Why MBA Sustainability
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The Value of Your Degree
MBA candidates recognize that a background in sustainability prepares them to work for the world's most progressive corporations, and positions them for faster advancement and more interesting assignments.
Corporations have articulated what they, in turn, expect from an MBA: nimble, multidimensional management track candidates equipped to manage complexity, uncertainty and change.
DUQUESNE MBA SUSTAINABILITY SHARPENS YOUR ABILITY TO:
- Apply systems thinking
- Evaluate risk
- Challenge longstanding paradigms
- Find novel approaches/partners to source and scale solutions
Duquesne MBA Sustainability instills the raw analytical horsepower needed to keep pace with today’s rapid business decisions and cycles. At the same time, we train you to identify and consider the larger political, cultural, environmental, and social forces at work.
This mindset, a combination of systems thinking, operational efficiency, organizational change and break-though innovation, finds application in any sector or area of business: energy, finance, technology, transportation, manufacturing, etc.
DUQUESNE MBA SUSTAINABILITY SKILLS CHECKLIST
- Fine-tune supply chains
- Anticipate human and natural resource needs
- Deploy and manage cross-functional teams
- Leverage data and technology for greater eco-efficiency
- Lead new product development
- Mobilize capital and financial markets to stimulate sustainable investment
- Make a business case for ethical and principles-based change
- Bring innovation to market
GoodCorporation
UK-based GoodCorporation, founded in 2000 by a group of former partners and directors of KPMG Consulting, created the GoodCorporation Standard in co-operation with the Institute of Business Ethics. Similar to a voluntary accreditation process, the corporate certification system measures 62 sustainable management practices.
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Highlighted Faculty
Virginia Gerde, PhD
Business Ethics, Organizational Ethics, Information Ethics
Virginia Gerde teaches and conducts research on ethics, environmental issues, corporate performance and organization theory.
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- Join a select group of MBA graduates ready to lead a sustainable future.
Accepting applications for Fall 2013.
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- Spring 2013 – Germany & Luxembourg
Summer 2013 – India
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Blog Updates
Aspen Institutes’ Business & Society International MBA Case Competition
April 23, 2013 - A big congratulation goes out to the Duquesne team that placed 3rd overall for the Aspen Institutes’ Business & Society International MBA Case Competition! Atalie Hayes, Gregg Gorse, Matt Ebberts, and Andrew Minnotte placed first in the internal round of competition at Duquesne and then had their work submitted to the overall competition. They were [...]
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Student Spotlight- Gregg Gorse
April 23, 2013 - Background: Gregg, originally from Pittsburgh, PA, attended the University of North Texas where he majored in marketing. Prior to joining the sMBA program, Gregg worked on an on-campus marketing campaign internship with Chevrolet. He is also a member of Beta Gamma Sigma. Why Duquesne: Gregg was interested in moving back to the Pittsburgh area, so [...]
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