Paths And Challenges For The Inclusion Of Social And Environmental Sustainability In The Formal Education Of Brazilian Manager

Authors

  • Claudio Senna Venzke Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS
  • Luis Felipe Machado do Nascimento Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Keywords:

sustentabilidade socioambiental, educação, pluralidade epistemológica, reflexividade, Administração.

Abstract

The characteristics of social and environmental sustainability have a profound effect on how academic institutions should generate knowledge so as to include this subject among their goals, because one of the roles of such institutions is to generate interdisciplinary research and scientific knowledge in order to solve problems in society. In this essay, it is argued that, given the current epistemological basis, the educational institutions that prepare Brazilian managers are unable to fully address issues related to sustainability. Thus, it is necessary to reflect on the process in order to generate knowledge arrangements that include environmental sustainability in Brazilian Management programs. The objective of this paper is to discuss the construction of a knowledge arrangement for sustainability with pluralistic and reflexive features, to be used in programs for Brazilian managers beyond to the research already carried out on the subject and having them as basis. For this, the theoretical basis rests on the concepts of complexity theory with propositions from authors who view the relationships between structures and processes.

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Author Biographies

Claudio Senna Venzke, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS

Mestre e doutorando em Administração  pela Escola de Administração da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS

Professor de Administração e Gestão Ambiental na Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS

Luis Felipe Machado do Nascimento, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutor em Economia e Meio Ambiente pela UNIVERSITÄT GESAMTHOCHSCHULE KASSEL, Alemanha

Professor na Escola de Administração da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS

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Published

2013-03-13

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 3 (2013): Thematic Special Forum on Education for Sustainability

Section

Education for Sustainability: Challenges for the Formation of the New Generation of Managers

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