Abstract
Noting published concern regarding cross-functional learning in business schools, this chapter examines final year shared module learning across three business degree strands (Marketing, Organisational Behaviour and Accounting) at a UK Community College. A literature review examines existing work on business strand or majors in context of learning styles, personality traits, threshold concepts and communities of practice. Primary research includes a survey with students on a shared Sustainability module alongside an interview with that tutor. Limitations include the study's snapshot nature, cohort size, and the differing core or elective status of the module. Findings indicate that differences of approach linked to threshold concepts, personality trait differences and community of practice boundaries are not robust to subject learning and cohort group working. The ability of sustainability as a cross-strand business module to achieve this may be distinctive especially due to its current urgent significance. Wider research in terms of student numbers, institutions and different shared modules is recommended.