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Sustainable Innovation Ecosystems in Circular Economy (5 cr)

Code: AL00CI83-3002

General information


Enrollment

15.05.2023 - 01.09.2023

Timing

06.02.2023 - 15.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Business and Hospitality Management (LAB)

Campus

Lappeenranta Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Complementary competence, Bachelor's
  • Complementary competence, Bachelor's (in Finnish)

Teachers

  • Anu Kurvinen
  • Sari Jokimies

Scheduling groups

  • Luennot (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • LLABTO23-24E
    Complementary competence (Bachelor's) 2023-2024, Faculty of Business and Hospitality Management
  • LLPREX23KH
  • LLABTO23H
  • LLPREX23SH
  • LLPREX23KIB
  • LLPREX23SIB

Small groups

  • Luennot

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- recognize and explain the concept of circular economy ecosystem
- describe and define a particular ecosystem
- understand and analyse the innovation potential in a real case ecosystem
- create an argumented solution to the case topic
- work in a multidisciplinary case context

Implementation and methods of teaching

Team work and learning. Dialogue learning. Sharing the learnt among students.Team coaching.

Cooperation with companies and LAB R&D projects.

Implementation depends on company or research case. Content and methods will be chosen based on the case.

This study course suits for all study fields. And everyone who are interested in learning future thinking, future business needs related to sustainability and/or circular economy.

Timing and attendance

Introduction lecture in week 6. Attendance is compulsory.

Implementation is flexible and it enables cooperation with companies, organizations and R&D projects.

Learning material and recommended literature

Learning and literature material will be chosen based on the company case.

Learning environment

Moodle, coaching session, campus, companies.

Student time use and work load

5 cr = 135h student work.

Contents

Sustainability and circular economy is part of modern business operations. It´s important and expected to all companies to be involved in this development.Understanding this is required from future experts and managers.

Course content:
Philosophy of sustainable business and circular economy. Detailed content depends on the case. The case determines which area of sustainability and/or circular economy will be learned in detail.

The purpose is to answer to development needs of companies, organizations and projects.

Assessment scale

1-5