Social Dimension of Sustainable Development: Guidance and Application
2008 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year))
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
In the shift towards a sustainable society, there have been varying interpretations of what this will mean for the social sphere. Using the parameters for social sustainability presented in the framework for strategic sustainable development (FSSD), this research sought to assist sustainability practitioners in identifying and eliminating the creation of or contribution to barriers that undermine the individual’s capacity to meet their needs. In doing so, the researchers explored the processes of social systems and employed a systems thinking perspective to examine how an organization could, through the intentional structuring of its processes, work to eliminate their contributions to arriers. From this research, characteristics of processes that move an organization towards socially sustainable development were identified as cooperation, transparency, openness, inclusiveness and involvement, around which a guidebook was developed to promote organizational reflection and examination of processes in regards to these characteristics and fundamental human needs.
Abstract [sv]
This thesis aims to provide useful guidance for transforming organizational processes to better reflect a consideration of human needs. It seeks to address structures which act as barriers to the capacity of people to actualize their needs, and proposes a set of characteristics of processes that help to eliminate these barriers.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2008. , p. 127
Keywords [en]
Social Sustainability, Human Needs, Social Systems, Systems Thinking, Structural Barriers, Social Sustainable Development, Process Characteristics, Strategic Guidance
National Category
Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified Sociology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:bth-3431Local ID: oai:bth.se:arkivex0E126E0A0728ED4BC12574F000398EE7OAI: oai:DiVA.org:bth-3431DiVA, id: diva2:830737
Educational program
SLASL (Master programme in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
Note
andbenaim@yahoo.com.br - Andre Benaim acollins01@gmail.com - Amber C. Collins lraftis@gmail.com - Luke Raftis
2015-04-222008-10-282025-02-20Bibliographically approved