wcm200 - International Sustainability Management

wcm200 - International Sustainability Management

Originalfassung Englisch PDF Download
Modulbezeichnung International Sustainability Management
Modulkürzel wcm200
Kreditpunkte 6.0 KP
Workload 180 h
Einrichtungsverzeichnis Department für WiRe (VWL)
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls
  • Master Water and Coastal Management (Master) > Bereich Socioeconomics
Zuständige Personen
  • Sievers-Glotzbach, Stefanie (Modulberatung)
  • Bukowski, Meike (Modulberatung)
  • Siebenhüner, Bernd (Prüfungsberechtigt)
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen
Kompetenzziele
Knowledge on the basic concepts and strategies of sustainability management related to corporate practice:
  • Sustainability: Basic concepts, strategies,
  • Domestic and international challenges for business,
  • Business case for sustainable development,
  • Integrative concepts of sustainable corporations,
  • Sustainable strategies,
  • Management instruments
Discussing topics of international sustainability management with students from different scientific disciplines.
Ability to present and evaluate different concepts and instruments of international sustainability management
Modulinhalte
  • This module consists of a one lecture and one seminar (2 weekly contact hours per lecture/seminar) dealing with basic concepts and strategies of sustainability management within corporations. Both, lecture and seminar give an overview of current sustainability strategies for companies and present a variety of instruments to integrate and initiate sustainable development within corporations. While the lecture focuses more on theoretical approaches and introduces basic concepts of corporate sustainability management, the seminar provides a variety of case studies and business cases to demonstrate different concepts and instruments of sustainability management. The seminar provides the possibilities for inter- and transdisciplinary exchange and discussions.
Literaturempfehlungen
BMU/BDI (Eds.) 2002: Sustainability Management in Business Enterprises. CSM, University of Lueneburg (Schaltegger, Herzig, Kleiber, Müller), http://www2.leuphana.de/umanagement/csm/content/nama/downloads/pdf-dateien/nmu_fs_engl_final.pdf
Charter, Martin/Tischner, Ursula (Eds.) (2001): Sustainable Solutions, Developing Products and Services for the Future, Sheffield: Greenleaf;
Board on Sustainable Development of the National Research Council, 1999 Our Common Journey: A Transition Toward Sustainability. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press;
Dyllick, Thomas, and Kay Hockerts, 2002 "Beyond the Business Case for Corporate Sustainability." Business Strategy and the Environment, 2002: 130-141;
Gladwin, T., et al., 1995 "Shifting paradigms for sustainable development: Implications for management theory and research." Academy of Management Review, 20: 874 - 907;
Hart, Stuart, 1997 "Strategies for a sustainable world." Harvard Business Review, January-February 1997: 67-76;
Holliday, Charles O., et al., 2002 Walking the Talk. The Business Case for Sustainable Development. Sheffield: Greenleaf;
Hutchinson, Andrew, and Frances Hutchinson, 1997 Environmental Business Management: Sustainable Development in the New Millennium. London u.a.: McGraw-Hill.
Shrivastava, Paul, and Stuart L. Hart, 1995 "Creating sustainable corporations." Business Strategy and the Environment 1995: 154 165.
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Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Dauer in Semestern 1 Semester
Angebotsrhythmus Modul halbjährlich
Aufnahmekapazität Modul unbegrenzt
Modulart je nach Studiengang Pflicht oder Wahlpflicht
Modullevel ---
Prüfung Prüfungszeiten Prüfungsform
Gesamtmodul
Two possibilities:
(i) individual presentation/discussion and written assignment on a case study or
(ii) group presentation including group work phase & discussion and written assignment on a concept/instrument of sustainability management
Scientific quality of presentation (40 %), clarity of presentation and discussion (10 %), scientific quality of report (50 %)
Lehrveranstaltungsform Seminar
Angebotsrhythmus

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