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Public and Private Management of the Environment

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Location

Global

Learning Mode

Online

Study Level

Mini MBA Certificate

Credits

20 Credits

Duration

8 -12 Weeks

Course Level

Level 6

Time Commitment

8-10 hours weekly

Start Date

8th September, 2020

Cost

Level 1: £950 (6 Modules)
Level 2: £1,750 (12 Modules)

Description

This programme covers market-based, governmental, and non-governmental solutions to key environmental problems, including climate change. The programme discusses the role of policymakers and non-profits in creating environmental markets, and how firms can use corporate environmental strategy to drive profits and competitive advantage.The programme fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and meals daily. The accommodation will be provided in a standard hotel in the city metropolis.

This course is designed for students whose concern for the global environment is continuing to grow. The course will provide a critical survey of the contemporary field of environmental policy, planning, and management in international contexts.
The course is centrally concerned with understanding deliberate efforts to translate environmental knowledge into action to achieve particular outcomes in the way landscape and natural ecosystems are used and managed.
It will also consider how the objectives for land and resource use are shaped, fashioned, and contested in democratic and non-democratic settings. The course will critically examine contemporary thinking on these environmental themes, including sustainable use practices, political-ecology, decentralized environmental management, NGO and community-based approaches, social learning, and regional and urban planning.

Objectives

This course is designed to introduce the concept, as well as engage students and their tutor in a joint learning experience of this field. Through this course, students will:

  • Examine key concepts in sustainable development, climate and other environmental change, and environmental data collection and analysis.
  • Integrate key concepts to provide a holistic approach to sustainable environmental management.
  • Provide specialist expertise in aspects of sustainable environmental management relevant to their interests and course of study.

Teaching Outcomes

  • Define environment, management, systems, and organisations in relation to environmental management.
  • Describe organisations as a system and their role in environmental management.
  • Understand the usefulness of systems thinking in relation to environmental management in organisations.
  • Explain how environmental management can be used as environmental protection and how organisations can define and manage risk.

Key Benefit

  • Students in this course will learn about global environmental issues, along with international and national environmental management techniques to cope with a changing planet.
  • Students will be provided with the skills to manage the environmental responsibilities of a company’s environmental performance.
  • The course provides students with an informed understanding of the law relating to the environment.

Courses Curriculum

Module 1

Organisations as systems

Module 8

Environment issues and economic implications

Module 2

Creation of environmental markets

Module 9

Corporate environmental strategy for profits and competitive advantage

Module 3

Environmental issues and policy decision making process

Module 10

Use and management of the natural ecosystems

Module 4

Basic environment laws and policy

Module 11

Integrated pollution prevention and control methods

Module 5

Political ecology

Module 12

Regional and urban planning, the landscape, and society

Module 6

Sustainable environmental use and management practices

Module 13

Data collection and analysis in environmental science

Module 7

Environmental change, risks, and sustainable development

Module 14

Economic and social contexts for environmental investigations

Certification

This course is accredited and, to be awarded credit, you must satisfactorily complete written components. Successful students will receive credit, awarded by the Board of Studies of London School of Social Enterprise and Sustainable Economics and International Affiliates. The award will be presented in the form of Advanced Certificate. Exceptional students will be recognised.

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Admission

Please submit your application at least two weeks prior to the programme start date. Since qualified candidates are admitted on a rolling, space-available basis, early application is encouraged. Admission is selective and based on professional achievement and organisational responsibility. Although there are no formal educational requirements, proficiency in written and spoken English is essential. LSSE expects the full commitment of the participant and their organisation because our programmes enhance the leadership capacity of the participant as well as their organisation. While participants are attending a programme, sponsoring organisations agree to relieve them of their work responsibilities so that they can fully focus on the learning experience.

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