Perspectivaction: A New Educational Framework to Include Sustainability in Responsible Management Education

Abstract

The Higher Institute of Administration and Economics (ISAE) is a business school located in the south of Brazil that has more than 5000 students a year in post-graduate courses. This article intends to present the Perspectivaction educational framework, whose goal is to complement the traditional scope of MBA courses, and highlight its contribution to the education of globally responsible leaders. Perspectivaction is a systemic educational framework with 14 interrelated activities. It is based on educational theories such as experiential education, transdisciplinarity, transversality and self-education. It offers students the opportunity to experience large companies’ best practices in corporate sustainability, develop skills for producing articles and scientific research, plan their personal and professional development with the help of a coach, and participate in experiential challenges (such as rafting and flying in a balloon) which encourage them to advance team work focused on values. To validate Perspectivaction as an important tool in training globally responsible professionals, the face validity technique was applied to a sample of 50 professors. Results show that 92 % agree that Perspectivaction complies with the objective of educating globally responsible leaders.