Each module in the course consists of an online seminar. Most of the seminars also contain a preparatory assignment before the seminar and an assignment after the seminar.
In this course, you get a solid understanding of what sustainability is, how it can be handled in an industrial context and how a sustainability approach can contribute to create value for a company, its customers and the society in general. The course consists of online seminars, assignments and a miniproject. It is based on the concept of ”flipped classroom”, which it implies that the participants prepare for teaching activities on their own by means of online lectures, course literature and preparatory assignments. During lectures, the teaching will to a large extent be based on an active learning.
On completion of the course, the participant should be able to show a solid understanding of:
- Basic concepts, challenges and possibilities that relate to the concept of sustainable development with special emphasis on how a sustainability approach can contribute to create value for a company, its customers and the society in general.
- Frameworks for sustainable industry and transports, e.g. the global sustainable development goals in Agenda 2030.
- How sustainability relates to lean as well as agile methods and how one can use such understanding in strategic thinking and improvement work.
- How different perspectives among people and stakeholders lead to different conclusions about which measures should be taken.