BUSS1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Climate Change Act 2008, World Economic Forum, John Naisbitt

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Business Studies
• Course: BUSS1000
• Professor: Steven Hitchcock

Document Summary

Buss1000 lecture notes the future of business. Education of theories and frameworks heuristic device: encourage students to think about things in a specific way, foundational knowledge to equip students for the workforce, where they can apply this knowledge. Lecture 1 (6/3/18) introduction and the future of business www. sbi. sydney. edu. au. E. g. hateful comments on youtube, conflict on social media: ai developments surpassing human intelligence (google"s ai won 4:1 in go over world champion, resource security, world economic forum (wef) names water crisis as no. mill + housing = social and structural. Concern: rapid urbanisation, 1800 2% global population in cities. Instagram models idealised image good/bad: experiential consumption an expectation of society, people buy things to feel things functionality vs image/desire. Wicked problems widespread issues resistant to resolution/change. Climate action network of australia: climate change. Bill and miranda gates foundation: preventative diseases + affordable healthcare.