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What Is Meant by Managing Sustainability

Autor:   •  January 16, 2013  •  Essay  •  315 Words (2 Pages)  •  1,344 Views

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Sustainability may be defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. According to the World Council for Economic Development (WCED )

Managing sustainably means to control the distribution of supplies or resources in a way that they will continue to be available without interruption whenever they are needed. I think that managing sustainably also means controlling issues and planning solutions that will be sustainable and by making sure that decisions made would be possible to be continued for future generations. Managing sustainably seems to me like something that can improve productivity and environment. I think that in managing sustainably there is a big line which you can’t cross over or under, by this I mean there is a norm where you need to reach particular target. To manage sustainably means that employers have to motivate employees to get the best results possible and they have to do it professionally where that means they can’t be too nice or too mean to people. Leadership is important part in managing sustainably because it requires ability to manage people, problems and creating new ways of doing things. I think that sustainability is a source of competitive advantage because it has a big impact on how businesses preform and what advantages they have. If a business is managing sustainably it means that it gets the best results from things as possible because they don’t cross the line that I mention before. This means that they have competitive advantage as other businesses might not manage everything sustainably. However sustainability is really important to businesses for many reasons such as: It is their responsibility to manage businesses sustainability, even thou not all businesses do that. Public relations are important too, competitive advantage and profits, creating long term relationship with shareholders and gaining trust from customers and also employee

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