W923 – Sustainable Business Management/Ecopreneurship
Module
Sustainable Business Management/Ecopreneurship
Sustainable Business Management/Ecopreneurship |
Module number
W923
Version: 1 |
Faculty
Business Administration
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Level
Master
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Duration
1 Semester
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Semester
Summer semester
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Module supervisor
Prof. Dr. oec. publ. Wolfgang Sattler |
Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. oec. publ. Wolfgang Sattler |
Course language(s)
English |
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 |
Examination(s)
Alternative examination - Presentation |
Form of teaching
Lectures, Readings, Worked examples and problems, Case Studies, Presentations |
Media type
No information
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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
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Special admission requirements
No information
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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
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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. |
Link to course/learning resources in OPAL
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