: Throughout this simulation, you will play the role of the new chief executive officer of Coastal Industries, a fictional manufacturer of industrial transformers. During the simulation, you will be asked to make a series of decisions as Coastal Industries adopts sustainable management practices.
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Lesson 1
This simulation is meant to sharpen your understanding of the key leadership skills necessary for effective sustainable management. Those skills include:
? Taking charge as a new leader ? Balancing competing concerns, such as management/employee preferences, community interests, and financial needs ? Dealing with controversial decisions and the potential for negative responses both internally and externally ? Analyzing financial data and using that information to make educated decisions ? Managing organizational change ? Understanding the relationship between corporate responsibility and the community ? Assessing sustainability practices and measuring their organizational and financial impacts ? Finding compromises that meet short and long-term financial objectives
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