A basic content proposal on sustainability for management undergraduate courses

Autores

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1983-4535.2020v13n1p24

Resumo

This paper aims to propose a basic content for teaching sustainability in undergraduate Management programs, covering a range of topics considered as critical for future professionals’ background. Although the existence of several studies on how to incorporate sustainability in higher education, just a few focus on “what” is to be taught, which is the focus of this paper. This exploratory study had two stages. First, a survey of the professional demands regarding sustainability by organizations was carried out, according to specialists. Secondly, we researched the knowledge in sustainability by undergraduate Management students from a recognised university in Brazil. Data analysis was based on exploratory factor analysis. The research presented 38 sustainability topics split into three major subjects organized according to their content to structure a core sustainability curriculum as an initial proposal. This proposal is not a set of unrelated subjects, disconnected from the context of the course, but complementary. Despite the barriers to the inclusion of sustainability in universities, particularly in countries with problems in education, instructors, and academic managers can use a basic content as we propose as a starting point to embed sustainability into students’ background, and consequently leading to wider sustainable impacts on society.

Biografia do Autor

Flávio Hourneaux Junior, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade - Universidade de São Paulo

Titulação: Doutor em Administração

Professor do Departamento de Administração da Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade da Universidade de São Paulo (FEA-USP).

Bárbara Galleli, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Professora da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Doutora em Administração pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universidade de São Paulo (FEA-USP), na linha Administração Geral (2017). Mestre em Administração pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universidade Estadual de Londrina (PPGA/UEL) na linha de pesquisa Gestão das Organizações (2013). Graduada pela mesma instituição no curso de Administração (2011).

Carolina Brinholi, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade - Universidade de São Paulo

Titulação: Bacharel em Administração

Laura Martini Zellmeister, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade - Universidade de São Paulo

Titulação: Bacharel em Administração

Isak Kruglianskas, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade - Universidade de São Paulo

Titulação: Doutor em Administração

Professor titular do Departamento de Administração da Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade da Universidade de São Paulo (FEA-USP).

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