2015/2016
MA-MMBAO1501U Leading Responsible Corporations and
Supply Chain Management
| English Title |
| Leading Responsible Corporations and
Supply Chain Management |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Part Time Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring, Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for Master of Business
Administration
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| Course
coordinator |
- Jesper Rangvid - Department of Finance (FI)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- CSR and sustainability
- Supply chain management and logistics
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Last updated on
20-10-2015
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| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors:
- Be able to describe and classify different analytical
frameworks and concepts in relation to the diverse interpretations
of social responsibility in the context of a firm
- Be able to apply different theories and perspectives to analyze
and evaluate specific responsibility challenges, such as doing
business in a 'corrupt' environment, championing equal
rights in a 'despotic' milieu, and being sensitive to
cultural-established practices that contradict the values of the
corporation
- Be able to compare and combine theories and frameworks to draw
out implications and provide inputs for developing the business
case of a firm's social responsibility strategy.
- Be able to present a comprehensive, critical and reflexive
'social responsibility mapping' of a firm, in terms of the
firm's CSR values, practices, strategies and shortcomings
- Comprehend and appraise the key concepts and principals of
Supply Chain Management
- Critique the application of SCM concepts in a variety of
circumstances
- Develop the capabilities to integrate SCM concepts into their
own and other business contexts
- Reflect upon to the role of SCM in their organizations and
other business contexts
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| Examination |
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Leading
Responsible Corporations and Supply Chain
Management:
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| Exam ECTS |
5 |
| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual |
| Size of written product |
Max. 15 pages |
| Assignment type |
Project |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date
and time. |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer and Winter |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Another examination form
A written case assignment based on a
case or a subject chosen by the
teacher. The assignment must be formulated and given to the
students at least nine days prior to the expiration of the
deadline. It should be 15 pages long and submitted to CBSLearn. The
exam is held internally, and the assignment is put forward and
assessed by the relevant faculty.
Alternative examination format: The make-up/re-examination will be
held as an oral examination if the number of registered candidates
for the make-up examination/re-take examination warrants that it
may most appropriately be held as an oral
examination.
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Description of the exam
procedure
As this course is partnered with the Supply Chain
Management course, students have two options in choosing their
assignment.
Option 1:
Write an assignment with a
supply chain angle, where one of the
discussed issues has to be on social responsibility.
Option 2:
Write an assignment with
a social responsibility angle, whereone of the discussed
issues has to be on supply change management.
Particularly for Option 2, the
assignment has to fulfil these elements:
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Among the many issues discussed, at least one of them
has to be a supply chain management challenge.
- Provide a 'social responsibility' mapping of a firm,
using the frameworks offered in the course.
- Your mapping should address relevant fundamental issues
discussed in the course, for example, challenges in bringing
different stakeholders agendas and interests together, the moral
limits of the market, and difficulties in prioritizing values.
- The assignment should carry your reflections on and evaluation
of the company's 'social responsibility' strategy (or
the lack of such a strategy).
- You are encouraged to use your own company as the case. If you
are not using your own company, you can refer to a company that you
have knowledge of, e.g. a previous workplace, intimate knowledge
from other people or detailed desk research.
- In your conclusion, state the lessons learned from your
analysis.
- You are also expected to demonstrate your ability to find
relevant and appropriate information on the chosen issues from
credible sources.
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| Course content and
structure |
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This course focuses on the social responsibility of firms. By
concentrating on the diverse ways the social values manifest
themselves in society, the course aims to familiarize course
participants with various approaches and perspectives in evaluating
a firm's responsibility towards it's employees, customers,
business partners, competitors, society, the environment, and even
the world. The objective is to provide the an honest and holistic
understanding of the complex relationships between business and
society, which have tremendous implications for human resource
management, marketing, internationalization, investor relation
management, and other activities of the firm. This course takes a
cross-disciplinary - including philosophy, sociology, anthropology
and management - approach.
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| Teaching methods |
| The course is structured in 6
sessions, where each session is focusing on a specific
topic. |
| Expected literature |
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Articles will be posted on LEARN
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Last updated on
20-10-2015
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