wir210 - Corporate Environmental Management (Complete module description)

wir210 - Corporate Environmental Management (Complete module description)

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Module label Corporate Environmental Management
Modulkürzel wir210
Credit points 6.0 KP
Workload 180 h
Institute directory Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law (Business Administration and Business Education)
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls
  • Bachelor's Programme Business Administration and Law (Bachelor) >
  • Bachelor's Programme Business Informatics (Bachelor) >
  • Bachelor's Programme Business Informatics (Bachelor) >
  • Bachelor's Programme Computing Science (Bachelor) >
  • Bachelor's Programme Economics and Business Administration (Bachelor) >
  • Bachelor's Programme Economics and Business Administration (Bachelor) >
  • Bachelor's Programme Sustainability Economics (Bachelor) >
  • Master of Education Programme (Vocational and Business Education) Economics and Business Administration (Master of Education) >
  • Master's Programme Business Informatics (Master) >
  • Master's Programme Computing Science (Master) >
Zuständige Personen
  • Siebenhüner, Bernd (module responsibility)
  • Lehrenden, Die im Modul (Module counselling)
Prerequisites
Skills to be acquired in this module
The students:
  • understand the goals and concepts of sustainable development;
  • discuss the importance of sustainability for companies;
  • know basic strategies and instruments that enable companies to achieve sustainable development;
  • acquire conceptual and practical skills using case studies, in particular about which instruments can be used to prepare companies for the challenges of sustainable development.
Module contents
The module consists of a lecture and a seminar. While the lecture presents and explains concepts, instruments and strategies for sustainable development, the seminar focuses on the practical relevance of the various instruments, concepts and strategies and discusses these based on case studies.
• Concepts and goals of sustainable development
• Introduction to the current discussion on sustainable development
• Current sustainability instruments and strategies for companies
• Case studies
Literaturempfehlungen
• Baumast, A. & Pape, J. (Hrsg.) (2009): Betriebliches Umweltmanagement. Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften im Unternehmen (4. Aufl.). Stuttgart: Ulmer
• Dyllick, T. & Hockerts, K. (2002): Beyond the Business Case for Corporate Sustainability. In: Business Strategy and the Environment, S. 130-141
• Holliday, C. et al. (2002): Walking the Talk. The Business Case for Sustainable Development. Sheffield: Greenleaf
• Pfriem, R.; Fichter, K. & Paech, N. (2005): Nachhaltige Zukunftsmärkte - Orientierungen für unternehmerische Innovationsprozesse im 21. Jahrhundert. Marburg: Metropolis
• Siebenhüner, B. et al. (2006): Organisationales Lernen und Nachhaltigkeit. Marburg: Metropolis.
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Language of instruction German
Duration (semesters) 1 Semester
Module frequency
Module capacity unlimited
Form of instruction Comment SWS Frequency Workload of compulsory attendance
Lecture 2 28
Seminar 2 28
Präsenzzeit Modul insgesamt 56 h
Examination Prüfungszeiten Type of examination
Final exam of module
usually around Mid of March
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