Sustainable Processes and Product Development (5 ECTS)

Materials

There will be the course material available in the Moodle course platform.

Employer connections

In the assignment, the student can use their own employer's assignment or daily tasks, if they are in the field of the course content.

International connections

Moodle course platform, virtual lectures, in assignment/essay part own working place environment, if possible to apply.

Completion alternatives

- earlier studies by academic course certificate (M.Sc. level) - studies during your current studies in other higher education institution (M.Sc. level) - simulated work situations or work experience demonstration to be settled with the teacher - portfolios, assessment interviews to be settled with the teacher

Evaluation methods and criteria

Written assignments with different weights (20%, 20%, 60%)

Student workload

I ect equals with ca. 27 working hours. The total study hours of the course is ca. 135 hours for a student.

Content scheduling

The goal is to create an understanding of the meaning of the green process management in businesses' and organizations' leadership and learn some methods like Greenality, Biosphere rules method and 4L method It is also targeted to give abilities to participate in business/organizational process identification, modelling, assessment and development. The content is based on the utilization of process thinking in leadership, identification and modelling. It is also how to connect processes in strategy and impact of the ICT in process development and renovation. Product development part of the course will concentrate on product planning by sustainability and circular ecnonomy principles.

Failed (0)

Any of the assignments undone or not in an approved level during the course time.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Student's performance is inadequate or the outputs don't equal with the assignment(s) requirements. A student has used references in the written assignments, but there are still inadequacy. The content of the assignment is very minimal. Own thinking is not expressed, and that is why there are no interdependence between issues.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

A student works in a smooth manner and there are only a need affording a bit more. In assignments a few issues are presented and illustrated by examples. Through own thinking the theory and examples are interrelated. It has been brought out key issues and the assignments are structured sets of written outputs.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student's is performing in a very smooth manner, output techniques is personal, outputs of the assignments are according to the requirements.Furthermore, assignments include knowledge based thinking from various approaches, comparisons or assessment.

Teaching methods

Virtual course. Learning methods are insightful and shared learning is used as well.

Evaluation scale

1-5