Responsibility and Sustainable Management
Course Type：Compulsory Course
Credit Hours：32 Credits：2
Target Audience: Master's students in Engineering Management
Prerequisite: Management
1. Course Description
Responsibility and Sustainability Management is a compulsory course for Master's students in Engineering Management, designed to equip future managers with the necessary knowledge, tools, and skills to become responsible leaders while fostering self-awareness. The course focuses on three main domains: sustainability, responsibility, and ethics. It is built on three core concepts: triple bottom line, stakeholders, and ethical issues.
The course delves into three dimensions of responsibility management at the managerial level—sustainability management, responsibility management, and ethics management—as well as three aspects of responsible business practices at the organizational level—corporate sustainability, corporate responsibility, and corporate ethics. Grounded in the context of responsibility management, the course explores the integration of responsibility management principles with key management functions, including strategic management, entrepreneurial management, organizational management, operations management, and supply chain management, while highlighting practical applications of responsibility management.
2. Learning Outcomes
The course aims to deepen students' understanding of sustainability, responsibility, and ethics, and to apply these concepts in engineering practices. It emphasizes the integration of theory and practice, highlighting the importance of responsibility allocation and sustainable development. The course seeks to cultivate students' management capabilities and comprehensive qualities to meet the demands of modern engineering management.
By the end of the course, students will:
Acquire foundational knowledge of responsibility and sustainability management.
Develop a strong sense of responsibility and sustainability awareness.
Master methods and tools for responsibility and sustainability management.
Apply theoretical frameworks to analyze and solve practical problems.
Identify, analyze, and resolve issues from the perspective of responsibility and sustainability management.
Lay the necessary groundwork for becoming advanced, responsible management professionals.
3. Teaching Methods
The course employs a combination of theoretical lectures and case study discussions, ensuring the integration of theory, research, and practice.
4. Assessment Methods
Regular Performance (30%):
Classroom participation and self-directed learning: 10% (attendance and discipline).
Seminar presentations: 20% (assessing written expression, logical thinking, interpersonal communication, and teamwork skills).
Final Assessment (70%):
Open-book exam focusing on the application of responsibility and sustainability management concepts in areas such as strategic management, innovation and entrepreneurship management, operations management, supply chain management, and international business. The exam evaluates students' grasp of fundamental theories and their ability to apply them flexibly to solve real-world problems.
