Sustainability leader in a green business era : a Middle East perspective / /
Amr Sukkar, PhD.
- First edition.
- New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (xv, 94 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection, .
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The sustainability concept in organization context -- Chapter 3. Tools and standards enabling sustainability -- Chapter 4. Sustainability SMEs -- Chapter 5. Leaders and business sustainability -- Chapter 6. "Sustainability leader attributes" new model -- Chapter 7. Summary and recommendation.
The SME sector in the Middle East has always been one of the main drivers of the economy, but this sector rarely showed an interest in PPP ("'People, Planet, and Profits"'), the environment, and sustainability. From interviews with SME leaders the author suggests a widespread lack of conviction of the importance of the environment, and insistence that short-term profitability is the main focus. However, things are changing now and there is more pressure on businesses to take an interest in these issues; yet, there is a lack of clarity about the attributes (characteristics, personality, competencies, qualities, or character) of leaders who can runan SME and who have a predisposition to focus on environmental and resource sustainability.
Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.
9781951527860
Sustainability--Middle East. Leadership--Middle East. Business enterprises--Environmental aspects--Middle East. Small business--Environmental aspects--Middle East.
Leadership. SMEs. Sustainable development. Environment. Sustainability leaders. SME leaders.