Sustainability

Table of Contents

Title Page (s) | Executive Summary | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1 | Introduction | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2 | Sustainability | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 3 | The Importance for managers to understand sustainability ---------------------------- | 4 ~ 5 | The influence of sustainability on organizational behavior ------------------------------ | 6 | Definition of Team ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 7 | Purpose of having a team | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | 7 | Effects of team on organization’s sustainability | ----------------------------------------- | 8 | Characteristics of high performance teams | ---------------------------------------------- | 9 | Team building process | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | 10 | Leader’s and Manager’s role in a team | ---------------------------------------------------- | 12 ~ 13 | Policies and recommendations | -------------------------------------------------------------- | 14 ~ 16 | Conclusion | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 17 | References | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 18 ~ 19 |

Executive Summary

The purpose of this report is to examine sustainability from the world’s perspective and to draw the attention of business managers the importance of sustainability to its business and its influence on organisational behaviour. Sustainability is universally defined as the ‘development that meets the needs of the present without

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