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Managing Responsibly: Practicing Sustainability, Responsibility and Ethics

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Course Summary

Learn how to be a responsible manager with this course that covers topics such as corporate social responsibility, ethical decision making, and sustainable business practices.

Key Learning Points

Understand the importance of responsible management in today's business world
Learn how to make ethical decisions as a manager
Develop strategies for implementing sustainable business practices

Learning Outcomes

Understand the importance of responsible management in today's business world
Develop strategies for implementing sustainable business practices
Make ethical decisions as a manager

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

Basic understanding of business management principles
Access to a computer with internet connection

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

Online
Self-paced

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Description

Managers are increasingly confronted with issues of sustainability, responsibility and ethics. Managing responsibly is an integrative approach to sustainability, responsibility and ethics, which allows you as a manager to deal competently with such challenges. This course will facilitate your learning process to engage in changing practices to make them more sustainable, responsible, and ethically informed.

We will first introduce the context of the trend towards responsible management practices (week 1). We then explore the basics of each set of issues, sustainability (week 2), responsibility (week 3), and ethics (week 4). In week 5 you will work on your own responsible management issue/task and explore responsible management practices in an area of professional interest (e.g. strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, organization, operations, supply chain, human resources, marketing and communication, international management, accounting and finance). In week 6 we will try to understand and experience what managing responsibly means in practice, including opportunities and challenges, and with a focus on transformative change. During these last two weeks you will work in a problem-oriented way, based on a challenging topic you have come across in your own management practice. In the course we will form multicultural teams to learn about problems you bring forward. The course also facilitates the formation of peer networks that allow you to continue this learning experience after finishing the MOOC. The MOOC is an initiative in collaboration with the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative. Overall Learning Outcomes 1) To provide an introduction to the three constituting fields of managing responsibly: sustainability, responsibility and ethics. 2) To help apply the knowledge and insights gained from these three fields to real life problems in your own setting. 3) To identify, understand and facilitate individual action that can lead to change at the organisational and system level ...to ‘act is to move’ 4) To learn to appreciate and bring together different points of view, and negotiate collective solutions to pressing problems. Who is this MOOC for? (Recommended Background) While this course is primarily designed for executives who want to work on particular responsible management issues and create responsible management practices, also advanced business students will find it helpful. Suggested Readings There are no specific required texts. However, the contents and assignments of this course have been based on the following book which might be helpful as complementary materials: Laasch, Oliver, and R. Conway (2014). Principles of responsible management: Global sustainability, responsibility and ethics, Cengage Learning: Mason.

Outline

Managing Responsibly
On location: Introducing Oliver Laasch, Sally Randles, Frank Boons
Introducing the key objectives and features of the course
Fiona Devine, Head of Alliance Manchester Business School
Interview with Jonas Haertle, Head of the PRME Secretariat
Ghada Soliman (Teaching Support)
Ema Johnson (Teaching Support)
Week 1 Lecture: Managing Responsibly
Week 1 Practitioner Interview: Rodrigo Morales
Managing Responsibly LinkedIn Group
Week 1 Overview & Learning Objectives
Week 1 Assignment

Sustainability
Week 2 Introduction
Week 2 Lecture: Ecological Sustainability
Week 2 Practitioner Interview: Kene Umeasiegbu
Week 2 Overview & Learning Objectives
Week 2 Source Materials
Week 2 Assignment

Responsibility
Week 3 Introduction
Week 3 Lecture: Responsibility
Week 3 Practitioner Interview 1: Lynn Prime
Week 3 Practitioner Interview 2: Nick Bishop
Week 3 Practitioner Interview 3: Rainer Breitling
Week 3 Overview & Learning Objectives
Week 3 Source Materials
Week 3 Assignment

Ethics
Week 4 Introduction
Week 4 Lecture: Ethics Management
Week 4 Practitioner Interview: Pia Poppenreiter
Week 4 Overview & Learning Objectives
Week 4 Source Materials
Week 4 Assignment

Professions and Occupations
Week 5 Introduction (Part 1)
Week 5 Introduction (Part 2)
Week 5 Lecture: Functions, Professions and Competences
Week 5 Practitioner Interview: Madeleine Cobb
Week 5 Overview & Learning Objectives
Week 5 Source Materials
Week 5 Assignment

Integration 'Bringing it all together'
Week 6 Lecture: Bringing it all together - Using the practitioner interviews to draw thematic connections across the MOOC
Week 6 Practitioner Interview 1: Mary Gentile
Week 6 Practitioner Interview 2: Kosheek Sewchurran
Week 6 Practitioner Interview 3: Ceyda Ozgun
Week 6 Overview & Learning Objectives

Summary of User Reviews

Learn Responsible Management with Coursera. This course has received positive reviews from users. One key aspect that many users thought was good is the practical approach to teaching. The course provides a structured and engaging learning experience with real-world examples and case studies.

Pros from User Reviews

Practical approach to teaching
Structured and engaging learning experience
Real-world examples and case studies
Excellent course material
Great instructors

Cons from User Reviews

Limited interaction with instructors
Some technical issues with the platform
Not suitable for advanced learners
Course content can be repetitive
Some assignments are too easy

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