Sisältö

JOS6 Firms in Sustainability Transitions course takes as its focus companies' transitions toward sustainable strategies and business models. The aim of the course is to provide an understanding why and how societies, in particular business sectors, need to and can transition toward sustainability. The course provides an opportunity to delve into scholarly debate on critical issues of sustainability, business sustainability and sustainable change. The course participants will be familiar with the most recent and relevant interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary academic publications related to the topic, which they can further employ in other contexts, such as a master's thesis and future careers.

Osaamistavoitteet

The course bears three learning objectives. For one, course participants will learn to read, interpret, and further employ academic articles related to business sustainability. For another, course participants will have the opportunity of applying these learnings into practice via company and sector-based case assignments, completed in teams. Third, course participants will have the opportunity of reflecting on the question of sustainability agency - whose role and responsibility is sustainability in businesses and firms?

Opintosuoritukset

Course evaluation is based on (1) an individual reading diary, and (2) a group assignment, presented via an oral presentation at the course final seminar day.

Opetus

1. Compulsory lectures (2 x 8h) and active discussion. 2. A compulosry individual assignment: In the individual assignment course participants are expected to read a collection of articles and write a reading diary. 3. A complusory group work including a mandatory seminar (8h) with oral presentations and active discussion: The group assignment addresses firms' sustainability strategies. Students present their findings in the final seminar. **Spring semester 2021, periods III-IV (11 January - 29 April 2021)** The course is arranged as integrated into degree studies and lectures take place during the day (Mon-Fri, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m). Please check the course timetables from [the study guide of Turku School of Economics](https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/fi/opintojakso/JO023069/20596?period=2020-2022e), choose Toteutukset/Implementations. Lectures are organized via remote access (dates and times are given on course timetable above) Enrol also for the Moodle platform of the course [https://moodle.utu.fi/course/view.php?id=20421](https://moodle.utu.fi/course/view.php?id=20421). The page is open and there is no need for a separate "Moodle key"

Arviointi

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Course evaluation is based on (1) an individual reading diary, and (2) a group assignment, presented via an oral presentation at the course final seminar day.

Kirjallisuus

Collection of articles.

Opettaja

Katariina Koistinen