Today’s Schedule
            Today’s Schedule
   Introduce Myself
     Introduce Myself
   Introduce Yourself
     Introduce Yourself
   Syllabus and Class Structure 
     Syllabus and Class Structure 
   Video on Industrial Systems (with 
     Video on Industrial Systems (with 
     brief discussion).
     brief discussion).
             Introducing Myself
             Introducing Myself
   Joseph Sarkis
     Joseph Sarkis
   Ph.D. from SUNY Buffalo
     Ph.D. from SUNY Buffalo
   Was in Texas now in Massachusetts
     Was in Texas now in Massachusetts
   Professor Operations and Environmental 
     Professor Operations and Environmental 
     Management
     Management
   Research Interests include Business and 
     Research Interests include Business and 
     Environment, MCDM, Operations Strategy, 
     Environment, MCDM, Operations Strategy, 
     Advanced Manufacturing Technology
     Advanced Manufacturing Technology
   Homepage: www.clarku.edu/~jsarkis
     Homepage: www.clarku.edu/~jsarkis
          Introducing Yourself
           Introducing Yourself
   Name
     Name
   Current situation
     Current situation
   What I did over the summer
     What I did over the summer
   What I did over the summer to help 
     What I did over the summer to help 
     the environment 
     the environment 
   Future Interests..if any.
     Future Interests..if any.
       Syllabus and Class Structure
       Syllabus and Class Structure
      Reading and Case Material
        Reading and Case Material
      Russo- Environmental Management: Readings 
                Environmental Management: Readings 
        Russo- 
        and Cases
        and Cases
      Reading Packets in Bookstore.
        Reading Packets in Bookstore.
        – HBS cases, WRI case, 6-7 HBR readings
          HBS cases, WRI case, 6-7 HBR readings
      Reserve readings.
        Reserve readings.
                                                  nd
                                                   nd
        Principles of Environmental Management (2  
        Principles of Environmental Management (2  
        Edition): Buchholz; 
        Edition): Buchholz; 
      Web site readings
        Web site readings
     Syllabus and Class Structure
     Syllabus and Class Structure
   Objective 
     Objective 
     – To look at the various issues facing 
      To look at the various issues facing 
      Organizations and the Natural Environment  
      Organizations and the Natural Environment  
     – Learn how organizations have met some of 
      Learn how organizations have met some of 
      these challenges…and better ways of meeting 
      these challenges…and better ways of meeting 
      them.
      them.
     – Techniques for carrying out organizational 
      Techniques for carrying out organizational 
      environmental investigations.
      environmental investigations.
     – Make you aware and whet your appetite for 
      Make you aware and whet your appetite for 
      addressing these issues.
      addressing these issues.