2024/2025
BA-BPOLO2014U Business Strategy and SDGs
| English Title |
| Business Strategy and
SDGs |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory (also offered as elective) |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc/MSc i International Business and Politics,
BSc
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| Course
coordinator |
- Marcus Møller Larsen - Department of Strategy and Innovation
(SI)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- CSR and sustainability
- Organisation
- Strategy
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
25-06-2024
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| Learning objectives |
- Identify, explain, and discuss the key theories, models and
concepts of firm strategy and apply them to the advancement of the
SDGs.
- Discuss and critically reflect on the interdependencies of
business and society in addressing global challenges such as the
SDGs
- Select and apply the relevant terms, concepts, theories, and
perspectives to perform and present a strategic analysis of
real-life business cases
- Identify and analyze opportunities and challenges relating to
firm strategy and decision-making
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| Examination |
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Business
Strategy and SDGs:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Written sit-in exam on CBS'
computers |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Duration |
4 hours |
| Grading scale |
7-point grading scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and external examiner |
| Exam period |
Winter |
| Aids |
Closed book: no aids
However, at all
written sit-in exams the student has access to the basic IT
application package (Microsoft Office365 (minus Excel), document
camera and paper, 7-zip file manager, Adobe Reader DC, PDF24,
Texlive, VLC player, Windows Media Player – ATTENTION no sound
allowed), and the student is allowed to bring simple writing and
drawing utensils (non-digital). PLEASE NOTE: Students are not
allowed to communicate with others during the exam. |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
The number of registered candidates for the make-up
examination/re-take examination may warrant that it most
appropriately be held as an oral examination. The programme office
will inform the students if the make-up examination/re-take
examination instead is held as an oral examination including a
second examiner or external
examiner.
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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This course will provide students a detailed introduction to
core theories and principles in firm strategy and how
they relate to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). Achieving the SDGs has been viewed as the key
societal challenge with an increasing pressure on firms to
contribute to their advancement. On the one side, the goal of this
course is to provide a framework for understanding the main
elements of strategy, including the external and internal context
of the organization. On the other side, the course will faciliate
critical discussions and reflections on the role and commitment of
different types of organizations and the SDGs.
In relation to Nordic Nine
The course 'Business Strategy and the SDGs' gives the
students deep business knowledge placed in a broad context (NN1).
The course equips students with the capabilities to recognize
humanity’s challenges while developing the entrepreneurial
knowledge to help resolve them (NN3). The students learn to balance
competitiveness in business and compassion towards society (NN4),
while addressing ethical dilemmas of strategy (NN5). Linking
strategy concepts with the SDGs develops the capacity of students
to advice industry and public actors on how to produce prosperity
while protecting the prosperity of next generations
(NN7).
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| Teaching methods and materials include weekly
pre-recorded lectures, in-class lectures, and exercises with case
studies. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback is integrated into every part of the
course. There will be quizzes and hands-on exercises as a central
part of the course. The students will receive feedback on all these
activities. Furthermore, the lectures are discussion-based and
provide students with a continuous opportunity to critically assess
the presented topics and to get immediate feedback in response. The
instructors will provide further feedback during office
hours. |
| Student workload |
| Lectures, exercises and workshops |
38 hours |
| Preparation, peer feedback and reading |
100 hours |
| Exam incl. preparation |
70 hours |
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Last updated on
25-06-2024
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