Sustainable Business Strategy

Sustainable Business Strategy

  1. Unit level: 7
  2. Unit Code: F/503/5141
  3. GLH: 40
  4. Credit value: 10
  5. Unit grading structure: Pass
  6. Assessment guidance: To achieve this unit, learners must achieve the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by the assessment criteria for the unit. Additional assessment guidance is provided on the ATHE sample assignment brief. This unit cannot be approached from a theoretical perspective with information gathered solely from public sources. In order to achieve the Learning Outcomes for the unit, the learner work must be produced for a specific organisation. This must be an organisation the learner knows well and ideally it should be an SME. Learners will require guidance in selecting a suitable
    organisation.
  7. Unit Aims:
    To raise awareness of sustainable development issues and how they impact on the strategic development of the business.
  8. Learning Outcomes
    1. Understand the global sustainability agenda
      • Analyse the global sustainability agenda and how it translates into national practice
      • Analyse the forces for change in the sustainable business environment
      • Evaluate the impact of current sustainability issues on business Organisations
    2. Understand the concept of the sustainable business organisation
      • Determine the extended boundaries of the sustainable business organisation
      • Evaluate the impact on business structure and objectives of becoming a sustainable business organization
    3. Understand sustainable strategic planning
      • Determine change required within business organisations to meet the sustainability agenda
      • Analyse the concept of the triple bottom line and how it is implemented in business organisations
      • Review the process of sustainable strategic business planning