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Sustainable Operations Management

LSC705

Course CodeLSC705
ECTS

Course Description

The aim of this unit is to develop learners' understanding, knowledge and skills of sustainable operations management, including key elements of sustainability and their importance to businesses, the business drivers and barriers affecting the move towards sustainability, the different practices across the supply chain that can be worked upon to improve sustainability as well as the performance measures and the business impact of sustainability. A variety of different sectors are explored.

Course Objectives

The aim of this unit is to develop learners' understanding, knowledge and skills of sustainable operations management, including key elements of sustainability and their importance to businesses, the business drivers and barriers affecting the move towards sustainability, the different practices across the supply chain that can be worked upon to improve sustainability as well as the performance measures and the business impact of sustainability. A variety of different sectors are explored.

Key Topics

  1. LO1: Understand the concept and theories of sustainable supply chains.
  2. LO2: Understand how to make the businesses more sustainable.

Course Outline

WeekTopics
1Foundations of Sustainable Operations
2Environmental Dimensions in Operations
3Social and Economic Dimensions
4Drivers of Sustainability Transformation
5Barriers and Challenges to Sustainability
6Sustainability Performance Measurement and Reporting
7Assessing Corporate Sustainability Posture
MidtermMidterm evaluation
9Evaluating Sustainable Operational Practices
10Business Implications of Practice Implementation
11Strategic Integration and Impact Evaluation
12Applying Sustainable Operations Management in practice: case studies
13Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
14Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
15Review and coursework completion
FinalFinal assessment and submission

Learning Outcomes

  1. LO1 Understand the concept and theories of sustainable supply chains.
  2. 1.1 Explain the relevance of sustainability to businesses.
  3. 1.2 Critically assess key dimensions of sustainability incl. environmental, social and economic as well as practices within each context.
  4. 1.3 Assess the relevance of different drivers of sustainability practices.
  5. 1.4 Appreciate the barriers or challenges to businesses with regards to sustainability.
  6. 1.5 Explain the different performance measures used to measure sustainability as well as how sustainability is reported.
  7. LO2 Understand how to make the businesses more sustainable.
  8. 2.1 Evaluate the existing position of a business with regards to different sustainability practices.
  9. 2.2 Highlight the appropriateness of different sustainability practices for a business.
  10. 2.3 Evaluate the sustainability and business-related implications of implementing (sustainability) practices for a business.
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