Module Descriptors
SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
GEOG60546
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Debi Roberts
Email: debi.roberts@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 18
Independent Study Hours: 132
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- REFLECTIVE JOURNAL (1500 WORDS) weighted at 50%
- CASE STUDY (1500 WORDS) weighted at 50%
Module Details
TEXTS
SALOVEY, P. (2004) The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to develop and use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership, San Francisco:Jossey-Bass.
MURDOCK, A. AND SCUTT, C. (2003) Personal Effectiveness. 3rd Ed. Heinemann.
STETTNER, M. (2003) The New Manager’s Handbook. New York:McGraw-Hill.
PIASECKI, B. (1998) Environmental Management and Business Strategy: Leadership Skills for the 21st Century. Oxford:Wiley
MURDOCK, A. AND SCUTT, C. (2003) Personal Effectiveness. 3rd Ed. Heinemann.
STETTNER, M. (2003) The New Manager’s Handbook. New York:McGraw-Hill.
PIASECKI, B. (1998) Environmental Management and Business Strategy: Leadership Skills for the 21st Century. Oxford:Wiley
RESOURCES
Moodle
Staffordshire University Library
Staffordshire University Library
Module Indicative Content
This module will consider the extent to which the sustainability / environmental management agenda is dependent on effective leadership and management. In the context of healthcare organisations, you will consider the national environmental strategies, policies, regulations and practices that govern environmental sustainability management. In particular, you will consider how these impact on your organisation and the benefits of implementing new technologies, to the patient care environment.
Module Additional Assessment Details
A formal report of 1500 words (+/-10%) weighted at 50% of the final module mark assessing LOs 1 & 2.
- Provide a critical analysis and evaluation of sustainability and environmental control leadership and management.
A formal report of 1500 words (+/-10%) weighted at 50% of the final module assessing LO3.
- Draw upon your findings in assignment 1, to communicate strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for sustainability and environmental control within your organisation.
- Provide a critical analysis and evaluation of sustainability and environmental control leadership and management.
A formal report of 1500 words (+/-10%) weighted at 50% of the final module assessing LO3.
- Draw upon your findings in assignment 1, to communicate strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for sustainability and environmental control within your organisation.
Module Learning Strategies
The module will be delivered through a combination of:
Directed independent learning through workplace activities and guided reading from core texts and internet materials. Students will be encouraged to integrate their work based experiences with new knowledge and skills developed as the module progresses.
Directed independent learning through workplace activities and guided reading from core texts and internet materials. Students will be encouraged to integrate their work based experiences with new knowledge and skills developed as the module progresses.
Module Learning Outcomes
1. Critically evaluate contrasting approaches to environmental sustainability leadership and management.
(ANALYSIS, ENQUIRY, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, REFLECTION).
2. Assess ways in which sustainable healthcare can be influenced by organisational strategy, professional regulation and national policy.
(ENQUIRY, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, REFLECTION).
3. Discuss and make recommendations for sustainability and environmental control compliance and innovation at an organisational level.
(ANALYSIS, PROBLEM SOLVING).
(ANALYSIS, ENQUIRY, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, REFLECTION).
2. Assess ways in which sustainable healthcare can be influenced by organisational strategy, professional regulation and national policy.
(ENQUIRY, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, REFLECTION).
3. Discuss and make recommendations for sustainability and environmental control compliance and innovation at an organisational level.
(ANALYSIS, PROBLEM SOLVING).