Sustainable growth (5 cr)
Code: MB00CV02-3014
General information
- Enrollment
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13.01.2025 - 26.01.2025
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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20.02.2025 - 30.04.2025
Implementation is running.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact 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
- Sanna Niemelä
- Mikhail Nemilentsev
- Groups
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MBKV25KYInternational Business Management, master studies
- Course
- MB00CV02
Realization has 6 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 19 h 30 min.
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Thu 20.02.2025 time 09:00 - 12:15 (3 h 15 min) |
Sustainable growth MB00CV02-3014 |
355
Teorialuokka (40+1), päärakennus
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Thu 13.03.2025 time 13:00 - 16:15 (3 h 15 min) |
Sustainable growth MB00CV02-3014 |
142
Teorialuokka (40+1), päärakennus
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Fri 14.03.2025 time 09:00 - 12:15 (3 h 15 min) |
Sustainable growth MB00CV02-3014 |
337C
Teorialuokka (60+1), päärakennus
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Thu 10.04.2025 time 09:00 - 12:15 (3 h 15 min) |
Sustainable growth MB00CV02-3014 |
140
Teorialuokka (40+1), päärakennus
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Fri 11.04.2025 time 09:00 - 12:15 (3 h 15 min) |
Sustainable growth MB00CV02-3014 |
337C
Teorialuokka (60+1), päärakennus
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Fri 25.04.2025 time 09:00 - 12:15 (3 h 15 min) |
Sustainable growth MB00CV02-3014 |
337C
Teorialuokka (60+1), päärakennus
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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
The course will be implemented as scheduled in student timetables.
RDI and work-related cooperation
The course will include a number of business development tasks.
Timing of exams and assignments
Various individual and group assignments, no exam
International cooperation
The course will be based on the international framework of sustainable development.
Student workload
The course is 5 ECTS and it is to be completed in English. 1 ECTS means approximately 27 hours of student work related to studying the course material, fulfilling the course assignments and acting as a group member.
Course part description
A detailed curriculum will be presented in the Learn platform when course begins.
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.