The pursuit of sustainability : creating business value through strategic leadership, holistic perspectives, and exceptional performance

• Main Author: Rainey, David L. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc., [2015]
• Subjects: Industrial management > Environmental aspects.; Sustainable development.; Social responsibility of business.; Corporations > Environmental aspects.; Business & Economics > Leadership.; Sustainability.; Management: leadership and motivation.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806611386
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-879-3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 304 pages)

The Pursuit of Sustainability: Creating Business Value through Strategic Leadership, Holistic Perspectives, and Exceptional Performance focuses on the hierarchical levels of sustainability, strategic leadership, holistic perspectives, strategic and financial performance. It also focuses on managemen...

Table of Contents:

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Abbreviations
• Preface / R. K. Pachauri: Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Introduction
• Part I: Concepts and context
• Chapter 1. Sustainability in the context of business: realities and complexities
• Chapter 2. The hierarchy of sustainability: perspectives and progressions
• Chapter 3. Perspectives on the social/human world
• Chapter 4. Perspectives on the natural environment
• Chapter 5. Holistic perspectives and sustainable solutions
• Part II: Constructs
• Chapter 6. Sustainable Strategic Leadership
• Chapter 7. Creating Business Value Through the Pursuit of sustainability
• Chapter 8. Managing and mitigating vulnerabilities through the pursuit of sustainability
• Chapter 9. Strategic sustainability performance model: framework and elements
• Chapter 10. The pursuit of sustainability and concluding comments
• Concluding comments
• Reference
• Notes.