Mining and Metals: Five Issues with Broad Implications
Authors: Shattuck, Rachel; Scully, Maureen
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Year: 2008
Number of pages: 15
Abstract:
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This Teaching Module was authored and prepared by Dr. Maureen Scully, Assistant Professor of Management at UMass Boston's College of Management and Consultant to the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education, and Rachel Shattuck, Program Associate, Aspen Institute Center for Business Education.
The module is divided into five issue-focused pieces, which are available below.
The mission of the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program is to generate future business leaders who can set the world on a path towards a sustainable global society. Managers at all levels and functions will need to be skillful at managing the social impacts of business. Managers whose charter is explicitly to build relationships with stakeholders as part of corporate strategy will especially need these skills.
The mining and metals industry offers many challenging questions and useful lessons for MBA students. This teaching module helps professors raise these topics in the classroom by bringing together a variety of different materials from different sources that can be used both as background reading and as the focus of class discussion. The accompanying teaching note raises some discipline-specific questions within which these materials can be contextualized.
The teaching module is organized by five major issues with which the mining industry has grappled and which have implications for other industries. These issues can be analyzed using concepts from business and society, business law, decision sciences, human resource management, international business and finance, operations management, and organizational behavior. For each issue, we present a teaching case (or two), supported by background readings (for faculty preparation and/or student assignments) including journal articles, press articles, relevant websites, and other materials. A related Closer Look gives details about cases and courses about the mining and metals industry. All materials are available on CasePlace.org.
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