There has been increased interest in the aesthetic dimension of environmental and social issues. This research explores the aesthetic dimension of sustainable development and sheds light on how organizational sustainability might be related with aesthetics and art. First, based on literature, a conceptual model is proposed, envisioning organizational sustainability as a continuous process of creating and consuming technical, social and aesthetic values, by and for different stakeholders. The model provides a novel approach to managing organizational sustainability as it complements previously developed technical approaches with aesthetics and art-based practices. Second, utilizing the model, several in-depth interview questions are developed, and directed to the executives of 11 universities located in Istanbul, Turkey to understand the role of aesthetics and art in organizational sustainability from a practical standpoint which is largely ignored in literature. Face-to-face meetings with the executives indicate that aesthetics and art appear to be underutilized as strategic elements such that no participant measures organizational aesthetic value. However, the executives regard stakeholder involvement as an integral part of a potential measurement process. They cite lack of awareness and harmony among stakeholders, budget constraints and limited vision of management as the major barriers to creating aesthetic value. Although the executives have diverse views about the future role of aesthetics and art, and their relationship with organizational sustainability, they tell that aesthetics and art-based practices contribute primarily to social sustainability while making partial and indirect contributions to economic and environmental sustainability, respectively.

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美学和艺术在组织可持续性中的作用：高等教育中的概念模型和探索性研究

人们对环境和社会问题的审美维度越来越感兴趣。本研究探讨了可持续发展的美学维度，并阐明了组织可持续性如何与美学和艺术相关联。首先，基于文献，提出了一个概念模型，将组织可持续性设想为由不同利益相关者创造和消费技术、社会和美学价值的持续过程。该模型提供了一种管理组织可持续性的新方法，因为它通过美学和基于艺术的实践补充了先前开发的技术方法。其次，利用该模型，开发了几个深度访谈问题，并针对位于伊斯坦布尔的 11 所大学的高管，土耳其从文学中很大程度上忽略的实际角度来理解美学和艺术在组织可持续性中的作用。与高管的面对面会议表明，美学和艺术作为战略要素似乎没有得到充分利用，因此没有参与者衡量组织的美学价值。然而，高管们将利益相关者的参与视为潜在衡量过程的一个组成部分。他们列举了利益相关者之间缺乏意识和和谐、预算限制和有限的管理视野是创造审美价值的主要障碍。尽管高管们对美学和艺术的未来角色以及它们与组织可持续性的关系有不同的看法，