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Identical coursesSustainable Management (B-KUL-HMG09A)
Cannot be taken as part of an examination contract
Stough Talia (coordinator) | Stough Talia Aims
This course contributes to the attainment of the following Programme-specific learning outcomes for the Master of Management Engineering:
2. Management of business domains
Graduates know the core concepts in the different business management areas. They use this knowledge to analyse business problems, and can propose, compare and evaluate different solutions in a real business context.
Graduates can integrate the different business domains, understand their mutual relations at a company level while taking the broader context, environmental factors and relevant public players into consideration.
3. Design of business processes
Graduates can design, optimise and manage the business processes in a modern company.
Graduates demonstrate an advanced specialisation in at least one business area. Through their choice of a major subject, graduates specialise in the design of business processes, with a focus on the relevant business areas.
5. Research skills
Graduates can independently devise, plan and execute a company or society-oriented research project, and communicate about this in speech and in writing.
6. Behaviour and society
Graduates can describe and interpret the behaviour of economic actors and can assess their consequences for an organisation and society at large.
7. Natural and applied sciences
Graduates can assess contemporary social challenges from an environmental science and technological perspective, and can propose corresponding sustainable solutions.
9. Languages
Graduates demonstrate academic and professional communication skills in the language of the programme.
11. Ethics, responsibility and sustainability
Graduates recognise and can critically reflect on the social, ethical and sustainability aspects of business management.
12. International orientation
Graduates recognise the international and intercultural dimensions of business management and policymaking, and can analyse (business) economic issues as part of an international framework.
The course contributes to the attainment of the following Personal development goals Master of Management Engineering:
- The student actively looks for situations to broaden and/or deepen his/her competences in line with his/her disciplinary future self.
- In his/her acting and thinking, the student pays attention to the environment, the human being and society and he/she develops a critical attitude in this context.
- The student testifies to an ethical attitude in the approach of problems in a business or policy context.
- The student has thought for international and intercultural dimensions of business and/or policy management.
- The student recognises the surplus value of an international context for his/her own environment and the broader society.
Previous knowledge
No previous knowledge is required for the participation in this course.
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Activities
6 ects. Sustainable Management (B-KUL-HMG09a)
Content
In this course, we will explore the role of business in sustainable transitions. The course is organized on three levels: the societal level, the organizational level, and the individual level.
The societal level
Doughnut Economics – as an introduction to sustainable transitions required in society, we will explore the social foundation, environmental ceiling, and revisions to economic thinking necessary to enable transitions put forth by Raworth (2017).
The organizational level
At the core of this course are management perspectives for sustainable transitions. Using the framework of Business Sustainability 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 (Dyllick and Muff, 2016), we will explore business model innovations, strategic frameworks, transitions, evolutions, and trends in the context of “sustainable management”.
As the first part of the final assignment for this course, students will explore the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risk ratings on firms (case studies). Students will work individually but within a learning community of peers, where they will present their work and offer feedback.
The individual level
Because business models, frameworks, and trends do not exist without managers implementing them, the final frontier of the course will be the individual level. The socially-constructed, and culturally-embedded nature of ethics and responsibility will be explored, as well as the psychological mechanisms relevant to sustainable transitions.
As the second part of the final assignment, students will apply the sociological and psychological concepts presented in the final portion of the course to their case studies.
Course material
Required course material (powerpoints, scientific publications, reports...) will be made available online via Toledo.
Recommended: Raworth, K. (2017). Doughnut Economics, Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
Format: more information
Discussion - Flipped classroom - Project work
Lectures, groups discussions, peer-learning, and guest lectures will be used in this course. Students will work in learning communities with their peers to present their final work and offer feedback.
Evaluation
Evaluation: Sustainable Management (B-KUL-H75778)
Explanation
The final assignment is composed of two parts:
Part I: Report on the impact of Environmental, Social, Governance risk on a firm (case study). Students will work individually, but within a learning community of peers. Students will present their work in their learning community and receive feedback from their peers on how they can improve their work. Students will be able to improve their work, based on the feedback received from their learning community before submitting their final work.
Part II: Reflection on the sociological and psychological mechanisms relevant to the case study. Students will work on this part individually, and will not present this within their learning community.
Part I (10 points)
-Report presented within learning community (4 points)
-Quality of engagement in learning community and peer review process (3 points)
-Revisions to report based on feedback of learning community (3 points)
Part II (10 points)
Information about retaking exams
For the second exam period, there will be an exam during the exam period. The format will be open-ended. Course materials will not be allowed.