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Postgraduate Course: Climate Change and Corporate Strategy (PGGE11160)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaPostgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) Other subject areaNone
Course website https://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/to/MScProgrDir.html Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionIn this course, climate change is approached from the lenses of organisational decision-makers who are time-starved and must juggle a complex array of information and priorities. Thus, more than an environmental challenge, in this course climate change is viewed as a trigger of market transition, where controls on greenhouse gas emissions will affect virtually all sectors of the economy to varying degrees. For some this transition represents risks and constraints, for others, an opportunity. This provides students with the tools to enable them to become world class strategists.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS2) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  27
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
High level understanding of the complexity of strategically managing climate change within the context of an organisation.
Understanding of the landscape in which business organisations operate.
Familiarity with strategic tools and analytical frameworks.
Development of personal skills and the abilities to understand and cope efficiently with the challenges posed by climate change.
Integrate different dimensions of a problem, and apply both logic and judgement in the analysis of a given situation
Develop climate change strategies that are aligned with the vision of the organisation under study.
Produce clear and concise recommendations, based on strong and convincing strategic analysis,
Assessment Information
Group presentations: case study analysis, 15 mins, 5 mins questions (30%)
1000 words PESTEL analysis (15%)
1 in depth sectorial case study - 5000 words (55%).
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Tentative Programme (subject to change):
Week 1: Introducing climate change for businesses
Week 2: Climate Change Policy Frameworks
Week 3: Carbon Accounting
Week 4: Climate change economics ¿ some key principles
Week 5: Understanding Strategy
Week 6: INNOVATIVE WEEK (No lecture)
Week 7: Investment and the low carbon transition
Week 8: Carbon Footprinting, reporting and benchmarking
Week 9: Carbon Capture and Storage.
Week10: Presentations
Week 11: Overview
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Lectures and case discussions
KeywordsPGGE11160 climate change, corporate strategy, carbon management
Contacts
Course organiserDr Genevieve Patenaude
Tel: (0131 6)51 4472
Email: genevieve.patenaude@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Olivia Eadie
Tel: (0131 6)51 4657
Email: Olivia.Eadie@ed.ac.uk
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