.2.3 What the Plumber Actually Did?

1.2.4 Sustainable Development

1.2.5 Solutions that Really Work

1.2.6 The Triple P

1.2.7 The Necessity of Sustainably Competent Professionals

1.3 Competence Models

1.3.1 Generic Competences

1.3.2 The Dublin Descriptors

1.3.3 Generic Competences for Sustainable Development

1.4 The RESFIA+D Model: The Seven Competences of the Sustainable Professional

1.4.1 RESFIA+D

1.4.2 Some Case Studies of Competences

1.4.2.1 Example 1: Finding Stakeholders through Crowdsourcing

1.4.2.2 Example 2: Conscience

1.4.2.3 Example 3: The Artist

1.5 Levels of Competence

1.5.1 The Competence Levels of RESFIA+D

1.5.2 Assessment

1.6 The Application of RESFIA+D

1.6.1 Education (Re)Development

1.6.2 Individual Professional Development and Career Planning

1.6.3 Companies and Other Organizations

1.7 About the Completeness of RESFIA+D

2: The Influence of Leadership on the Implementation of Sustainability: A Study in the Brazilian Aeronautical Command

2.1 Introduction

2.1.1 Sustainability

2.1.2 Leadership

2.2 Methodology

2.2.1 Study Hypotheses

2.2.2 Procedure

2.2.3 Sample Description

2.2.4 Description of the Data Collection Instrument.

2.2.5 Analysis of the Questionnaire on Leadership Styles

2.2.6 Analysis of Issues Pertaining to Sustainability

2.2.7 Assessment of Sustainable Practices at COMAER

2.2.8 Analysis of Questions Pertaining to Ethics: The MEP Questionnaire

2.2.9 The Complete Structural Model

2.3 Discussion of Results

2.4 Conclusions

3: The Strategic Character of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Discussion and Evaluation of the Strategic Corporate Responsibility Concept

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Responsible Action: The Cases for CSR

3.3 Drivers of CSR

3.4 Strategic CSR

3.4.1 The Integration of Environmental and Social Concerns into Business Strategy

3.4.2 The Creation of Social Value

3.4.3 An Effective Alignment between CSR's Strategy Formulation and Execution

3.5 Concluding Remarks

4: Human Resource Sustainable Managementin Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Sustainability in HRM: The Case of SMEs

4.2.1 SME: Contextualization and Main Characteristics

4.2.2 HRM in SMEs: Some Particular Elements

4.2.3 The Resources-Based Perspective

4.2.4 The Importance of a Sustainable HRM in SMEs

4.3 Conclusion

5: Decent Employment Opportunities in Global Value Chains: The Case of the Textile and Clothing Sector

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Global Value Chains in Textile and Clothing Industries and the IFA

5.3 Methodology

5.4 Inditex and the Creation of an IFA

5.5 Global Supply Chains and Work Practices: The Case of Inditex in Portugal and Brazil

5.5.1 The Case of Inditex in Portugal

5.5.2 The Case of the Supply Chain in Brazil

5.6 Conclusions

6: Sustainable Performance in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): A Critical Review

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Identification of Possible Drivers of SME Sustainability

6.3 Discussion of Sustainability Drivers in SME.

6.4 Conclusion

Index

Editor's Biographies

Author's Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-000-79241-2

1-00-333879-8

1-003-33879-8

1-000-79573-X

87-93379-09-9

9781003338796

OCLC:

1262629616