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Course module: 201700089
201700089
Circular Sustainable Business Development
Course info
Course module201700089
Credits (ECTS)5
Course typeCourse
Language of instructionEnglish
Contact persondr. D.M. Yazan
E-maild.m.yazan@utwente.nl
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer
dr. L. Fraccascia
Examiner
dr. D.M. Yazan
Contactperson for the course
dr. D.M. Yazan
Lecturer
dr. D.M. Yazan
Lecturer
ir. Y. Yu
Academic year2021
Starting block
1A
Application procedureYou apply via OSIRIS Student
Registration using OSIRISYes
Aims

Sustainable business development based on circular economic principles implemented in four phases: identification, assessment and evaluation, implementation, and monitoring sustainability. Therefore, this course is based on four main learning goals:
  1. Identify opportunities for business-making and value-recovery in line with circular economy principles
  2. Assess and evaluate the dynamic conditions influencing the decision-making and define managerial strategies for identified business opportunities in a real case
  3. Implement circular economic business in a real case based on the identification and assessment outcomes
  4. Monitor the sustainability of the implemented business over time based on the decisions made in the assessment phase
Content
Transition from unsustainable linear economy to sustainable circular economy is a top priority of our society. Future business models will be shaped according to the circularity of our resources, which will provide employment to a wide range of engineers (industrial, mechanical, design, construction, biotechnology, chemical, etc.), business administrators, managers, and policy-makers. Do you want to be a well-equipped graduate for this transition phase to circular economy? Then, Circular Sustainable Business Development is the right course for you! This is a multi- and cross-disciplinary course open to all students of UT.
In the context of sustainable development, circular economy plays a key role for the transition to sustainable production and consumption. It is useful for students to learn the principles of circular economy in line with the triple-bottom-line of sustainable business development, as they are expected to be the future managers and decision-makers. Triple-bottom-line concerns three P’s of sustainability: people (social sustainability), planet (environmental sustainability) and profit (economic sustainability) and students are expected to gain knowledge and insight about corporate social responsibility with a mix of these three perspectives to sustainable business development.
The course starts with a general description of sustainable and circular economy and provides several case examples/success stories at world, national and regional level (Chapter 1). It follows with the in-depth analysis of sustainable production zones’ contribution to regional economy in the form of bottom-up implemented industrial symbiosis and top-down implemented eco-industrial parks (Chapter 2). The course follows with the techniques for measuring the sustainability (Chapter 3).
Next, the level of analysis is detailed into supply chain and company levels where students learn the drivers, dynamics, and benefits of sustainable business development (Chapter 4 and 5). Chapter 4 relates to the enterprise management model focusing on value-recovery from end-of-life products, co-products, wastes, and by-products. Chapter 5 deals with company behaviour and decision-making in the transition phase from linear business models to circular economic business models (a serious game play for real-life oriented practice supports this section). Methodologically, the course is supported by the use of game theory for one-to-one decision-making and use of agent-based modelling for decision-making and business strategy development.
Each chapter of the course contains case studies from energy intensive, environmentally unfriendly sectors, particularly those ones located in process industry.
Participating study
Master Industrial Engineering and Management
Required materials
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Recommended materials
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Instructional modes
Assessment
Presence dutyYes

Assignment
Presence dutyYes

Lecture
Presence dutyYes

Practical
Presence dutyYes

Presentation(s)
Presence dutyYes

Tests
Test, game play and short essay

Remark
Written text: 50% (individual)
Serious online game: 25% (group)
Challenge-based short essay writing: 25% (group)

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