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Sustainable Development in Economy and Business
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:03.06.2024 16:09:41
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SZF_090 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.33 | ECTS: | 5.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management; Business Management | Target Audience: | Business Management | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Tatjana Muravska | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 28 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 18 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, International Business, Organisational Theory and Enterprise Strategy and Policy. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Provide students with knowledge of current trends in the concept of sustainable development in economy and business, with a particular focus on the social and humanitarian aspects of the concept of sustainable development. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Main Sustainable Development (SD) issues: • the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and 17 sustainable development goals. SD as an integral part of multinational corporations (MNC) and corporate strategy; • European political and economic trends in developing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the mindset for students; • Modern “alarming” challenges related to social, economic, environmental and climate aspects. Using the concept of a circular economy as a new direction in the approach | Lectures | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Main Sustainable Development (SD) issues: • the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and 17 sustainable development goals. SD as an integral part of multinational corporations (MNC) and corporate strategy; • European political and economic trends in developing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the mindset for students; • Modern “alarming” challenges related to social, economic, environmental and climate aspects. Using the concept of a circular economy as a new direction in the approach | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To successfully complete the course, students need to prepare a report and a summary of the course, as well as actively participate in the course sessions, pass the tests and exam. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The final mark will consist of the sum of all the marks. Knowledge will be assessed on a 10-point grading scale. Report – 20%, Summaries – 20%, Activity and tests in seminars – 20%, Exam – 40%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knowledge of “best practices” in modern SD structures, getting acquainted with the new Agenda 2030 and the implementation process of 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals in modern economy (with impacts on the Baltic States). | ||||||||
| Skills: | Ability to analyse various aspects of SD and its feasibility – human, social, developmental & climate and, as well as skills in identifying different policy facets in SD. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Become active in the front-side of modern development: clever, creative, sustainable and effective policies. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Sustainable Development | ||||||||
| 2 | Agenda 2030 | ||||||||
| 3 | Sustainable Development Goals | ||||||||
| 4 | 17 Sustainable Development Goals | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | 2030 agenda & EU | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.activistpost.com/2015/09/agenda-2030-translator… | ||||||||
| 3 | UN Agenda. | ||||||||
| 4 | Note: European Studies Faculty’s Regional Economy & Business Dept. is a member of SDSN Global - a global network of universities, research institutions, foundations, civil society and other organizations dealing with SDGs | ||||||||
| 5 | http://unsdsn.org/what-we-do/national-and-regional-networks… | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Sustainable development: implementation through the EU and UN efforts. 15.06.2016. | ||||||||
| 2 | Climate Action in Support of a Sustainable World. RSU, 21.09.2016. | ||||||||
| 3 | Sustainable and low-carbon future in the Baltics. RSU, 14.11.2016. | ||||||||
| 4 | New global measures for sustainable transport: effect for Baltic region. RSU, 15.11.2016. | ||||||||
| 5 | Sustainability becomes the Union’s priority. Eugene Eteris, ESF, RSU, 25.11.2016. | ||||||||
