Project Course Advanced - Sustainable Business Development, 12 credits

Projektkurs avancerad - Hållbart företagande, 12 hp

TMPI04

The course is disused. Offered for the last time Autumn semester 2021. Replaced by TKMJ54.

Main field of study

Industrial Engineering and Management

Course level

Second cycle

Course type

Programme course

Examiner

Olof Hjelm

Director of studies or equivalent

Niclas Svensson

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 20 h
Recommended self-study hours: 300 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Course offered for Semester Period Timetable module Language Campus ECV
6CEMM Energy-Environment-Management (Sustainable Business Development) 9 (Autumn 2017) 1, 2 2, 2 Swedish Linköping, Valla C

Main field of study

Industrial Engineering and Management

Course level

Second cycle

Advancement level

A1X

Course offered for

  • Energy-Environment-Management

Entry requirements

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Prerequisites

Environmental technology, Environmental Management, Industrial marketing, Industrial management or equivalent courses. General engineering courses during earlier years

Intended learning outcomes

The course seeks to consolidate the knowledge gained in the sustainable business development area through application on a current project either within industry or with a research focus. After completion of the course the student shall:

  • be able to control identification, selection and application of theoretical and knowledge areas for specific problem
  • be able to assimilate and critically analyse the content in relevant literature and relate their work to these literatures.
  • be able to systematically integrate knowledge gained during their study programme to solve a relevant problem within the sustainable business development area.
  • be able to communicate results of a project both orally and in writing and during the different phases of the project
  • be confident in critical assessment and evaluation of their own as well as other students’ work.
  • be able to plan, realize and account for an independent work on advanced level
  • have experience in working as a group within a project

Course content

The course constitutes of a project of reasonable size which is from either an industrial or a research context. The project is finalized with a written report and oral presentation.

Teaching and working methods

The education is given through a supervised project work which is performed in groups. The students are assumed to take a large own responsibility in completing the project work. 
The course runs over the entire autum semester

Examination

PRA1Project assignment12 creditsU, 3, 4, 5

Grades

Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5

Department

Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

Director of Studies or equivalent

Niclas Svensson

Examiner

Olof Hjelm

Course website and other links

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 20 h
Recommended self-study hours: 300 h
Code Name Scope Grading scale
PRA1 Project assignment 12 credits U, 3, 4, 5

Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)

The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.

LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva. 

There is no course literature available for this course in studieinfo.

Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.

I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
I U A Modules Comment
1. DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING
1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level)

                            
1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level)

                            
1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level)

                            
1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level)

                            
1.5 Insight into current research and development work

                            
2. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving

                            
2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery

                            
2.3 System thinking

                            
2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning

                            
2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities

                            
3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION
3.1 Teamwork

                            
3.2 Communications

                            
3.3 Communication in foreign languages

                            
4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT
4.1 External, societal, and environmental context

                            
4.2 Enterprise and business context

                            
4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management

                            
4.4 Designing

                            
4.5 Implementing

                            
4.6 Operating

                            
5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS
5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development

                            
5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development

                            
5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects

                            
5.4 Execution of research or development projects

                            
5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects

                            

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