Sustainable Business Operations

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Communicate in writing (ideas, knowledge, arguments or proposals) with brevity and clarity.
• Demonstrate the ability to persuade, convince and argue effectively.
• Manage time and tasks effectively.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• What the barriers and challenges are towards integrating sustainability in operations and supply chains.
• What sustainability entails and the triple-bottom-line of environmental, social and economic dimensions.
• The Circular Economy implementation within sustainable operations and supply chains.
• The need for sustainability, ethics and responsibility in operations and supply chains.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Identify unsustainable aspects of operations and supply chains, and suggest ways to improve them.
• Suggest sustainable operations and supply chains models.
• Assess the sustainability of operations and supply chains.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

In-class activities

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: There will be many opportunities to gain feedback from the tutor and/or peers about your level of understanding and knowledge prior to any formal summative assessment. In particular, discussion in synchronous sessions will provide an opportunity for feedback from peers and tutors.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.