Strategy and the Sustainable Enterprise

By P D Jose | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)

Learners enrolled: 709

In this course, we will explore why sustainability has become an all-important concern for strategists and how firms are responding to the numerous sustainability challenges they face.

We will also learn that competitive advantages are the flip side of sustainability risks. By adopting a sustainability driven perspective, a firm can transform these potentially crippling challenges into profitable opportunities, benefiting both itself and society. We will also study multiple frameworks on how to assess these challenges and adapt those frameworks to fit the issues at hand.

What you'll learn

What is Sustainability and Why Should Strategists Care?
Managing Stakeholders
Managing Sustainability Risks
Transforming into the Sustainable Enterprise
The Anarchist Corporation

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	6 weeks
Category :	Management Studies
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	31 Jan 2020
End Date :	30 Apr 2020
Enrollment Ends :	08 Mar 2020
Exam Date :	10 May 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: What is Sustainability and why should Strategists care?

Introduction to Sustainability
The Changing Landscapes of Business
New Rules of Doing Business

Week 2: Managing Stakeholders

Introduction to Stakeholder Management
The Stakeholder Theory of the Firm
Managing for Stakeholder Value
Stakeholders and Non-Market Strategies

Week 3: Managing Sustainability Risks

Introduction to Risk Management
Assessing Sustainability Risks
Managing Issues
Managing Risks in a Global Context

Week 4: Transforming into the Sustainable Enterprise

Introduction to Corporate Sustainability
Tools and Techniques
Green Supply Chain Management
Company Case Studies
Sustainability Reporting

Week 5: The Anarchist Corporation

Introduction
New Business Models for Sustainability
The Anarchist Corporation
Corporate Stories
Synthesis and Summation

Instructor bio

P D Jose

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)

P D Jose is an professor at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, where he teaches core courses on Business and Corporate Strategy and several electives on sustainability. He is a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Forestry Management from the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal and Bachelors in Physics from the Institute of Science, Bombay. He has taught classes on strategy and/or sustainability at a number of schools including Cardiff University Business School (UK); the School of Economics and Business at the University of Goteborg, Sweden; Indian Institute of Management at Kozhikode and Ahmedabad. He has also consulted with several government agencies, non-governmental, private sector and international organizations.

Course certificate

Type of exam: Computer based exam
You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card (Example: Driving License, Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the final allotted exam centre details in the hall ticket. The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks etc.

FINAL CERTIFICATE:
Weightage: 25% weigtage for weekly assignment + 75% weigtage for final exam.
Passing Marks: You will be Eligible for Certificate Only if you score minimum 40% Weekly Assessment and min 40% in Final Exam.
If you score less than 40% in either weekly assessments (avg) or in final exam, you will not receive the certificate. The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.
1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate.
2. Final score between 40% -49.99%: Grade D.
3. Final score between 50% -59.99%: Grade C.
4. Final score between 60% -84.99%: Grade B
5. Final score of 85% and above: Grade A

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