Innovative Teaching: a Case Study on Teaching Sustainable Supply Chain Management and a Sustainability Mindset

In this research, we propose an exploratory case study for establishing a sustainable supply chain management course (“Sustainable and Global Supply Management”, MS in Management Engineering, University of Bergamo, Italy), using a unique, novel combination of pedagogical approaches. To improve learning and encourage the development of the Sustainability Mindset (SM), several exercises aligned with Kolb’s experiential learning methodology were implemented. Based on results of the Sustainability Mindset Indicator (SMI®), a measurement of students’ attitudes toward the SM, specific activities were deliberately and flexibly chosen. The impacts of the experiential teaching techniques were ascertained by a pre-post analysis using the SMI®.