Student organizations and Communities of Practice: Actions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

• Borges, Julio Cesar ^[1] ; Oranges Cezarino, Luciana ^[2] ; Capellaro Ferreira, Tamiris ^[1] ; Travençolo Muniz Sala, Otávia ^[1] ; Lehr Unglaub, Delton ^[1] ; Ferreira Caldana, Adriana Cristina ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade de São Paulo

     Universidade de São Paulo

     Brasil

     
  2. [2] School of Business and Management (FAGEN), Uberlandia Federal University (UFU)
• Localización: The international journal of management education, ISSN 1472-8117, Vol. 15, Nº. 2, 2017, págs. 172-182
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • This paper presents an analysis of student perspectives in a public college of management, signatory of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and demonstrates how these students are able to promote the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development through their student organizations. Student organizations may be considered Communities of Practice (CoPs) since they are dynamic, interactive and not controlled by the institution. Thus, an exchange of knowledge and participants’ engagement occurs naturally through shared values and practices. The proposed research question is “What are the values and practices shared in student organizations that are interpreted as CoPs in a public college of management that has concrete actions and potential to promote the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?” A questionnaire was sent to all of the members of the nine student organizations, and it contained six open-ended questions as well as profile questions. The answers to the open-ended questions were submitted to qualitative and quantitative content analysis. The results show that there is evidence that student organizations connect people by their beliefs, passions and shared values to achieve several goals, acting as CoPs, and have concrete actions and potential to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)