Course syllabus adopted 2024-02-15 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).
Overview
- Swedish nameHantering av intressenter för hållbar utveckling
- CodeENM131
- Credits7.5 Credits
- OwnerMPTSE
- Education cycleSecond-cycle
- Main field of studyEnergy and Environmental Systems and Technology, Mechanical Engineering
- DepartmentTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
- GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail
Course round 1
- Teaching language English
- Application code 28129
- Block schedule
- Open for exchange studentsYes
Credit distribution
Module | Sp1 | Sp2 | Sp3 | Sp4 | Summer | Not Sp | Examination dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0124 Project 7.5 c Grading: TH | 7.5 c |
In programmes
- MPDCM - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT, MSC PROGR, Year 2 (elective)
- MPHPC - HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, MSC PROGR, Year 1 (elective)
- MPHPC - HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, MSC PROGR, Year 2 (elective)
- MPTSE - INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY, MSC PROGR, Year 1 (compulsory elective)
Examiner
Anna Nyström Claesson- Instructor, Environmental Systems Analysis, Technology Management and Economics
Eligibility
General entry requirements for Master's level (second cycle)Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.
Specific entry requirements
English 6 (or by other approved means with the equivalent proficiency level)Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.
Course specific prerequisites
Basic knowledge in environmental science or environmental engineeringAim
The course aims to provide students with an understanding of how to build constructive relationships with diverse stakeholders in practical contexts. Students gain practical skills and theoretical knowledge of both how to handle and manage the needs and interests of diverse stakeholders and of how to integrate stakeholders - varying types of expertise in relation to sustainability development projects. Stakeholders include local and central government authorities, intergovernmental organisations, industry, university, research institutes, insurance companies, NGOs and regular citizens. The course focuses on the types of cross-disciplinary knowledge and skills required to take leadership on sustainability projects and interact with stakeholders in each of these contexts.Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)
- Identify the multiplicity of perspectives in a sustainability issue by understanding how the perspectives are interrelated to be able to formulate a problem.
- Identify the sustainability issue's stakeholders that are appropriate to your identified problem and should be included in a participatory process
- Explain how for example roles, power or knowledge influence the stakeholders' interconnections in the participatory process and change of the sustainability problem.
- Design and conduct a stakeholder interaction that address the criteria of a participatory process, the stakeholders' positions and willingness to change are justified in a stakeholder dialogue.
- Analyse and explain the intervention of the stakeholder dialogue by evaluating and reflecting on how stakeholders can contribute to a sustainable systems change.
Content
- Wicked problem
- problem formulation
- Stakeholder theory
- workshops on tools for participation
- Stakeholder interactions and dialogue.
Organisation
Introductory dialogue lectures, individual and group assignments, workshops, quizzes, guest seminars, academic literature, project, group work, stakeholder interaction, peer-reviews, presentations
Literature
To be announced two weeks before the course starts.Examination including compulsory elements
The course is continuously examined. Teachers assess the course work based on the learning outcomes, i.e individual assignments, peer-responses, quizzes, presentations and project reports. The course work may give in total 78p where passing with grade G is 60p and grade VG is 72p. Based on the quality of the course work, students who aim for grade MVG are required to do an extra written assignment which tests the learning outcomes. The extra assignment is voluntary.
The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.