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[ 480MAADERQU14 ] IK (*)Environmental, Resource and Quality Management for Engineers

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Es ist eine neuere Version 2021W dieser LV im Curriculum Masterstudium Management in Polymer Technologies (MPT) 2022W vorhanden.
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Workload Ausbildungslevel Studienfachbereich VerantwortlicheR Semesterstunden Anbietende Uni
3 ECTS M1 - Master 1. Jahr Betriebswirtschaftslehre Heinz Prammer 2 SSt Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Detailinformationen
Quellcurriculum Masterstudium Management in Polymer Technologies (MPT) 2014W
Ziele (*)
  • To understand the need for environmental and resource management from a business perspective
  • To distinguish two fundamental perspectives in environmental and resource management: the corporate and the life cycle perspective
  • To explore important tools and concepts in the field of quantitative environmental and resource management, life cycle assessment, carbon footprint, material flow cost accounting and sustainability reporting as well as its linkage to quality management and lean production
  • To explore major environmental challenges in polymer industries
  • To broaden the perspective on corporate environmental and resource efficiency by understanding the concepts of industrial ecology and sustainability
  • To understand basic terms and concepts of environmental management, quality management and resource efficiency and their importance for companies, particularly in polymer industries
Lehrinhalte (*)The following structure summarizes the seminar content, key words and major concepts are given in brackets.

1 Nature, humans, and the environment

1.1 Nature and the environment (definitions of nature, environment; ecosphere vs. technosphere)

1.2 Humans’ impacts on our natural environment (global state of the environment; global warming, biodiversity, and further environmental impacts)

1.3 Nature’s impact on humans (ecosystem services; human health)

2 Business and the environment

2.1 Environmental issues as moral obligation – Corporate Social Responsibility and further approaches

2.2 Environmental issues as a duty – Environmental Management Systems and further approaches (EMS, environmental risk management, environmental regulation)

2.3 Environmental issues as an opportunity – Resource Efficiency and further approaches (material and energy flow analysis, material flow cost accounting, resource scarcity)

3 Widening the perspective: Sustainable development

3.1 A global perspective (definition of sustainable development, sustainable development goals)

3.2 Corporate sustainable development (corporate sustainability; business case for/of sustainability, sustainability reporting)

4 Conclusion and motivation

5 Seminar work – substantiation and deepening of above topics (see also section H)

Beurteilungskriterien (*)The course will be assessed on basis of

  • seminar paper quality
  • presentation quality
  • intermediate results submitted for coaching I and II
  • contribution to discussions
  • quality of feedback to other presentations.
Lehrmethoden (*)The course mixes several teaching methods including

  • initial lectures to provide essentials
  • coached elaboration of seminar papers including obligatory web-based meeting with the lecturer
  • presentation of seminar papers (group work)
  • peer review and feedback on presentations.
Abhaltungssprache Englisch
Literatur (*)Relevant literature is provided on the seminar’s power point slides and during group coaching.
Lehrinhalte wechselnd? Nein
Äquivalenzen (*)WKMPMSEERQM: SE Environmental, Resource and Quality Management for Engineers (3 ECTS)
Präsenzlehrveranstaltung
Teilungsziffer 30
Zuteilungsverfahren Zuteilung nach Vorrangzahl