2019/20 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

SOEE2310 Tools and Techniques for Business, Environment and Corporate Responsibility

20 creditsClass Size: 80

Module manager: Dr Andrea Taylor
Email: a.l.taylor@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

To provide students with a detailed understanding of a range of tools and initiatives developed for and by businesses to help them and the societies where they operate become more sustainable (including the environmental, social, and time dimensions). This module provides an overview of theoretical principles of the tools, followed by group discussions and practical case studies of their application.

This module builds on the foundation provided in the Level 1 module SOEE1390 Introduction to Business, Environment and Corporate Responsibility.

Skills outcomes
- Ability to understand and correctly apply tools for addressing sustainability problems in real-life case studies in businesses and organisations
- Team work
- Project management
- Data collection & analysis
- Communication with clients
- Group presentations
- Strategic planning
- Writing reports

Syllabus

- Systems thinking
- Life cycle thinking
- Sustainable development
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- Corporate sustainability
- Organisational change
- Assessment and reporting
- Environmental management systems (EMS)
- Eco-efficiency, cleaner production
- Stakeholder engagement

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Tutorials	20	1.00	20.00
Lecture	20	1.00	20.00
Private study hours			160.00
Total Contact hours			40.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

20 x 1 hour reading per lecture
20 x 1 hour preparation for workshops (semester 1)
60 hours exam preparation
60 hours group project work and report preparation (Assignment 2)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Formative exercises in the workshops throughout the module.
- A group consultancy project presented as a workshop in Semester 2.
- A written 2 hr exam will take place at the end of Semester 2.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Group Project	Group workshop facilitation on consultancy outcome	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 10/08/2018

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