Postgraduate Course: Climate Change and Corporate Strategy (PGGE11160)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | In 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. |
| Course description |
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
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS2)
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Quota: 27 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
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%).
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
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,
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Genevieve Patenaude
Tel: (0131 6)51 4472
Email: genevieve.patenaude@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Natasa Honeybone
Tel: (0131 6)50 2572
Email: natasa.honeybone@ed.ac.uk |
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