Enterprise Model
A Sustainable Future Starts with a Resilient Structure
Unity Environmental University adopted an enterprise model for our organizational structure in 2017. It’s an entrepreneurial approach that allows us to respond to the rapidly changing needs of students and society. Similar to a matrix organization, our enterprise model combines the innovation potential of a functional hierarchy with the interdisciplinary collaboration of a project-based structure.
Our 3 Sustainable Education Business Units
Unity Environmental University Distance Education
Online learning baccalaureate and master’s degrees
Unity Environmental University at Pineland
In-person baccalaureate degrees offered at the Pineland Farms campus
Sustainable Ventures
Revenue-generating businesses that provide a real-world manifestation of our curriculum
How Our Enterprise Model Works
In the enterprise model, our core functions such as academic administration, information technology, human resources, financial, physical assets, and other services are standardized across the University while distinct semi-independent subsidiaries known as Sustainable Education Business Units (SEBUs) develop audience focused programs, products and services.
This model allows us to adapt to meet the needs of learners, clients and partners now and in the future:
Each SEBU develops programs, services, and products tailored to audience-specific needs without needing permission from or affecting the entire organization.
Functional areas provide centralized services through the coordination of resources and integrate key processes that cut across business units and geography.
This centralization of core functions optimizes resources while demonstrating common standards of sustainability leadership.
