Pathways of organisational transformation for sustainability: a university case-study synthesis presenting competencies for systemic change & rubrics of transformation
| Autor: | Pim Martens, Alex Baker-Shelley, Annemarie van Zeijl-Rozema |
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| Přispěvatelé: | RS: GSBE MSI, Maastricht Sustainability Institute |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Knowledge management
business.industry Socio-ecological systems organis(z)ational development Geography Planning and Development Sustainability science Rubric systemic change 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law sustainability science 01 natural sciences organis(z)ational transformation Transformation (music) Organisational transformation Sustainability Research article POINTS Sociology business universities 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 27(8), 687-708. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group |
| ISSN: | 1745-2627 1350-4509 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13504509.2020.1762256 |
| Popis: | This research article presents a diagnosis and synthesis of three case studies of universities that have transformed themselves as organisations towards sustainability with signature pathway approaches. These took place in 2016 at Leuphana Universitat Luneburg, Arizona State University, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. These universitiesfirstinvested significant time, energy, and human resources in learning about and researching themselves,beforeembarking along differentiated pathways of transformation, in turn, made up of common patterns of rubrics in specific action strategies. The common patterns delineated by the action strategies can be understood as intrinsic competencies for systemic change. These describe the assets of, for example, actors researching, learning about, and diagnosing their own organisations, their awareness of system boundaries and qualities, and the relationship and interdependency between the organisation and its surrounding society and ecosystems. Any blueprint of organisational transformation for sustainability should, therefore, be rooted in the intrinsic logic of the organisations in question. 33 tangible systemic rubrics of transformation also emerged which could be useful for actors (whether student, administrative, academic, entre/intrapreneur, leadership or activist) to prioritise asset development within their organisations, and which might act as pragmatic design aspirations, guiding and encouraging university actors along transformation pathways. |
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