STRATEGIC PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT - 2

The course contributes to the educational objectives of the Master’s Degree Programme, which aims at providing students with economic and managerial knowledge with a specific focus on sustainability and long term value creation.
The course deepens the topic of strategic innovation & planning from a sustainability perspective. In particular, it focuses on how corporate strategy can embed the sustainability perspective in order to generate value shared with all the stakeholders involved.

1 KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- know the main pillars of sustainability;
- know the evolution of the concept of sustainability across time and space;
- know the main principles of strategic innovation & planning.
2 APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- identify the main strategic priorities of companies;
- know how to formulate strategies leading to the creation of shred value;
- know how to identify the main stakeholders of a company.
3 MAKING JUDGEMENTS
- know how to frame hypotheses concerning the consistency of corporate strategy with the sustainability principles.

A knowledge of basic business economics vocabulary or a three-year course of strategy or equivalent knowledge of the main strategic issues is highly recommended. In particular, students would benefit from reading basic strategy manuals such as:
G. Johnson, K. Scholes, R. Whittington (2019), "Exploring corporate strategy - 12th edition", Pearson.

1. The evolution of the concept of sustainability in corporate strategy
2. The role of sustainability in strategic planning: environmental, social, technological and regulatory scenarios
3. The direction, innovation and strategic coherence of sustainability
4. Sustainability strategies
5. Sustainable business models

- C. Bagnoli e A. Maura (2021) "Modelli di business circolari" Giappichelli editore
- Slides by the teacher.
Suggested readings:
- R. J. Orsato, "When does it pay to be Green?"
- M. E. Porter, M. R. Kramer (2011), "Creating shared Value", Harvard Business Review

Written exam for both attending and not attending students. The exam consists of 30 questions with multiple choice answers on the contents of the course.

The course is designed so that participation and discussion enable the learning process. Much of the course will be based on thorough discussions of case studies. We will use real business cases that provide a forum for students to apply the concepts and tools they will be exposed to. Each case discussion aims at providing students with a thorough understanding of the strategic nature of the situation, at helping them in defining the key issues and in proposing strategic alternatives and/or recommendations.

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Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments
Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support
services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with
mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

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