BMM6153 - Contemporary Issues in Sustainability

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

Sustainability is a trending and major issue in contemporary business operations. However, not all business owners/managers have a deep understanding of the specific aspects of sustainability that affect their operations. Also, they rarely have the requisite skills, tools and techniques of sustainability assessment, nor do they really understand the significance of sustainability practices on their operational performance. This module will expose students to sustainability in general and the various sustainability issues and practices relevant to business operations.

The module will include the following:

- Introduction to sustainability and review of sustainability pillars

- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

- Benefits and challenges of adopting sustainable practices in business operations (manufacturing and service operations)

- The role of stakeholders in sustainable practices

- Sustainability indicators, indices and other considerations in the measurement

- Other issues in sustainability:
Corporate social responsibility, the supply chain, production and circular economy
Health, gender, social exclusion, food systems
Environmental issues such as water, plastics, pollution
Social issues in sustainability
Governmental policies and approaches

- Sustainability Frameworks

Learning and Teaching Information:

Delivery of this module will comprise weekly lectures and workshops/seminars. The lectures will deliver theoretical background to various concepts while enabling problem-based and research-informed learning. The workshop/seminar sessions will enable students to critically review and analyse some sustainability case study issues in groups while drawing upon varying academic, business and societal perspectives to evaluate specific sustainability issues inherent in the case studies.

Lectures
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Workshops/Seminars
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Guided independent study
Hours: 270

Further Details Relating to Assessment
Presentation (individual): you will be required to work on sustainable practices in various companies/organisations or present a critical analysis of a SDG's goal in relation to their immediate environments.

Report: you will be required to prepare an individual report geared towards understanding sustainability challenges that organisations face, while also applying the knowledge acquired from the module to design potential solutions.

Formative Assessment: formative feedback (including feed forward) will be provided as part of the workshop activity on an individual basis to support students in the development of their individual reports on sustainability challenges of organisations.

Full details are contained within the Module Handbook.

Assessment:

001 Presentation; 10 mins; mid sem 2 40%
002 Individual Report; 3000 words; end of sem 2 60%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - PRS_CODE=
Level - 6
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - N/A
Semester(s) Offered - 6S2

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