Sustainable Management WS 2018/2019

Start of the Lectures

The first lecture will take place on Friday, 19 October 2018 (the lecture on 15 October 2018 will be cancelled due to the introductory session for first semester students.)

arousing initial interest and awareness for the operational sustainable management
giving insight into sustainable management tasks and approaches
learning how to integrate sustainability objectives into strategic management and controlling
identifying the need to integrate sustainability requirements into the individual management functions
learning about the concepts and tools for operationalization and management of energy and material flows
developing the ability to reflect critically on the new techniques taught in the course
learning how to solve real life cases and problems

Overview of sustainable management basics:

significance of sustainability, sustainable management incl. its ecological, social and economic dimensions
significance of the stakeholder concept for sustainable management
Sustainable management strategies
corporate social responsibility
sustainability focus of selected management functions
organization
human resources
product development
marketing
production/investment
controlling/accounting
reporting
integrated management systems

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