Here is another book review as I just finished The Sustainable MBA, by Giselle Weybrecht. Albeit I believe it is a great book and am strongly recommending it, I don’t feel like I learned a lot.
But this might be explained by two facts : 1. I graduated very recently (2006) from a Master in Management from a top Business School – Audencia Nantes ; 2. I have been delving in sustainability for now seven years. (now for hire)
I still recommend this book to any person who would like to get involved in a greener business and anyone who would like to green his or her current job.
I believe this is truly a must read. Starting with an introduction to sustainability, it goes on with chapters on each aspect of today’s companies :
- Accounting
- Economics
- Entrepreneurship
- Ethics and corporate governance
- Finance
- Marketing
- Operations
- Organizational behaviour
- Strategy
The book concludes with a set of tools which will enable anybody – from the manager to the citizen or the employee – to go green.
Ripe with concrete examples I believe I will buy a copy of my own when I will start a new job as it will undoubtedly be of use along what I hope will be a long career.
The work done by Giselle Weybrecht is not groundbreaking, but essential to any person interested in greening our society.
Conclusion : 18/20
Unlike all the books I read so far, this one gives advices, tools, guidelines that can be applied today troughtout our work. The others indeed tackled more our societies as a whole.
