115340

Sustainable Business Operations

A study of integrated business operations with sustainability as an integrating theme. Interdisciplinary perspectives will highlight the interconnections of environmental, social, cultural, and ethical concerns in business operations. Contemporary challenges will be examined through the lens of a range of organisations and business sectors.

Course code

Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using six digits.

115340

Level

The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).

300-level

Credits

Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.

15

Subject

Business

Course planning information

General progression requirements

You must complete at least 45 credits from 200-level before enrolling in 300-level courses.

Learning outcomes

What you will learn. Knowledge, skills and attitudes you’ll be able to show as a result of successfully finishing this course.

  • 1 Critically examine the interdisciplinarity of operations management for the generation of strategic business advantage, while balancing sustainability goals.
  • 2 Explain the nexus between culture and sustainability, the connections between sustainability and mātauranga Māori and the knowledge of other indigenous peoples, and the implications for business.
  • 3 Critically evaluate contemporary sustainability and operations management challenges in terms of regional, national, global and cross-cultural domains and environments, and produce practical recommendations.
  • 4 Work collaboratively and connect interdisciplinary perspectives to develop innovative solutions to contemporary organisational sustainability problems.

Learning outcomes can change before the start of the semester you are studying the course in.

Assessments

Assessment Learning outcomes assessed Weighting
Portfolio 1 2 60%
Written Assignment 3 4 30%
Oral/Performance/Presentation 3 4 10%

Assessment weightings can change up to the start of the semester the course is delivered in.

You may need to take more assessments depending on where, how, and when you choose to take this course.

Explanation of assessment types

Computer programmes
Computer animation and screening, design, programming, models and other computer work.
Creative compositions
Animations, films, models, textiles, websites, and other compositions.
Exam College or GRS-based (not centrally scheduled)
An exam scheduled by a college or the Graduate Research School (GRS). The exam could be online, oral, field, practical skills, written exams or another format.
Exam (centrally scheduled)
An exam scheduled by Assessment Services (centrally) – you’ll usually be told when and where the exam is through the student portal.
Oral or performance or presentation
Debates, demonstrations, exhibitions, interviews, oral proposals, role play, speech and other performances or presentations.
Participation
You may be assessed on your participation in activities such as online fora, laboratories, debates, tutorials, exercises, seminars, and so on.
Portfolio
Creative, learning, online, narrative, photographic, written, and other portfolios.
Practical or placement
Field trips, field work, placements, seminars, workshops, voluntary work, and other activities.
Simulation
Technology-based or experience-based simulations.
Test
Laboratory, online, multi-choice, short answer, spoken, and other tests – arranged by the school.
Written assignment
Essays, group or individual projects, proposals, reports, reviews, writing exercises, and other written assignments.

Textbooks needed

Textbooks can change. We recommend you wait until at least seven weeks before the semester starts to buy your textbooks.

Compulsory

SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: KEY PRACTICES AND CASES

Author
NUNES, B., BATISTA, L., MASI, D. & BENNETT, D.
ISBN
9781003009375
Edition
2022
Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS

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