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Welcome from the Director of Ph.D. Programs |
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| Dennis Heaton, Ed.D. |
In July 2012 the MUM business faculty hosted a conference on Deep Green Sustainability, with distinguished speakers from around the world. This conference was convened to explore the thesis: "There must be a transformation of consciousness in order to truly 'embed' sustainability in our companies and our society."
The PhD program at MUM is a community of inquiry for continued exploration of questions suggested by this thesis, including:
- What is consciousness? How can we study the transformation of consciousness on the individual and collective level?
- What are the indicators of embedded sustainability? What are the mechanics of embedding sustainability?
- How can research be designed to explore the connections between consciousness and sustainability?
We welcome you to join us in this cutting edge exploration of the potential to transform organizations and societies through profound consciousness-based approaches to sustainability.
Dr. Dennis Heaton, Director |
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Overview |
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The Ph.D. program in Management at MUM explores how organizations create
sustainable value that fulfills the interests of the organization
through producing positive impacts for society and the environment.
Our investigations of sustainable management encompass three components:
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Developing holistic consciousness in the manager
- Managing the transformation of organizations toward sustainable practices
- The measurement and communication of sustainability outcomes.
Each of these components is covered in the coursework and they represent
the scope of our programmatic research on consciousness-based
sustainability in management.
The evolution of individual and collective consciousness cultivates the
learning capabilities of systems thinking, collaborative relationships,
and creative visioning to create sustainable value.
This evolving consciousness expresses itself in new management practices
and forms of organization that enable organizations to innovatively
address social and environmental needs. Evolving consciousness also
attends to and reports on a holistic range of performance outcomes,
encompassing economic, social, and environmental results.
In the Ph.D. program at Maharishi University of Management, sustainable
management is studied in the light of the Science and Technology of
Consciousness. This program in Consciousness-Based Management for
Sustainability provides understanding and experience of the total
intelligence of Nature, which automatically manages the infinitely
complex and evolving universe without strain and without mistakes.
Students in this program practice technologies for personal growth
toward better health, clearer thinking, greater creativity, moral
development, and wisdom. |
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Focus on Consciousness and Sustainability |
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The themes of consciousness and social and environmental responsibility have emerged as a unifying focus for programmatic research in this Ph.D. program. Examples of present and past dissertation research topics in this sustainability and consciousness focus include:
- The role of HRM in implementing sustainability
- Conceptions of sustainability in Cameroon
- Meditation and trust in supply chain relationships
- Consciousness and Success
- Brain integration and management integrity
- Consumers and non-genetically modified food
- Effects of green-certified building
- Moral development of CPA's
- ISO-14001 Environmental Management System and corporate financial performance
- Development economics based on natural law
- Self development and leadership behaviors
- The effects of the Transcendental Meditation on stress in managers
Career Outcomes
The program is designed to prepare students for careers as professors, consultants, or researchers who can help transform the performance of organizations to create sustainable value — fulfilling the interests of shareholders through producing life-supporting benefits for stakeholders and the natural environment. |
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