Throughout this simulation, you will play the role of the new chief executive officer of Coastal Industries, a fictional manufacturer of industrial transformers. During the simulation, you will be asked to make a series of decisions as Coastal Industries adopts sustainable management practices. These decisions will involve the company's operations, its standing in the community, and its relations with local government and state and federal regulators. Each of your decisions will affect Coastal Industries in different ways. Your goal in the simulation is to optimize positive scores across the following leadership factors:

You will be asked to make a series of decisions during the simulation, and each decision will impact the project in different ways. Your goal in the simulation is to optimize positive scores across the following project management factors:

• Leadership Performance
• Board Support
• Employee Relations
• Social Responsibility
• Regulatory Compliance
• Environmental Practices
• Financial Performance

This simulation is meant to sharpen your understanding of the key leadership skills necessary for effective sustainable management. Those skills include:

• Taking charge as a new leader
• Balancing competing concerns, such as management/employee preferences, community interests, and financial needs
• Dealing with controversial decisions and the potential for negative responses both internally and externally
• Analyzing financial data and using that information to make educated decisions
• Managing organizational change
• Understanding the relationship between corporate responsibility and the community
• Assessing sustainability practices and measuring their organizational and financial impacts
• Finding compromises that meet short and long-term financial objectives

Target Audience: This simulation is designed for adult learners with some knowledge of sustainable management practices.

Level/Prerequisites: Introductory/No Prerequisites

Estimated time to complete: 10 hours