Reimagining Management Curriculum: Integrating Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence to shape Future-Ready Professionals
Abstract/Description
The corporate environment is changing due to the combination of global sustainability issues and the quick development of artificial intelligence (AI), necessitating a radical change in management education. Future leaders cannot be adequately prepared to navigate and lead in this complicated, AI-driven, and sustainability-constrained world by traditional management curriculum, which are frequently based on profit-maximization and siloed disciplines. In order to develop the interdisciplinary skills necessary for moral leadership, conscientious innovation, and long-term value generation, this conceptual paper promotes the incorporation of sustainability and artificial intelligence into management education. This paper presents a theoretical framework for curriculum integration across three tiers: foundational knowledge, interdisciplinary applications, and experiential learning. It is based on a new educational philosophy that prioritizes long-term thinking, ecological awareness, and stakeholder-centric strategies. In order to train professionals capable of tackling linked technology and environmental concerns, it highlights critical future-ready abilities such as sustainability literacy, AI and data literacy, systems thinking, ethical reasoning, and strategic foresight. Alongside institutional reforms in curriculum governance, industry engagement, and faculty development, pedagogical innovations including problem-based learning, AI-enhanced simulations, and collaborative, case-based instruction are suggested. The contextual requirements of emerging nations, where inadequate educational infrastructure may impede integration efforts, are given particular consideration. In the conclusion, the paper offers practical suggestions for stakeholders, policy makers, and academic institutions to reimagine management education as a means of developing tech-enabled, mission-driven professionals in a world that is becoming more digitally connected and sustainability-focused.
Keywords
Management, Curriculum, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, Reimagining
Track
Management
Session Number/Theme
Management - Session I
Session Chair
Dr. Khalid Basit
Start Date/Time
14-6-2025 10:55 AM
End Date/Time
14-6-2025 12:35 PM
Location
MCC 14 Ground Floor, AMAN CED Building
Recommended Citation
Ahmad, D. (2025). Reimagining Management Curriculum: Integrating Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence to shape Future-Ready Professionals. IBA SBS 4th International Conference 2025. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/sbsic/2025/program/59
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Reimagining Management Curriculum: Integrating Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence to shape Future-Ready Professionals
MCC 14 Ground Floor, AMAN CED Building
The corporate environment is changing due to the combination of global sustainability issues and the quick development of artificial intelligence (AI), necessitating a radical change in management education. Future leaders cannot be adequately prepared to navigate and lead in this complicated, AI-driven, and sustainability-constrained world by traditional management curriculum, which are frequently based on profit-maximization and siloed disciplines. In order to develop the interdisciplinary skills necessary for moral leadership, conscientious innovation, and long-term value generation, this conceptual paper promotes the incorporation of sustainability and artificial intelligence into management education. This paper presents a theoretical framework for curriculum integration across three tiers: foundational knowledge, interdisciplinary applications, and experiential learning. It is based on a new educational philosophy that prioritizes long-term thinking, ecological awareness, and stakeholder-centric strategies. In order to train professionals capable of tackling linked technology and environmental concerns, it highlights critical future-ready abilities such as sustainability literacy, AI and data literacy, systems thinking, ethical reasoning, and strategic foresight. Alongside institutional reforms in curriculum governance, industry engagement, and faculty development, pedagogical innovations including problem-based learning, AI-enhanced simulations, and collaborative, case-based instruction are suggested. The contextual requirements of emerging nations, where inadequate educational infrastructure may impede integration efforts, are given particular consideration. In the conclusion, the paper offers practical suggestions for stakeholders, policy makers, and academic institutions to reimagine management education as a means of developing tech-enabled, mission-driven professionals in a world that is becoming more digitally connected and sustainability-focused.
