- By means of written literature reflections, students will demonstrate that they are able to:
- Identify specific concepts, terms, facts, frameworks/theories and research methodologies at the cross-section of (sustainable) chain management and sustainability transitions.
- Discuss analytical approaches, discourses and innovation aims in chain management as well as their implications for the aims and scope of analysing (sustainable) chain management and sustainability transitions.
- By means of an individual research plan, an individual scientific report, and an individual presentation, students will demonstrate that they are able to:
- Use an argued selection of analytical approaches, discourses and innovation aims in chain management as well as their implications in the analysis of a particular issue in (sustainable) chain management and sustainability transitions in a specific empirical domain.
- Analyse, synthesise or evaluate a specific empirical research puzzle at the cross-section of (sustainable) chain management and sustainability transitions (e.g., an individual paper).
- Report on and present the outcomes of their individual research activities according to academic standards.
- By means of a group report and a group presentation, students will demonstrate that they are able to:
- Compare and contrast research outcomes of individual students and synthesize these into a coherent plan for a group research.
- Integrate research and knowledge from fragmented individual analyses in a multidisciplinary environment.
- Collaborate effectively in a multidisciplinary team for the analysis of a complex societally-relevant problem/challenge related to sustainable chain analysis.
- Report on and present the outcomes of their group research activities according to academic standards in the context of societal needs in the form of conclusions and advice or recommendations
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All products and services we consume and use are part of at least one chain from production/design/development to consumption/use and eventually – in the case of products – waste generation (and sometimes, this may not be the end of a product). When we think of a chain of production/consumption of, for example, an electronic device such as your laptop, you may imagine that it’s not a ‘simple’ process: there are resources involved that need to be mined, parts to be designed, rules/laws to be obeyed, money to be made, carbon emissions to be offset (?) etc. Organising these elements including the people involved in the process such that the desired product comes out of it entails a fair share of management or governance. Analysing how this organisation can be improved to achieve more economically, socially and environmentally sound products and services, thereby contributing to a more sustainable future, is the core interest of the course.
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