Embedding Sustainability in Management Education: Pedagogical Considerations

Abstract

Embedding sustainability in management education involves a functional integration of unifying the gap between what was being taught in institutions and what was actually needed by businesses. Management education and training research for today's business environment have become an important subject to debate because it allows the design of scenarios that contribute to economic and social development. Thus, value is placed on diversity and flexibility in implementation and developing of programmes and teaching methods to avoid the "saddlebag" tendencies so that the needs of current and future generation are met. This paper is a descriptive study which majors on pedagogical considerations. It is recommended that management education providers need to translate sustainability into different disciplines and engage faculty, students and practitioners of these different disciplines to send key messages about the importance of sustainability.