Management learning and the greening of SMEs: Moving beyond problem-solving

Artikel

Win-win and eco-efficiency approaches to environmental management that focus on cost benefits from environmental improvement in business have been widely promoted in recent years. However they have been criticized because they are of limited appeal to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and because they do not promote a broader programme of learning and change. Based on qualitative interviews with SMEs in the UK that have participated in a resource efficiency project, the paper aims to identify the conditions under which management learning is occurring, that triggers a process of on-going environmental improvement. The main indicators of management learning identified that lead to a process of learning and change were: cognitive and behaviour change; an approach that went beyond problem-solving; a culture of leadership and participation; a discontinuity that made resource efficiency a priority; a networked, open-minded leader.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) ; ISSN: 1862-0000 ; Volume: 25 ; Year: 2011 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 178-195 ; Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation ; Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility ; Personnel Economics: Labor Management ; Sustainable Development
• Thema: greening ; resource efficiency ; SMEs ; learning ; Öko-Effizienz ; Kostenmanagement ; Lernende Organisation ; KMU ; Großbritannien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Millard, Debbie
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Rainer Hampp Verlag
• (wo): Mering
• (wann): 2011

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1688/1862-0000_ZfP_2011_02_Millard
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/70950
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ