Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The module focuses on sustainable development in organisations. The background is that sustainability has become central for strategy, leadership and organisation. Sustainability implies a need for ethical reflection and practice in relation to people, communities and the environment. The module focuses on the organisation’s answerability and responsibility in relation to management and change.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

The objective is that the student after the module possesses the necessary knowledge on:

• sustainability and ethics in relation to management and organisation.
• sustainable change management.
• strategy and corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Skills

The objective is that the student after the module possesses the necessary skills in:

•  applying perspectives on sustainability, ethics and CSR to analyse organisations.
• analysing ethical problems in organisations.
• translating sustainable goals to change strategies in organisations.

Competences

The objective is that the student after the module possesses the necessary competences in:

• using sustainability and organisational ethics to understand and analyse organisational problems.

Type of instruction

For information see § 17.

Exam

Exams