Session Summary

Session Number:141
Session ID:S509
Session Title:Critical Issues for Teaching Environmental Management: An Analysis of Four Years of Experience
Short Title:SIM & ONE: Teaching Environmental Management
Session Type:Shared Professional Development Workshops
Hotel:Hyatt West
Floor:3
Room:Wright
Time:Sunday, August 08, 1999 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Sponsors

ONE  (John Jermier)jermier@groucho.bsn.usf.edu (813) 974-1752 
SIM  (Dawn Elm)drelm@stthomas.edu (612) 962-4265 

General People

Coordinator Cordano, Mark  Wright State U. mark.cordano@wright.edu (937)-775-2216 
Panel Hoffman, Andrew  Boston U. ahoffman@bu.edu (617)-353-4287 
Panel King, Andrew  New York U. aking@stern.nyu.edu (212)-998-0288 
Panel Lawrence, Anne T. San Jose State U. atlawrence@aol.com (408) 924-3586 
Panel Russo, Michael V.  U. of Oregon mrusso@oregon.uoregon.edu (541)-346-5182 

Submissions

Abstract

The design of courses on business and the natural environment has to date been dependent on each individual instructor. Instructors of such courses have often had little sense of how colleagues at other institutions have taught similar courses. As we near the end of the "environmental decade" which first saw large numbers of courses on the natural environment taught in business schools, a body of experience has begun to develop and can be tapped to improve course design and delivery.
Each of the panelists in this session has taught environmental management at least once a year since 1994, for a total of thirty classes taught across nine schools of business. These experiences represent a wide range of circumstances such as U.S. and international schools, research and teaching schools, MBA and undergraduate students, and elective and required courses. As a result, the experience of the panelists provides a critical body of knowledge that can inform colleagues and advance the quality of environmental management courses everywhere.
Each panelist will discuss their experience teaching environmental management, their goals for their courses, critical topics which they believe should be covered, readings and exercises which they have successfully used to cover these topics, and their efforts to use a stimulating pedagogy. The session will conclude with a comprehensive analysis of the goals, critical topics, and useful readings presented. This analysis will be used to produce an archetype syllabus to serve as a guide and standard for teaching this course. This will be augmented with syllabi that are publicly available from such sources as the ONE web site. Ample time will exist for interaction between the panelists and those attending the session.