臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

Abstract
Over the past two decades, the market has confronted persistent challenges on
environmental, social, and governance fronts. This evolution has underscored the indispensable
role of sustainability education for Executive MBA students in propelling sustainable
development. This study seeks to delve into tangible sustainability topics suitable for inclusion in
the Executive MBA program. Employing a blend of concept mapping methodology and
statistical analysis, the study engages 27 participants who participate in two 60-minute
brainstorming sessions. The first workshop is dedicated to fostering sustainability concepts and
refining the scope of focus. 48 sustainability topics are discovered at this stage. The second
workshop convenes participants anew to evaluate sustainability topics identified during the
initial session. This session takes the process of card sorting techniques, employs
multidimensional scaling to understand the pattern of listed topics and then categorizes potential
meaningful sustainability themes into clusters with Hierarchical Cluster analysis. The insights
derived from these dialogues will serve as a valuable cornerstone for the development of the
Executive MBA sustainability education curriculum.
The 7 resulting clusters are as follows: 1: Promoting Sustainable Business Practices and
Operations, 2: Corporate Sustainable Responsibility and Management, 3: Navigating Sustainable
Business Practices and Overcoming Challenges, 4: Sustainability Reporting, Standards and
Laws, 5: Employee Well-being and Labor Safety, 6: Corporate Governance and Engaging with
the Community, and 7: Optimizing Sustainability in Manufacturing and Resource Management.
Keywords:
Executive SustainabilityEducation, ESG, Concept Mapping, MDS, Hierarchical Cluster Analysis

中文摘要
過去二十年間，市場在環境、社會和治理方面面臨持續的挑戰。這種演變凸顯了可持續性教
育對執行碩士（EMBA）學生在推動可持續發展方面不可或缺的作用。本研究旨在探討適合
納入執行碩士課程的切實可行的可持續性主題。通過結合概念映射方法和統計分析，本研
究涉及27名參與兩次60分鐘腦力激盪會議的參與者。第一個研討會專注於培育可持續性概
念並細化焦點範圍。在此階段發現了48個可持續性主題。第二個研討會重新召集參與者，以
評估在初始會議期間確定的可持續性主題。該會議運用卡片分類技術的過程，使用多維尺
度來理解所列主題的模式，然後使用分層聚類分析將潛在的有意義的可持續性主題分類為
簇。從這些對話中得出的見解將成為執行碩士可持續性教育課程開發的寶貴基石。
結果產生的簇如下： 簇1：促進可持續的商業實踐和運營, 簇2：企業可持續責任和管理簇3：
引領可持續的商業實踐並克服挑戰, 簇4：可持續性報告、標準和法律, 簇5：員工福祉和勞工
安全, 簇6：企業治理和社區參與, 簇7：優化製造和資源管理中的可持續性。
關鍵詞： 高階管理永續教育，ESG，概念映射，多維度縮放，階層聚類分析

Table of Content
Abstract............................................................................................................................................i
中文摘要......................................................................................................................................... ii
Acknowledgments.........................................................................................................................iii
誌謝................................................................................................................................................ iv
Table of Content............................................................................................................................. v
List of Tables................................................................................................................................. vi
List of Figures.............................................................................................................................. vii
Chapter 1. Introduction.................................................................................................................1
1.1 Background.......................................................................................................................... 1
1.1.1 Market Challenges and Social Demand......................................................................1
1.1.2 Problem Statement and Gap........................................................................................2
1.1.3 Goal........................................................................................................................................ 3
1.2 Research Procedure..............................................................................................................4
Chapter 2. Literature Review....................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Importance of Sustainability Education...............................................................................6
2.2 Sustainability Knowledge Required for Executive MBA students......................................8
2.3 Concept Mapping Methodology Advantages.................................................................... 11
2.4 Multi-Dimensional Analysis..............................................................................................13
2.5 Hierarchical Cluster Analysis with Ward’s Linkage Dendrogram.....................................16
Chapter 3. Methodology..............................................................................................................18
3.1 Research Structure and Design.......................................................................................... 18
3.2 Concept Mapping Process..................................................................................................20
Step 1: Preparation.............................................................................................................20
Step 2: Idea Generation.....................................................................................................22
Step 3: Structuring the Statements.....................................................................................24
Step 4: Representation of the Statements...........................................................................27
Chapter 4. Results........................................................................................................................31
Chapter 5. Conclusions................................................................................................................41
References:....................................................................................................................................43
Appendix I : 20 Presentation Slides........................................................................................... 46
Appendix II : Ranking Sheets.....................................................................................................52
Appendix III : Data Input........................................................................................................... 55

List of Tables
Table 1: Reasons Why Sustainability is Important for EMBA Students……….………………...7
Table 2. The 20 Slides of Sustainability Topics Presentation……………...…………………… 21
Table 3. EMBA Participants Profiles…………………………………………………………….22
Table 4. The 48 Topics of Business Sustainability Obtained during the Brainstorming Process..25
Table 5. The 7 Clusters and the Associated Topics……………………………………………...28
Table 6. Cluster of Topics and Ranking Statistics……………………………………………….32
Table 7. Cluster 1 and Associated Topics………………………………………………………..31
Table 8. Cluster 2 and Associated Topics……………………………………………..…………34
Table 9. Cluster 3 and Associated Topics……………………………………………..…………35
Table 10. Cluster 4 and Associated Topics………………………………………………………37
Table 11. Cluster 5 and Associated Topics………………………………………………………38
Table 12. Cluster 6 and Associated Topics………………………………………………………39
Table 13. Cluster 7 and Associated Topics………………………………………………………40
Table 14. Curriculum of MIT Sloan School of Management Executive Education…………………43
Table 15. Curriculum of Washington University in Saint Louis , Olin Business School Executive
Education……………………………………………………………..…………………………44

List of Figures
Figure 1. Research Procedure…………………………………………………………………….5
Figure 2. The Concept Mapping Process………………………………………………………..12
Figure 3: Multidimensional Scaling Procedure………………………………………………….13
Figure 4: Multidimensional Scaling - Euclidean Distance Model Analysis…………………….15
Figure 5. Research Model……………………………………………………………………….18
Figure 6: Concept Mapping Diagram……………………………………………………………24
Figure 7: Hierarchical Cluster Analysis - Dendrogram Result……………………….………….31
Figure 8. Rankings of Cluster by Importance Level…………………..………………….……...33
Figure 9. Rankings of Cluster by Capacity Level………………………...……………………...33
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