Institute for Sustainable Enterprise at the Silberman College of Business Fairleigh Dickinson University

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Institute for Sustainable Enterpriseat the
Silberman College of Business Fairleigh
Dickinson University

• ISE Advisory Group Session
• March 30, 2006

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THE INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE Creatin
g Collaborative Opportunities and Processes for
Regionally-Based Organizations To Enhance Their
Sustainability from a People, Environmental,
Societal, and Financial Perspective
MISSION THE INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE
ENTERPRISE Educate current and future leaders of
business, government, nonprofit, and educational
institutions about managing sustainably by
focusing on products, processes, and services
that add value to the organizations, and are
beneficial to people and the planet
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The Institute for Sustainable Enterprise
CURRICULUM
SERVICE
INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE Educate
current and future leaders of business,
government, nonprofit, and educational
institutions about managing sustainably by
focusing on products, processes, and services
that add value to the organizations, and are
beneficial to people and the planet

• High-engagement action learning education
  programs to develop
• global perspective,
• collaborative mindset,
• systems breakthrough thinking
• For sustainable management

• Seminars roundtables
• Knowledge clearinghouse
• Conferences
• Student mentoring
• HR leadership development
• Process facilitation
• Consulting

APPLIED RESEARCH
CASE STUDY RESEARCH about effective
sustainability initiatives
ACTION RESEARCH/SCIENCE Sustainability-enhancing
projects with organizations
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Where are we now?

• Endorsement from the Dean of Silberman College of
  Business
• Endorsement of the Chief Academic Officer of FDU
  (Vice-President and Provost)
• Conditional Approval of the College Educational
  Planning Committee
• Fund-raising support from the University
• Recognized as a active partner in Greening of
  the Campus project
• Enthusiastic support from the Office of Global
  Learning
• Initiatives in the Research, Curriculum and
  Services areas

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Todays meeting

• How can ISE become more sustainable and achieve
  its mission and strategy?
• What are the role and operating principles of the
  ISE Advisory Board (AB) in relation to AB
  Standing Committees, Action Teams, and ISEs
  management team?
• How can we balance such operating principles as
  inclusion, nurturing, enrollment, collaboration,
  reflection and inquiry with principles of action,
  velocity, efficiency and results?
• What is ISEs strategy in terms of points of
  differentiation (what will distinguish us?) and
  scope (Global or NJ focus? Corporate, government,
  non-profit, or academic focus?)?
• How do we prioritize various ISE initiatives in
  terms of resources and results?
• How can we gain entry and traction with
  organizational decision makers around membership
  and participation?
• Should we become a marketing arm for sustainable
  management services by other likeminded
  organizations?
• What might be the venue, size, focus, and
  sponsorship structure of a major spring 2007
  conference on managing sustainably, co-hosted
  with the UN Global compact and other sponsors?