Sustainable growth (5 cr)
Code: MB00CV02-3010
General information
- Enrollment
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09.01.2023 - 31.01.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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02.01.2023 - 05.05.2023
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- RDI portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Department of Business
- Campus
- Kouvola Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in International Business Management
- Teachers
- Slaveya Hämäläinen
- Mikhail Nemilentsev
- Teacher in charge
- Mikhail Nemilentsev
- Groups
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MBKV23KYInternational business management, master studies
- Course
- MB00CV02
Objective
You can characterize major global commitments to sustainable development and explain their influence on an industry level. You can create a framework for developing firm’s sustainable growth strategy including trends and issues regarding sustainable future. You can develop an action plan for implementing more sustainable growth strategies.
Content
How do international agreements and conventions govern sustainable development and what are the best industry practices for sustainability? How to incorporate sustainability into growth strategies? What are the metrics, measurements, and tools for tracking sustainability? (eg., ISO standards, triple bottom-line, key performance indicators (KPIs), lifecycle assessment (LCA), carbon management)
Course material
Course material and literature will be announced later.
Study forms and methods
Scheduled track:
The course will be implemented as scheduled in student timetables.
RDI and work-related cooperation
As a part of their studies, students complete a report based on their own organisational RDI context. The objective of this research work is to find transformative processes towards sustainability inside a firm/organisation.
Timing of exams and assignments
Accepted assignments, no exam
International cooperation
The course will be based on the international framework of sustainability and sustainable development.
Student workload
5 ECTS is equivalent to 135 hours of student work. There will be both individual and group work during the course.
Course part description
A detailed curriculum will be presented prior to the course via Learn. There will be two separate research projects, which the students complete individually.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Student can
* find, study, produce and evaluate critically multidisciplinary data in their field of expertise.
* solve demanding problems in research, development and innovation
* be responsible for operations and develop them independently.
* evaluate different strategic approaches and justify their use in terms of management and development.
Assessment methods and criteria
The course evaluation will be based on a number of assignments. No exam.