2024/2025
Управление устойчивым развитием компании
Статус:
Маго-лего
Когда читается:
1 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Веселова Анна Сергеевна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This innovative course explores the critical intersection of business management and sustainability in today’s rapidly evolving global marketplace. It equips future business leaders with the essential knowledge and skills to navigate global challenges while driving sustainable development and creating long-term value. “Sustainable Business Management” delves into how purpose-driven organizations can act as agents of world benefit, addressing planetary ‘grand challenges’, such as climate change, inequality, and the social impacts of global supply chain practices. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to integrate sustainable practices into core business strategies, operations, and decision-making processes, aligning with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria. The curriculum covers key topics, such as circular economy principles, stakeholder engagement, corporate social responsibility, and the paradigm of humanistic management. This approach focuses on protecting dignity and promoting well-being rather than just wealth acquisition, emphasizing the shift towards a net-zero economy. Through case studies, discussions, and practical projects students will develop a holistic mindset that combines ecoliteracy and systems thinking. Students will learn to analyze sustainability-related risks and opportunities, implement sustainable business models, and measure the triple bottom line impact of their decisions. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to drive sustainable innovations, enhance organizational resilience, and lead responsible businesses that contribute positively to both profit and the planet. Students will emerge prepared to implement ethical and responsible management practices, engage diverse stakeholders, and drive positive change in both local and global contexts. This course aims to nurture a new generation of conscientious business leaders capable of steering organizations towards higher purposes while addressing complex global issues. Students will be ready to navigate the complexities of sustainability, create competitive advantages in an increasingly conscious market environment, and contribute to making our planet a better place for living.
Learning Objectives
- The course aims to make students familiar with sustainability aspects in various functional areas of a company's management.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students develop a solid understanding of the basic concepts and principles of sustainability, including its social, environmental, and economic dimensions.
- Students recognize the urgent need for businesses to address sustainability issues and the potential benefits of doing so.
- Students identify and prioritize the stakeholders relevant to the organization and understand their perspectives, needs, and expectations
- Students understand the process of prioritizing materiality issues based on their potential risks and opportunities and aligning them with the organization's goals and values
- Students integrate sustainability considerations into financial decision-making processes
- Students analyze financial statements and data, conduct valuation assessments, and interpret ESG-related information
- Students comduct the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology and identify potential areas for improvement
- Students apply sustainability certifications and standards, such as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Systems), or B Corp certification
- Students develop different communication strategies and techniques that organizations can use to effectively communicate their sustainability efforts
- Students identify ethical considerations involved in sustainable communications
- Students develop specific metrics and indicators used to measure sustainability performance
- Students apply data collection methods, data management, and data analysis techniques
- Students set performance targets, track indicators over time, and assess progress toward sustainability goals.
Course Contents
- Topic 1. Introduction
- Topic 2. Integration of sustainability into a corporate strategy
- Topic 3. Sustainable Operations.
- Topic 4. Sustainable HRM
- Topic 5. Sustainable Marketing and Communications.
- Topic 6. Sustainable Finance
- Topic 7. Performance Tracking and Evaluation
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 1st module0.4 * Exam + 0.4 * Group assignments + 0.2 * Individual assignment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Dirk Schoenmaker, & Willem Schramade. (2019). Principles of Sustainable Finance: Vol. First edition. OUP Oxford.
- HALL, C. (2020). Learning Analytics : Using Talent Data to Improve Business Outcomes. Kogan Page.
- Kokubu, K., & Nagasaka, Y. (2020). Sustainability Management And Business Strategy In Asia. World Scientific.
- Principles of management : practicing ethics, responsibility, sustainability, Laasch, O., 2021
- Schönborn, G., Berlin, C. 1981, Pinzone, M., Hanisch, C., Georgoulias, K., & Lanz, M. (2019). Why social sustainability counts: The impact of corporate social sustainability culture on financial success. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 17, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2018.08.008
- Sustainability assessment : a rating system framework for best practices, Poveda, C. A., 2017
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Collings, D. G., Mellahi, K., & Cascio, W. F. (2019). Global Talent Management and Performance in Multinational Enterprises: A Multilevel Perspective. Journal of Management, 45(2), 540–566. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206318757018