Ryan Cabinte JD, MBADwight Collins, PhDMargrethe Winslow, PhD

Ryan Cabinte JD, MBADwight Collins, PhDMargrethe Winslow, PhD

Developing an Integrated MBA/MPA Curriculum to

Spur Innovative and Collaborative Solutions in

Sustainability

© Steven Crane and Dwight Collins Presidio Graduate School

CHESC 2012 Session 34: Making Student Learning Outcomes into Sustainability Learning Outcomes

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Presidio Graduate School educates and inspires a new generation of skilled, visionary and enterprising leaders to transform business and public policy and create a more just, prosperous and sustainable world.

Why a Joint Degree?

• Complex social and environmental problems are increasingly being solved through multi-sectoral approaches.

• Business, government, non-profit sectors are becoming more interdependent.

• Leverages business skills and knowledge of law and policy-making process.

• Range of insight allows for innovative problem solving.

Joint MBA/MPA or MPP Programs in the U.S.

• New York University MBA/MPA• Ohio State University MBA/MPA• Harvard MBA/MPA• Stanford MBA/MPP• Duke MBA/MPP• UCLA MBA/MPP• Pepperdine MBA/MPP• Georgetown MBA/MPP• Presidio Graduate School MBA/MPA in

Sustainable Management

Sustainability problems are ripe for multi-sector solutions

• Food waste • Recycling• Bio-based fuels• Land conservation• Affordable housing

Public-Private Partnership at Napa, CA Waste Diversion Facility

• Background: 1989 statewide California recycling mandate for local communities to divert 50% of all waste going to landfills

• Good news: Commercial company waste generators save money

• Problem: Financial returns on the haulers’ recycling divisions about half that of the collection and landfill divisions

• Response: City initiative to transform model to align city’s goals with haulers’ goals

Public-Private Partnership at Napa, CA Waste Diversion Facility

• New RFP reflecting new business model focused on diversion– City engages support of social entrepreneur with multi-sectoral knowledge– RFP issued (2004), three haulers responded, winner chosen

• Diversion rate increased from 49% in 2005 to 62% in 2012

• Key Observation: Multi-sectoral knowledge required for initiative to succeed– City budgetary/operations environment– State regulatory environment– For-profit business optimization

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EOS Climate

• Business offering: – Produce high quality Verified Emissions Reductions by

destroying Ozone Depleting Substance (ODS)– For-profit model built on policy

• Skills needed:– Technical: Writing ODS destruction certification protocol – Policy: Knowledge of GHG regulatory environment at federal

and state levels– Business: Create business model: ODS sources, revenue

sources, destruction operators

JACO Environmental Supplies ODS Destruction Credits - De-manufactures Refrigerators & Recycles 98%

MBA Learning Outcomes

Articulating a Sustainable MBA and MPA

• Sustainable Systems– Systems Thinking– Sustainability Literacy– Ethics & Social Justice

• Sustainable Leadership– Efficacy, Resilience &

Adaptability– Relationship Management– Organizational Change

• Business Foundations– Economics– Innovation in products and

services, marketing, & operations

– Capital Management– Critical Thinking

• Sustainable Systems– Social, Economic & Ecological Systems– Organizations, Institutions & Policy– Policy Modeling

• Sustainable Leadership– Insight, Creativity, & Leading for the Long

Term– Engagement & Collaboration

• Public Administration Foundations

– Sustainable Management– Ecological & Social Issues– Frameworks

MPA Learning Outcomes

SUS 7010:

Introduction to

Public

Administration &

Policy

SUS 6000: Civic

Leadership,

Decision-Making

& Systems

Thinking

SUS 6010:

Principles of

Sustainable

Management

SUS 6195:

Effective

Management,

Communication

& Action

SUS 7030:

Research

Methods & Policy

Evaluation

SUS 6025:

Human

Resources and

Management

Ethics

SUS 6130:

Implementation

of Sustainable

Practices

SUS 6021:

Quantitative

Methods for

Business &

Public

Administration

SUS 7060:

Public Sector

Finance

SUS 7080:

Information

Management,

Technology &

Policy

SUS 6210:

Leadership for

Sustainable

Management

SUS 7025:

Market Failure

and the

Regulatory

Environment

SUS 7100:

Sustainable

Urban

Development,

Economics, and

Policy

7090: Integrative

Capstone Plan

Elective

(Culture Values &

Ethics;

International

Entrepreneurship;

Clean

Technology)

SUS 6025: Micro-

and

Macroeconomics

MPA

SUS 6010:

Principles of

Sustainable

Management

SUS 6195:

Effective

Management,

Communication

& Action

SUS 6000:

Managerial

Accounting

SUS 6060:

Managerial

Marketing

SUS 6130:

Implementation

of Sustainable

Practices

SUS 6021:

Quantitative

Methods for

Business &

Public

Administration

SUS 6110:

Operations &

Production

SUS 6090:

Sustainable

Products &

Services

SUS 6210:

Leadership for

Sustainable

Management

SUS 7025:

Market Failure

and the

Regulatory

Environment

SUS 6040:

Managerial

Finance

SUS 6050:

Strategy

Elective

(Culture Values &

Ethics;

International

Entrepreneurship;

Clean

Technology)

SUS 6025: Micro-

and

Macroeconomics

SUS 6175:

Capital Markets

SUS 6145:

Integrative

Capstone

Venture Plan

MBA

SUS 7010:

Introduction to

Public

Administration &

Policy

SUS 6000: Civic

Leadership,

Decision-Making

& Systems

Thinking

SUS 6010:

Principles of

Sustainable

Management

SUS 6195:

Effective

Management,

Communication

& Action

SUS 6000:

Managerial

Accounting

SUS 6060:

Managerial

Marketing

SUS 7030:

Research

Methods & Policy

Evaluation

SUS 6025:

Human

Resources and

Management

Ethics

SUS 6130:

Implementation

of Sustainable

Practices

SUS 6021:

Quantitative

Methods for

Business &

Public

Administration

SUS 6110:

Operations &

Production

SUS 6090:

Sustainable

Products &

Services

SUS 7060:

Public Sector

Finance

SUS 7080:

Information

Management,

Technology &

Policy

SUS 6210:

Leadership for

Sustainable

Management

SUS 7025:

Market Failure

and the

Regulatory

Environment

SUS 6040:

Managerial

Finance

SUS 6050:

Strategy

SUS 7100:

Sustainable

Urban

Development,

Economics, and

Policy

7090: Integrative

Capstone Plan

Elective

(Culture Values &

Ethics;

International

Entrepreneurship;

Clean

Technology)

SUS 6025: Micro-

and

Macroeconomics

SUS 6175:

Capital Markets

SUS 6145:

Integrative

Capstone

Venture Plan

MPA

MBA

Market Failures and the Regulatory Environment

Markets

MarketFailure

Regulatory Intervention

Regulatory Failure

Markets

MarketFailure

Regulatory Intervention

Regulatory Failure

Intractable Problems/System Failures(often “Sustainability” problems)

Opportunity for Sustainability Innovation and Value(i.e., Social Entrepreneurship)

Market Failures and the Regulatory Environment

Key Assignment

Pick an Intractable problem

Design 5 solutions

Market Failures and the Regulatory Environment

Key Assignment

Pick an Intractable problem

Design 5 solutions

1 business 1 NGO 1 policy

Market Failures and the Regulatory Environment

Key Assignment

Pick an Intractable problem

Design 5 solutions

1 business-Porter’s 5 forces-Business Model Generation

1 NGO-Find a funder-Write the grant proposal outline

1 policy-Bardach’s 8 Fold path-Find funding source

Market Failures and the Regulatory Environment

Key Assignment

Pick an Intractable problem

Design 5 solutions

1 business-Porter’s 5 forces-Business Model Generation

1 NGO-Find a funder-Write the grant proposal outline

1 policy-Bardach’s 8 Fold path-Find funding source

2 inter-sectoral solutions, PPP, or solution outside system

Market Failures and the Regulatory Environment

Discussion

• What feedback do you have for us?• What are your thoughts about or experiences

with dual-degree programs?