TKMJ15 Environmental Management Strategies 2014

Study Guide@lith

Valid for year : 2014

TKMJ15	Environmental Management Strategies, 6 ECTS credits. /Miljömanagement/ For: D ED EM I Ii IT KA M MED Y
	Prel. scheduled hours: 31 Rec. self-study hours: 129
	Area of Education: Technology Main field of studies: Mechanical Engineering, Energy and Environmental Engineering
	Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G1
	Aim: Students shall develop knowledge of essential parts of organizations�?T environmental and sustainability management, focusing on companies. Further on, the course deals with important societal conditions that affect environmental and sustainability issues and how to handle them. For example, this comprises means of control and environmental economics. Above all, the course will help to gain knowledge of strategies and tools that are important concerning environmental and sustainability management, and knowledge of essential conditions and possibilities concerning commercial environmental and sustainability efforts. After having completed this course, the student shall be able to: Describe important strategies, concepts, methods and other �?�parts�?� of organizations�?T environmental and sustainability management, clarify how they are related to one another, and why they are important from a company and societal perspective, Describe the environmental and sustainability management as mentioned above, but also how the design and appliance of the parts affects the effectiveness of the environmental and sustainability efforts. This especially goes for common components of systems for management of environmental and sustainability issues within companies, Describe important requirements, drivers and barriers for companies�?T, and partially other organizations�?T, environmental and sustainability management, and how these can be handled, Apply the knowledge above in making a critical analysis, on an overall level, of companies�?T/organizations�?T chosen strategies and other ways of managing issues concerning the environment and sustainability. For example, in this analysis the students shall take environmental impact, internal conditions, and the requirements and possibilities on the market into account, and To propose measures for companies/organizations concerning their environmental and sustainability management.
	Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Two years of engineering studies. General knowledge concerning industry and environmental issues is advantageous. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
	Supplementary courses: Industrial Ecology, Resource efficient products, Projektkurs, Biofuels for transportation
	Organisation: The course consists of two parts. Theories regarding corporate environmental and sustainability management are presented at lectures. These theories are then used in a group assignment with the aim to analyze environmental and sustainability strategies of an existing company or other type of organization. The group assignment is presented in a written report and oral presentation. Compulsory supervision is used to support the group assignment, and to be able to assess the work.
	Course contents: Sustainable development, important concepts and methods in modern environmental and sustainability management, management systems, environmental auditing, environmental economics, environmental and sustainability governance, environmental legislation, commercial environmental management.
	Course literature: Ammenberg J. Miljömanagement. Studentlitteratur. 2004. Complementary information, for example in the form of papers, provided by the teachers.
	Examination:
	Written examination Assignments	4 ECTS 2 ECTS


Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: IEI. Director of Studies: niclas.svensson@liu.se Examiner: Jonas Ammenberg Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology
Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se Last updated: 05/21/2013