W923 – Sustainable Business Management/Ecopreneurship

Module
Sustainable Business Management/Ecopreneurship
Sustainable Business Management/Ecopreneurship
Module number
W923
Version: 1
Faculty
Business Administration
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Summer semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. oec. publ. Wolfgang Sattler
wolfgang.sattler(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. oec. publ. Wolfgang Sattler
wolfgang.sattler(at)htw-dresden.de
Course language(s)

English
in "Sustainable Business Management/Ecopreneurship"
ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (2.00 SCH Lecture | 2.00 SCH Seminar)
Self-study time

90.00 hours

Pre-examination(s)

Paper
in "Sustainable Business Management/Ecopreneurship"
Examination(s)

Alternative examination - Presentation
Module examination | Examination time: 30 min | Weighting: 100% | tested in English language
in "Sustainable Business Management/Ecopreneurship"
Form of teaching

Lectures, Readings, Worked examples and problems, Case Studies, Presentations
Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure

•      Sustainability: Ecological, Social, Economic Dimension

•      Social Sustainability through Diversity

•      Introduction into Management

•      Business Management from a Sustainability Perspective

•        Business Environment from a Sustainability Perspective, Green Economy

•      Introduction into Innovation

•      Eco-Innovation Lab for Sustainability

•      Green Disruptive Technologies

•      Green Product Development

•      Design Thinking Process for Green Business Ideas

•      Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test Green Business Ideas

•      Value Proposition of Sustainable Products

•      Inventing New Green Business Models

•      Ecopreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship

•      Planning Green Business Models, Sustainable Business Plan

•      Measuring and Controlling Sustainability

•      Eco-Innovation of Production Processes

•      Introduction into Financial Accounting

•      Financial Accounting of Green Businesses

•       Key Performance Indicators for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability

•      Sustainability Reports of NGO's and Enterprises

•      Green Business Model Transformation

•      Simulation of Financial Effects due to Investments into Ecology

•      Tools for meeting Sustainability Challenges

•              Case Studies
Qualification objectives

After successfully completing the module the student will be able to

(a) Understand the Importance and Different Aspects of Sustainability in a Corporate Context

(b) Know Means to achieve Social Sustainability

(c) Know Important Aspects of Modern Management

(d) Apply Management Techniques to Sustainability Issues

(e) Understand the Key Factors of Business Environment and Tools to Identify those Factors

(f) Get an Overview of the Green Economy

(g) Know Innovation Techniques and apply them to Eco-Innovation

(h) Know and Apply Steps to start a new Green Business

() Plan a Green Business Model

(i) Measure and Control Sustainability from a Business Perspective

(j) Read and Assess Financial Reports of Green Businesses

(k) Read and Assess Sustainability Reports of NGO's and Enterprises

(l) Know how to Transform a Traditional Enterprise into an Green Business One

(m) Apply Tools to Meet Sustainability Challenges and Direct an Enterprise in a Sustainable Way
Social and personal skills
  • Analytical skills – especially of soft factors.
  • Project management, teamwork & presentation skills
  • Problem solving
  • Creativity – ‚stepping outside of the box‘. The essence ecoinnovation is to do something different.
Special admission requirements
No information
Recommended prerequisites

You can only register into this course if you are a regularly enrolled student in "Environmental Engineering". I.a. ERASMUS students etc. cannot attend this course.

Continuation options
No information
Literature

Sommer, Axel: Managing Green Business Model Transformations, 2012

Esty, Daniel/Winston, Andrew: Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage, 2006

Daft, Richard: Management, 2013

HBR (ed.): Harvard Business Review on Greening Your Business Profitably, 2011; HBR (ed.): Harvard Business Review on Green Business Strategy (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series), 2007

Cooney, Scott: Build a Green Small Business: Profitable Ways to Become an Ecopreneur, 2008
Current teaching resources

uploads onto OPAL learning platform
Notes

You can only register into this course if you are a regularly enrolled student in "Environmental Engineering". I.a. ERASMUS students etc. cannot attend this course.
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