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What are the key strategic issues that an organisation faces particularly in the context of sustainable development? What are they key alternative strategies and priorities for addressing those issues?

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Peter MELLALIEU conducts a strategic audit of an organisation focussed on identifying the key strategic issues regarding sustainable development. The audit includes analysis of strategy and planning documents, interviews of key stakeholders, and/or observation of institutional practices. The results of the audit provide a basis for integrating sustainable development into top-level strategic planning and/or initiating specific strategic initiatives to address the key sustainable development issues that challenge the organisation.

Biography
Peter MELLALIEU's research and teaching in strategic thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship began a strong focus on sustainable development when he convened the conference "Strategies for Sustainability" in 2000 at the University of Canterbury. Since then, he has conducted a strategic eco-audit of Unitec Institute of Technology, worked at an eco-university campus in Florida, USA, lead capacity-building workshops for enterprise development in Africa, created the Enterprise GreenWorks masterclass educational format, and conducted a critique of the New Zealand Tertiary Education Strategy (TEC/TES) from the perspective of education for sustainability. His qualifications include a BTech(hons) in biotechnology and industrial management, Master of Public Policy, PhD in operational research whilst based at New Zealand's national physics and engineering laboratory. He is currently studying Iwi Environmental Management and developing a course in Sustainable Urbanism.