Business Implications of Practice Implementation

This week’s topics

Business Implications of Practice Implementation

1. Capital expenditure vs operational expenditure trade-offs
2. Transition risk and compliance exposure
3. Organizational change management and workforce upskilling
4. Supplier relationship realignment
5. think ahead: Complex Climate Trade-Offs
6. Week 1-Lecture 3 : Sustainable Development, OD and Management of Change
7. Strategic vs. Reactive: Revolutionizing Supplier Relationship Management

What you will be able to do

• 2.3 Evaluate the sustainability and business-related implications of implementing (sustainability) practices for a business.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the sustainability and business-related implications of implementing (sustainability) practices for a business.

Study materials

Videos

• think ahead: Complex Climate Trade-Offs · YouTube · London Business School · 32 min · for registered students
• Strategic vs. Reactive: Revolutionizing Supplier Relationship Management · YouTube · Procurement Tactics · 7 min · for registered students
• Alex Edmans - making the case for sustainable business models while acknowledging the trade-offs · YouTube · ICAEW · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Supply Chain Sustainability: A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement, 2nd ed. (UN Global Compact & BSR, 2015) · PDF · Un, guidance; 76 pages · for registered students
• Principles of Accounting Vol. 1, ch. 11.2: Capital versus revenue expenditure · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 642–644 · for registered students
• Principles of Management, ch. 10.2–10.3: Organisational change and managing change · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 278–298 · for registered students