Universities as learning organizations for sustainability? The task of climate protection
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Universities and climate change: introducing climate change to university programmes. ed. / Walter Leal Filho. Berlin; London: Springer, 2010. p. 179-192 (Climate Change Management).
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Universities as learning organizations for sustainability? The task of climate protection
AU - Lüdeke-Freund, Florian
AU - Burandt, Simon
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2010, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - For two decades the Leuphana University of Lüneburg has addressed socio-ecological issues in research, education and administration. Realizing projects such as “Agenda 21 and University of Lüneburg” (1999), “Sustainable University” (2004) and its mission statement of “Carbon-Neutral University” (2007) entails non-trivial organizational changes. Creating an authentic “Carbon Neutral University” induces multi-level learning and decision problems within the organization. Concepts of organizational learning are considered as most promising approaches to analysing and understanding sustainability-oriented projects. Past, present, and future sustainability projects are explored in this chapter. An organizational learning perspective is applied in order to identify specific phases and mechanisms of organizational developments towards realizing the university’s mission statements. Empirical facts are discussed against the theoretical background of organizational learning. A conceptual perspective is developed for organizational learning in complex fields such as sustainable development.
AB - For two decades the Leuphana University of Lüneburg has addressed socio-ecological issues in research, education and administration. Realizing projects such as “Agenda 21 and University of Lüneburg” (1999), “Sustainable University” (2004) and its mission statement of “Carbon-Neutral University” (2007) entails non-trivial organizational changes. Creating an authentic “Carbon Neutral University” induces multi-level learning and decision problems within the organization. Concepts of organizational learning are considered as most promising approaches to analysing and understanding sustainability-oriented projects. Past, present, and future sustainability projects are explored in this chapter. An organizational learning perspective is applied in order to identify specific phases and mechanisms of organizational developments towards realizing the university’s mission statements. Empirical facts are discussed against the theoretical background of organizational learning. A conceptual perspective is developed for organizational learning in complex fields such as sustainable development.
KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics
KW - Organizational learning
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
KW - Sustainable development
KW - Energy research
KW - Solar
KW - Photovoltaic
KW - Photovoltaik
KW - Bürgerbeteiligung
KW - Studium
KW - Carbon Neutral University
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/db7b67f1-621f-36d7-9253-61fc4e20b87f/
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-10751-1_15
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-10751-1_15
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-642-10750-4
T3 - Climate Change Management
SP - 179
EP - 192
BT - Universities and climate change
A2 - Leal Filho, Walter
PB - Springer
CY - Berlin; London
ER -