Environmental management systems (5 cr)

Objective

You understand environmental management as a part of organizational management. You are able to identify different types of management systems regarding the environment, health, safety and quality and understand the difference between a standardized management system and management. You are able to participate in the development and maintenance of environmental management systems in organizations with the help of the standards available. You have a view of the role and responsibilities of EHS specialists in organizations.

Content

What are the basic principles of the most commonly used environmental management system standards (ISO 14001, EMAS)?
What does continued improvement mean in the context of environmental management?
Why is environmental management an elemental part of organizational management?

Evaluation

Students can:
use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
evaluate information sources critically.
work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
evaluate operations in customer, user and target group situations.
choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.
apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.

Course material

ISO 14001:2015 standard (available at Xamk library)
EU websites on the Eco Management and Audit Scheme (ec.europa.eu)

Other material announced later.

Study forms and methods

You understand environmental management as a part of organizational management. You are able to identify different types of management systems regarding the environment, health, safety and quality and understand the difference between a standardized management system and management. You are able to participate in the development and maintenance of environmental management systems in organizations with the help of the standards available. You have a view of the role and responsibilities of EHS specialists in organizations.

RDI and work-related cooperation

To be announced later

Timing of exams and assignments

10.1.-14.2.2022 Independent study, assignments due 14.2.2022.

14.2.-30.4.2022 Lectures. Possible company visits announced later.
Assignment due dates announced later.

Exam on week 17.

International cooperation

-

Student workload

135 h

Evaluation scale

1-5