THE
PROGRAM
June 17 - 26, 2003
The environmental conditions in which private and public firms operate are
changing dramatically. In many cases, even the direction of this change is not what has
been anticipated. Successful management will require both understanding these changes and developing
management strategies that account for them.
The Corporate Environmental Leadership Seminar (CELS) at Yale offers high-level,
solution-oriented training in environmental management and policy. It provides
expert assessments of the changing paradigms of resource availability, demand,
manufacture, regulation, economic development, policy, and management --
both nationally and internationally. It also offers an an opportunity to link ideas
offered in the Seminar with strategic issues raised by each participant‘s “leadership
project.”
The Seminar brings together executives from a broad range of private business,
government managers from state, federal, and
international agencies; and representatives of nongovernmental organizations -
in the belief that learning from each other is essential and occurs both
inside and outside the Seminar classroom. Faculty members are drawn from Yale
and elsewhere.
To provide information and trends that give participants an advantage
in understanding an environmentally sensitive world.
To increase knowledge of the array of disciplines fundamental to astute
environmental decision-making.
To tie global resource issues to contemporary management problems.
To provide the basis for participants to shape environmental strategies
for competitive advantage and organizational change.
A combination of lectures, panel discussions, case studies, field trips,
simulations and other problem-solving exercies which integrate the multiple
disciplines taught;
Faculty drawn from the Yale's Schools of Forestry and Environmental Studies,
Law, and Management as well as invited experts in environment-related
disciplines, from resource availability to demographic trends to the latest
management, policy, and financial issues;
The opportunity to explore a workplace problem in depth as part of a
final leadership project;
A small class -- 16 to 22 individuals -- with a balanced mix of public
and private managers from many professional fields.
The curriculum of the Corporate Environmental
Leadership Seminar is focused on four interdisciplinary clusters and
the important trends within these fields: raw material availability, demographics
and demands; manufacturing approaches; and economic, business, management, and
policy environments.
Participants are expected to come with a workplace issue to develop into
a leadership project for presentation and discussion with faculty and
peers, prior to implementation.
The
learning objectives of the Corporate Environmental Leadership Seminar are:
The
Corporate Environmental Leadership Seminar is committed to working with
senior managers to develop long-term perspectives on the environment and
business. The Seminar’s focus on fundamental principles and thoughtful
guideposts provides an essential knowledge base for people who directly
influence the environmental impact of industrial and economic activities.
The
Corporate Environmental Leadership Seminar offers: