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| ENM130 - Managing stakeholders for sustainable development |
| Hantering av intressenter för hållbar utveckling |
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| Syllabus adopted 2019-02-21 by Head of Programme (or corresponding) |
| Owner: MPTSE |
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7,5 Credits
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| Grading: TH - Five, Four, Three, Fail |
| Education cycle: Second-cycle |
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Major subject: Energy and Environmental Systems and Technology, Mechanical Engineering
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Department: 45 - TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
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Teaching language: English
Application code: 28114
Open for exchange students: Yes
Block schedule:
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In programs
MPDCF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT, MSC PROGR, Year 2 (elective)
MPTSE INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY, MSC PROGR, Year 1 (compulsory elective)
MPTSE INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY, MSC PROGR, Year 2 (elective)
MPHPC HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, MSC PROGR, Year 1 (elective)
Examiner:
Anna Bergek
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Eligibility:
In order to be eligible for a second cycle course the applicant needs to fulfil the general and specific entry requirements of the programme that owns the course. (If the second cycle course is owned by a first cycle programme, second cycle entry requirements apply.)
Exemption from the eligibility requirement:
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling these requirements.
Course specific prerequisites
Basic knowledge in environmental science or environmental engineering
Aim
The course aims to provide students with an understanding of how to build constructive relationships with diverse stakeholders in practical contexts. Students gain practical skills and theoretical knowledge of both how to handle and manage the needs and interests of diverse stakeholders and of how to integrate stakeholders - varying types of expertise in relation to sustainability development projects. Stakeholders include local and central government authorities, intergovernmental organisations, industry, university, research institutes, insurance companies, NGOs and regular citizens. The course focuses on the types of cross-disciplinary knowledge and skills required to take leadership on sustainability projects and interact with stakeholders in each of these contexts.
Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)
- Critically discuss the importance and potential benefits of involving stakeholders in sustainability projects as well as the challenges it implies;
- Account for and apply relevant theories, models and methods for identifying and categorizing different types of stakeholders in relation to specific sustainable development contexts;
- Identify the needs and conflicts interests of different types of stakeholders;
- Apply literature and other information to design and execute some kind of stakeholder involvement in relation to sustainable development.
Content
- Perspectives on multi-stakeholder processes for sustainable development
- Drivers and barriers for involving stakeholders
- Identifying and managing stakeholders
- Forms for stakeholder involvement
- Stakeholder negotiations for international agreements
Organisation
The course is organised in the form of a series of interlinked ectures, seminars, workshops and assignments. The lectures focus on giving an overview of the academic literature. In seminars and workshops, students discuss the literature or participate in exercises to develop knowledge and skills that are useful for identifying, understanding and interacting with stakeholders in sustainable development projects. The students also work in groups with a real sustainability issue, where they apply the knowledge and skills they have developed during the course to desgin and execute some kind of stakeholder involvement.
Literature
To be announced two weeks before the course starts.
Examination including compulsory elements
The examination of the course consists of an individual written assignment and a project report (in groups). The group report is graded as pass/fail and the individual assignment is graded according to the scale fail, 3, 4, 5. The final course grade is determined based on the individual assignment. A pass grade on all assignments is required to pass the course. Some semiinars and workshops are mandatory to attend.