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2023/2024  BA-BPROO2082U  Sustainable Entrepreneurship

English Title
Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 15 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Bachelor
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Business Administration and Project Management
Course coordinator
  • Daniel Souleles - Department of Business Humanities and Law (BHL)
Main academic disciplines
  • CSR and sustainability
  • Entrepreneurship
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 30-11-2023

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Learning objectives
Explain and understand the necessity of systematic, logical research design and the value of triangulation in ethnographic research.
  • Understand the different benefits and draw backs of ethnographic interviewing, participant observation, and archival research.
  • Explain and understand different meanings of sustainability.
  • Operationalize a definition of sustainability in an applied research project.
  • Use systematic research design, logical research design and triangulation in their own ethnographic research.
  • Conduct research using ethnographic interviewing, participant observation, and archival research.
  • Understand and implement the ethical evaluation of research.
  • Analyze and identify themes with data generated from ethnographic interviewing, participant observation, and archival research.
  • Use the findings of independently designed and conducted independent research to create and present a concept to the course’s external partner, answering a question about sustainability.
  • Reflect on the successes and failures in their own project work and suggest ways to improve on failures and build on success in future basic and applied research projects concerning sustainability.
Prerequisites for registering for the exam (activities during the teaching period)
Number of compulsory activities which must be approved (see section 13 of the Programme Regulations): 1
Compulsory home assignments
The mandatory assignment is a packet of worksheets related to course topics completed in groups.

If the mandatory assignment is not approved, the student have the possibility to submit a new assignment with a similar scope, before the ordinary exam.
However, it is a precondition that the student has made a legitimate attempt when the assignment was set for the first time unless it can be documented that the lack of submission/participation was caused by illness or similar circumstances.
Examination
Bæredygtig entreprenørskab:
Exam ECTS 15
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance, see also the rules about examination forms in the programme regulations.
Individual or group exam Individual oral exam based on written group product
Number of people in the group 4-5
Size of written product Max. 20 pages
If 4-5 students: max. 20 pages

In special cases where an exemption for group size is granted, it applies that a group of 3 students have max 15 pages.
Assignment type Project
Release of assignment Subject chosen by students themselves, see guidelines if any
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and external examiner
Exam period Summer
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the student participated in the preparation of the written project report for the ordinary exam, but was ill during the oral exam, the retake exam will be completed based on a resubmission of the original written project report.

If the student has not participated in the preparation of the written project report due to illness or another reason, the student must prepare a written project report, max. 10 pages, and participate in the retake examination based on this project report.

If the student participated in the preparation of the written project report, but did not pass the oral exam, this is normally completed based on a resubmission of the original written project report. However, the student can choose to submit a new individual project report, of a maximum of 10 pages.
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

At this point in history, particularly due to anthropogenic climate change, there is broad consensus that humans in aggregate need to use fewer resources, consume less, and set humanity on a sustainable relationship with the earth. Generally, when we ponder these sorts of changes to human existence, we think in terms of sustainability. Despite our best intentions, though, there is no consensus as to what sustainability means or how humans should pursue it. 

 

Sustainable entrepreneurship will give you the opportunity to both define sustainability and to design a practical way for an organization to implement your idea of sustainability. You will be able to do this in the process of helping external organizations operationalize their own sustainability goals. 

 

Sustainable entrepreneurship will be divided into three sections. In the first section, students will learn basic research design and design thinking as it relates to sustainability and then craft independent research projects. In the middle section of the course, students will undertake group independent research on a topic of their choosing in order to answer the concerns of an outside organization. In the final section of the course, students will analyze their research data and then design and present their sustainability solution to an outside partner. 

 

Sustainable entrepreneurship will be highly interactive and assignment based. Students will have the opportunity to try out and workshop everything they learn in the class. Much of course time will be spent in this sort of applied learning. Given that, attendance, diligent coursework, and participation are all essential parts of learning in Sustainable Entrepreneurship. 

 

The course is taught and examined in English.
Description of the teaching methods
Teaching will be a combination of lecture, discussion, workshop, and laboratory methods.
Feedback during the teaching period
Feeding will be constant in the course, as every class meeting will have be some part workshop. Also, students will have the opportunity to receive feedback on a midterm assignment
Student workload
Contact Hours 63 hours
Preparation Hours 269 hours
Examination Hours 80 hours
Further Information

Cultural anthropology is another main category of the course.
Last updated on 30-11-2023