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SustainAble – Cultivating Leadership for a Better Future

Target GroupBachelor, MasterResource TypeSimulation/Serious GameDomainLeadership for Sustainability and Business Transformation, Sustainable Human Resource ManagementDuration> 4hAuthorMake our Future
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  • Students experience hands-on strategic decision-making in sustainable business operations. Develops competencies in balancing profit with environmental and social impacts through interactive simulation.
  • Ideal for sustainability management, operations, or strategy courses. Works as a central activity in workshops or as an extended course project.
  • Faculty need to familiarize themselves with simulation mechanics and prepare debriefing sessions. Schedule multiple sessions to allow for strategy adjustment and learning cycles.
  • Additional industry cases and decision-making frameworks available in related materials.

Teaching format tip

Simulation/Serious Game

Establish clear learning objectives before gameplay and debrief systematically afterward. Students should document decision-making processes, unexpected outcomes, and strategic adaptations during play. Use multiple rounds to test different approaches and compare results. Connect game mechanics to real-world systems, helping students transfer insights from virtual to actual contexts.

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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
    • Specific KnowledgeThis section provides sustainability related content that would enable students following a business or management degree or course to be better equipped to face sustainability related challenges.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    Competence area
    • Problem-solving
    • Critical thinking
    • Self-awareness
    • Collaboration
    • Normative awareness
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    • Systems thinking
    • Strategy
    Learning approach
    • Cognitive learning
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    • Subject area
      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    • Skill area
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      • Critical thinking
      • Self-awareness
      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
    • Specific KnowledgeThis section provides sustainability related content that would enable students following a business or management degree or course to be better equipped to face sustainability related challenges.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    Competence area
    • Problem-solving
    • Critical thinking
    • Self-awareness
    • Collaboration
    • Normative awareness
    • Anticipatory thinking
    • Systems thinking
    • Strategy
    Learning approach
    • Cognitive learning
    • Socio-emotional learning
    • Behavioural learning
    • Subject area
      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
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      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
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      • Critical thinking
      • Self-awareness
      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
      • Anticipatory thinking
      • Systems thinking
      • Strategy
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      • Cognitive learning
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