Sustainable Development Management and Its Role in the Organizations

Andreea Grecu – Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania

Keywords: Sustainable development
management;
Leadership;
Organizational culture

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2023.9

Abstract: Any organization, whether it be a commercial or a non-profit organization, must perform the duty of sustainable development management. This is so that they can thrive while upholding the ideals of social responsibility and meeting the demands of a modern public management system. The management of sustainable development is directly related to the promotion of global responsibility leadership, and this relationship ultimately leads to a change in corporate culture. This transition entails promoting sustainable acceptability and commitment at all levels of the organization and viewing performance through a sustainability lens.

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9th International Scientific ERAZ Conference – ERAZ 2023 – Conference Proceedings: KNOWLEDGE BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, hybrid – online, virtually and in person, Prague, Czech Republic, June 1, 2023

ERAZ Conference Proceedings published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia

ERAZ conference partners: Faculty of Logistics, University of Maribor, Maribor (Slovenia); University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia (Bulgaria); Center for Political Research and Documentation (KEPET), Research Laboratory of the Department of Political Science of University of Crete (Greece); Institute of Public Finance – Zagreb (Croatia); Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Ohrid, University of St. Kliment Ohridski from Bitola (North Macedonia)

ERAZ Conference 2023 Conference Proceedings: ISBN 978-86-80194-72-1, ISSN 2683-5568, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2023

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Grecu, A. (2023). Sustainable Development Management and Its Role in the Organizations. In V. Bevanda (Ed.), ERAZ Conference – Knowlegde Based Sustainable Development: Vol 9. Conference Proceedings (pp. 9-15). Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans. https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2023.9

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