Diplôme d'Université Engage.EU Programme : "Developing Sustainable Business Models and Understanding Societal Transition”
Informations générales
- Niveau de recrutement
- Bac + 3
- Durée de la formation
- Online courses : from 9th may 2023 to 26th may 2023 (equivalent 5 days) - Bootcamp : 3 days in Toulouse from 7th to 9th June 2023
- Lieu(x) de formation
- Toulouse (campus UT Capitole)
- Stages
- Non
- Coût de la formation
- Fees for the academic year 2022/2023 : 500 euros Fees for module 1 : 250 euros (subject to validation by the Administration Council) Fees for module 2 : 250 euros (subject to validation by the Administration Council)
- Accessible en
Tarif exclusif année universitaire 2022/2023 : 500 euros
Diplôme ouvert dans le cadre de l'université ENGAGE.EU et du partenariat entre UT Capitole et NHH (Norwegian School of Economics) . Cette formation offre aux apprenants la possibilité de suivre des cours en ligne et de participer à un Bootcamp afin d'acquérir de nouvelles compétences et perspectives tout en accompagnant des projets liés à la transition sociétale.
Responsables pédagogiques
- Assoc. Professor Tina Saebi (NHH)
- Assoc. Professor Björn Schmeisser (NHH)
Objectifs
The main goals of the programme are :
- To provide participants with macro-level insights on the connection between sustainability and sustainable development and societal transition.
- To equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to innovate existing business models towards greater sustainability and/or to develop new sustainable business models.
- To facilitate the practical application of these insights, knowledge, and skills through an intensive bootcamp-workshop, where participants collaboratively work on an innovative solution for a concrete societal challenge.
Target group
The programme is targeted towards practitioners from contexts facing sustainability and innovation challenges, such as industry clusters, social entrepreneurs, managers in the private, public, and voluntary sectors, analysts, consultants, advisors, and board members.
Duration, scope, and level of the programme
The scope of the programme is equivalent to 7.5 ECTS at a master’s degree level. The overall duration of the programme is 8 full days. This includes 5 days of lectures (delivered online in synchronous and asynchronous teaching sessions) organized in 10 half-day sessions that are equally split between the two input modules on “Understanding Social Transition” and “Sustainable Business Modules”. The input-oriented phase is complemented by 3 full days of an application-oriented workshop taking place as an in-person event in Toulouse. Possibility to follow modules 1 and 2 independently.
Educational model
Partenariats
Partenariats établissements
NHH - Norwegian School of Economics
Publics
Niveau de recrutement : Bac + 3
Formation(s) requise(s)
Conditions d'accès
The application process is the same whether you are applying for the full program or only for online modules
- Download the application form : HERE
Coût de la formation :
Fees for the academic year 2022/2023 : 500 euros Fees for module 1 : 250 euros (subject to validation by the Administration Council) Fees for module 2 : 250 euros (subject to validation by the Administration Council)
The programme’s academic content and organization
The programme consists of three modules: two input-oriented modules of 2.5 days each delivered online (combining synchronous and asynchronous lectures and groupwork sessions), followed by one application-oriented module of three days taking place as in-person workshop in Toulouse (FRA). Possibility to follow modules 1 and 2 independently. The contents and organization of the three modules are described below.
Module 1 : Managing Societal Transition (delivered by Université Toulouse Capitole ) - 9th to 12th, May 2023
Session 1 : Societal transition: what are you talking about?
Session 2 : Societal transition as a complex system
Session 3 : The main forms of societal transition
Session 4 : Societal transition, “relationship to the world” and “resonance”
Session 5 : The entrepreneurial project in the societal transition
Module 2 : Sustainable Business Models (delivered by NHH Norwegian School of Economics) - 22th and 26th, May 2023
This second module is organized in 5 half-day sessions with the following contents :
Session 1 : Business Models as Conceptual Frames and Practical Tools
Session 2 : Sustainable Business Models
Session 3 : Sustainable Business Model Innovation
Session 4 : Managing innovations and their diffusion
Session 5 : Leveraging Network Effects, Within and Across Country Borders
Module 3 : “The Bootcamp” (hosted by the ENGAGE.EU Labs at Université Toulouse Capitole) - 7th, 8th and 9th, June 2023
The participants will have the opportunity to put in practice and employ what they have learned about sustainable business models and managing societal transition during the previous two input-oriented modules of the programme. As an application-oriented workshop, the bootcamp will be take place as an in-person event in Toulouse, hosted by one of the ENGAGE.EU Labs maintained by the Université of Toulouse Capitole 1. In theses labs, participants will work collaboratively in international teams assisted by experiences staff and lab coordinators. In this way, the bootcamp provides groups of participants an opportunity to make a difference by taking on real-life challenges and developing solutions that will have a direct impact. In addition to the contents- and methods-related knowledge and skills acquired during the first two modules, participants will gain further skills such as solution-oriented thinking and international and cross-sectoral collaboration and communication skills. Furthermore, the bootcamp offers opportunities to grow participants’ international networks, to exchange experiences, and to make new connections around professional topics.
Modalités d'évaluation
Assessment
- Take an exam to earn 7.5 ECTS. Participants who aim to use the course as one module within a degree-giving program (e.g., MBA) are advised to take the exam.
- Assessment on a Pass/Fail basis depending on their regular attendance and participation in the three modules.
Issuing diplomas/awarding degrees
Compétences visées
After completing the programme, participants will have acquired the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and competences.
The participants will have :
- Knowledge of
- the central concepts and theories on sustainability, sustainable development, and their link to societal transition ;
- The interdependencies generate by societal transition and how its affect our ways of living ;
- the most recent research insights in the field of business model innovation and sustainable business models ;
- the trends that are disrupting different industries (e.g., the sharing economy, disruptive innovation, digitalization,) and how to respond to these trends by enacting sustainable business models.
- Skills to
- Use the systemic thought to analyse the place of an economic activity in the context of the societal transition ;
- identify the facilitators and barriers to sustainable business model innovation in established companies ;
- balance the needs for commercial vs. social and ecological value creation in designing a sustainable business model ;
- design a new and feasible sustainable business model in a new and/or existing company.
- General competence in
- problem-solving, solution-oriented thinking, and critical reflection ;
- planning and executing project work in an international and cross-sectoral collaboration ;
- communicate business ideas and business models in a clear and engaging manner.
Contacts
+33(0)5 61 12 86 56
engage.wil.program@ut-capitole.fr
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Contact
engage.wil.program@ut-capitole.fr