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2020/2021  KAN-CCMVV4053U  Managing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Harnessing Virtual Team Work in a Digital World (online course)

English Title
Managing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Harnessing Virtual Team Work in a Digital World (online course)

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Autumn
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Max. participants 50
Study board
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Kai Hockerts - Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC)
Main academic disciplines
  • CSR and sustainability
  • Globalisation and international business
Teaching methods
  • Online teaching
Last updated on 03-06-2020

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Learning objectives
  • Identify Virtual Leadership Challenges and Competencies
  • Discuss Strategies of how manage virtual teams
  • Understand the role of business in addressing global sustainability challenges
  • Identify best practices on Sustainable Management and leadership
  • Develop a Case Study regarding best practices in the field
Prerequisites for registering for the exam (activities during the teaching period)
Number of compulsory activities which must be approved (see s. 13 of the Programme Regulations): 2
Compulsory home assignments
1) Students will have to pass short individual assignments related to the online video material.

2) Moreover, students will have to prepare a short video of a case company in groups of four.
Examination
Managing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ¿ Harnessing Virtual Team Work in a Digital World:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 10 pages
Assignment type Report
Duration Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the student fails the ordinary exam the course coordinator chooses whether the student will have to hand in a revised product for the re- take or a new project.
Description of the exam procedure

Your exam task will be to write a 10 page reflection paper of your virtual group work experience. You are expected to reflect both on the result (case study) as well as the process (group work experience). You are also expected to use readings from the class syllabus as well as find additional literature on your own to support your findings.
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

Addressing the sustainable develpment goals (SDGs) requires global cooperation. In this course you will work with students from six international elite business schools in Europe and Asia (Singapore Management University, Hitotsubashi University, CBS, ESADE,  University of St. Gallen, and WU Vienna). You will hone your ability to collaborate in a virtual learning environment by studying and analyzing a real-world case study. In virtual teams of four students you will select a multinational corporation and study whether, and if yes how, the firm's corporate sustainability strategy affects their competitive advantage. 

 

This course encourages students to rethink international management. It is a blended course, combining online and face-to-face sessions. The six online models provide intriduce students to the main issues and discuss the ey readings. In addition to completing all online modules, students work in virtual cross-national, cross-institutional teams, to develop a best-practice case study on a selected company or organization. Teams receive guidance from assigned supervisors from any of the participating universities.

 

The course’s development of personal competences:

Participants in this course will develop these competencies:

 

  1. Team work with international teams, composed by students from a wide age range and levels of expertise
  2. New vision of sustainable management
  3. Qualitative methods and interview conduction
  4. System thinking
  5. Self-awareness
  6. Integrated problem-solving
Description of the teaching methods
This is an online course, combining online session with the CBS faculty and online sessions delivered by teachers from partner universities (Singapore, Hitsubashi, St. Gallen, ESADE, WU). Assessment will consist of a set of brief assignments, a Case Study (teamwork) and virtual in-class participation activities.

Prerequisites and/or previous knowledge are not necessary to make the most out of the course.

This is a online course combining six online (6 online modules) delivered by the partner universities and six online sessions delivered at CBS. The course is jointly organised along with all the universities involved. In this part students will be in touch with faculty and students through discussions and collective assignments. The platform used for the virtual campus will be Coursera (private course mode).

The CBS online sessions will be CBS students only. TThere will be 6 in total, distributed between the end of September and early December (dates to be confirmed).
Feedback during the teaching period
In the addition to the online sessions with Professor Kai Hockerts (CBS) your group will be assigned a supervisor who will support your group throughout the course.
Student workload
Teaching (Online Course via Coursera) 18 hours
Teaching (Online Sessions via MS Teams at CBS) 18 hours
Reading and course preparation 120 hours
Group work and interaction with Faculty Supervisor 15 hours
Exam (reflection Paper) 40 hours
Further Information

Dr. Kai Hockerts is Professor in Social Entrepreneurship at CBS (www.cbs.dk/staff/kho). He is widely published in academic journals and has extensive teaching experiences with multinational class rooms and blended learning. Kai was co-founder and managing director of a social start-up, the Bayreuther Ini­tiative für Wirt­schafts­­ökologie. His business experience includes two years as an environmental strategy consultant at Ecobilan S.A., Paris (F). His pri­mary research focus is on corporate sustainability and social entrepre­neur­ship. Kai holds a Ph.D. in Management from the University of St. Gallen (CH). Before joining CBS he has been Adjunct Professor of Strategy at INSEAD (Fontaine­bleau
Expected literature

Chesbrough, Henry. "Business model innovation: opportunities and barriers." Long Range Planning 43.2-3 (2010): 354-363.

 

Cramer, Aron; Park, Jacob; Olson, Eric; Best, E. (2017). The Future of Sustainable Business. Retrieved from: https:/​/​www.bsr.org/​en/​our-insights/​report-view/​the-future-of-sustainable-business

 

Derosa, Darleen M., et al. Trust and leadership in virtual teamwork: A media naturalness perspective. Human Resource Management: Published in Cooperation with the School of Business Administration, The University of Michigan and in alliance with the Socie  

 

Dubé, L., & Robey, D. (2009). Surviving the paradoxes of virtual teamwork. Information systems journal, 19(1), 3-30.  

 

GRI, UN Global Compact, P. (2017). An analysis of the goals and targets.

 

Hertel, G., Konradt, U., & Voss, K. (2006). Competencies for virtual teamwork: Developmentand validation of a web-based selection tool for members of distributed teams. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 15(4), 477-504.  

 

Hockerts, Kai. "How hybrid organizations turn antagonistic assets into complementarities." California Management Review 57.3 (2015): 83-106.

 

Nunamaker, Jay F.; Reinig, Bruce A.; Briggs, Robert O. Principles for effective virtual teamwork. Communications of the ACM, 2009, 52. Jg., Nr. 4, S. 113-117.    

 

Witt, M. A; Stahl, G. K. (2016): Foundations of Responsible Leadership: Asian Versus Western Executive Responsibility Orientations toward Key Stakeholders, Journal of Business Ethics, 136(3).
Last updated on 03-06-2020