Sustainable Development Strategies – Global, Regional, Local and Institutional 4030-SDS
The course will be composed of 9 modules centered around phases of design thinking process:
1.Discovery
2. Intepretation.
3. Ideation
4. Experimentation
5. Evolution
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Upon successfull completion of the course students will:
- identify opportunities and threats in the political, economic, social and technological environment of organisations;
- analyse competitive forces shaping industries;
- perform stakeholder analysis;
- identify strategic resources, strenghts and weaknesses of organisations;
- collect and interpret data necessary to formulate organisational strategy;
- build business models which address sustainability challenges.
K_W03; K_W05; K_W07; K_W09; K_U02; K_U03; K_U04; K_U09; K_K01; K_K03; K_K05; K_K09; K_K10
Assessment criteria
Class participation (20%)
Group project (80%).
Group project description: students (working in small teams) will develop business models aimed at addressing sustainability challenges in a social enterprise. They will collect necessary data and analyse them using strategic management tools. Based their analyses, they will build business models for innovatve start-ups. They will communicate their business models in a ‘pitch session’, gathering various audiences (to groups of stakeholders). They will receive feedback from the audience.
Practical placement
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Bibliography
• Frynas, J.G., Mellahi, K. (2015). Global strategic management, Oxford University Press.
• Jorgensen, S., Pedersen, L. (2018). RESTART Sustainable Business Model Innovation, Palgrave.
• Osterwalder, A., Pigneur, Y. (2010). Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers. John Wiley & Sons.
• Cases selected from the repositories of Harvard Business School, Ivey Business School and Emerald Emerging Market Case Study Collection.
Additional information
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