ABSTRACT
In this chapter some of the key concepts used in this book and in sustainable management are briefly introduced. Students might find it useful if they want to understand some of the underlying concepts or deepen their knowledge. However, this chapter is mainly written for business and management schools as guidance and a framework on how to embed sustainability into management/business education. Thus, the chapter sets out strategies and processes for embedding sustainability into the curriculum of a business school with ideas about the various approaches they can take and how it can be all combined together. The following questions will be addressed:
What structural approaches can be taken by business schools to embed sustainability into the curriculum? (More a question of how it is taught rather than what is taught.)
What should be taught/studied? What have been identified as core skills and knowledge in sustainable management?
What approaches can be used in developing strategies for both structural and process change at school and curricula level?
To address these questions, conceptual frameworks, including the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Transformational Model for embedding sustainability and responsible management into the business and management curriculum, are discussed. These frameworks can be used to assess the current status of how well sustainability is embedded in a business school and how it could be developed further.
