Environmental Management for Sustainable Development

Question: 1. Discuss the benefits and challenges you have derived from undertaking Environmental Management for Sustainable Development.2. Describe the research process undertaken during the completion of this coursework assessment for this module.3. Highlight the personal benefits and challenges you have experienced during the implementation of your research strategy and the writing of your coursework on thismodule. Answer: Reflection In this course I have learned a lot about the importance and the drivers of sustainable development. I have learned that the organizations in different industry segments should understand their responsibility towards the sustainable development (Barrow, 2006). In fact, the consumers and the society like the organizations that have the policy of sustainable development. I was pretty excited from the beginning of the course itself. I have always believed that the biggest learning is the learning from people. In this course I got the chance to learn from the experiences and the knowledge of other people. Today, I can confidently say that I have a better understanding of sustainable development. The learning from this course would help me not only in my professional development but also in my personal development. I understand that individuals in the society and the society at large also have the responsibility to contribute towards sustainability and sustainable development (Gaffney, 20 13). The research process in this research was mainly secondary in nature. In this course, I got a platform to learn from the existing researches. I understand that a lot of research is already done in this area. In this course, I got the access to various journals and articles that have helped my to develop a sound understanding of sustainable development, the drivers of sustainable development and the benefits and the challenges of sustainable development. I believe that the secondary research and the literature review is a good and effective way to learn about the various complexities and problems. In the research process I have learned that there are various ways to focus on sustainable development. It is important that the organizations should take the inputs from all the internal and external stakeholders while focusing on sustainable development (Golub, 2015). I have learned that the focus on sustainable development is a culture for the organization and it is important that the org anizations should focus to create this culture with the focus on the internal and the external stakeholders. I can say that this course have been smooth learning experience for. I have number of key take away or benefits from this course. The biggest benefit is that, this course has helped me emerge as a responsible individual. I have faced some challenges also in this course. At my personal front, I can say that the time management was a challenge for me. However, when I look back now, I realize that this course has provided me an immense learning experience. I cannot quantify the entire learning from this course. However, I am sure that the learning from this course would help me in long term. I am benefited personally as well as professionally. Today, I have a better understanding of sustainable development. I know the need of sustainable development and the investment that the organizations should make on sustainable development. References Barrow, C. (2006).Environmental management for sustainable development. Routledge. Golub, T. P. (2015). The role of education in sustainable development.Advanced Education, (4), 13-17. Griggs, D., Stafford-Smith, M., Gaffney, O., Rockstrm, J., hman, M.C., Shyamsundar, P., Steffen, W., Glaser, G., Kanie, N. and Noble, I., 2013. Policy: Sustainable development goals for people and planet.Nature,495(7441), pp.305-307.