BEX5810 Sustainable business and innovation
Faculty of Business and Economics
BEX5810 Sustainable business and innovation is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2026 entry.
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Requisites
Before BEX5810
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After BEX5810
No unit lists BEX5810 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be enrolled in course B6005, B6006, B6009, B6010, B6018, B6040, B6041, B6042, B6044, B6045, B6046, B6047, B6048, B6049, B6050, B6051, B6052, B6053, B6062, B6063, S4006 or be granted permission by the Chief Examiner to undertake this unit.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
Global sustainability challenges such as climate change, widening inequality, food insecurity, and ecosystems decline are creating greater levels of complexity and risk for business strategy and operations. Evolving legislative, regulatory, investor and societal trends are pushing business to do better by addressing associated environmental, societal, governance and ethical impacts. Failure to respond can lead to significant financial, policy, competitor, investor, and reputational risk. Consequently, business is needing to rethink sustainability value creation in radically different ways.
The unit integrates insights from sustainable development, business management, business innovation, environmental and social sciences and systems thinking.
Learners will demonstrate broad knowledge of global sustainable development challenges; critique current incremental sustainable business responses and approaches; interrogate systems focused frameworks and sustainable business models; and apply transformative tools to a real business. Learners will develop and demonstrate their employability-readiness through the application of new knowledge and skills to real-world challenges including: systems thinking; strategic sustainability analysis; research and evaluation; critical thinking and reflection; intercultural and interdisciplinary understanding; professional communication and teamwork.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | On campus, block |
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus, block |
Assessment
- Within semester assessment100%
- Exercise30%
- Presentation35%
- Written35%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
demonstrate broad knowledge of ecological and societal challenges and critically reflect on the interconnectedness with business
- 2
evaluate current business approaches to address sustainable development in global contexts
- 3
interrogate sustainable business model theories and frameworks for creating systems value
- 4
acquire practical skills and tools for transforming business to be future-fit.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops40 hours
- Teaching approachIndustry-based learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.
This unit provides you with the opportunity to engage in industry-based learning to incorporate professional and industry experience into your studies.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.
Where it fits
BEX5810 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Gitanjali Bedi
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for BEX5810?
BEX5810 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is BEX5810 offered?
In 2025, BEX5810 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Caulfield.
How much work is BEX5810?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does BEX5810 have an exam?
No. BEX5810 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include BEX5810?
BEX5810 is part of Leadership for sustainable development and Sustainable business.