GRA 8516 Creating Value in the Future Energy Ecosystem
GRA 8516 Creating Value in the Future Energy Ecosystem
This course is part of the Executive Master of Management in Energy in cooperation with BI Norwegian Business School and IFP School.
The course consists of two main parts, International negotiations and coaching, and Supply chain and operations management.
The objective of International negotiations and coaching part is to help the participants to be more effective leaders. These include strategies for conducting successful international negotiations, an understanding of how a coaching style of leadership can be beneficial, and strategies to successfully lead change and innovation.
The objective of the Supply chain and operations management part of the course is to introduce the main challenges that operations and supply chain managers face, as well to discuss how to deal with those challenges. For example, it can be argued that supply chain disruptions, advances in technology, and sustainability focus during the last decade had impacted design, planning and execution of companies‘ operations. We will discuss supply chain risk management methods, new business models and contracts, and incorporation of environmental and societal challenges in operational decision-making.
After completing this course the student should have the knowledge:
- How to conduct international negotiations
- What a coaching style of leadership is and its benefits
- How to effectively lead change and innovation and how this varies due to cultural and institutional differences between countries
- Understanding about ways to minimize climate change and the contribution of different forms of energy to climate change.
- Understanding the principles and concepts of supply chain and operations management, including supply, production and distribution management
- Understanding the main challenges and trade- offs in decision making
After completing this course the student should be able to:
- Negotiate effectively with people from other countries
- Understand how to adopt a coaching style as a leader
- Understand how to effectively provide feedback to employees on their performance to help them develop
- How to effectively lead change and innovation
- Develop understanding certain concepts and principles in the operations management from a supply chain perspective.
- Develop capabilities for understanding the main supply chain and operational challenges, analyze their causes and effects, and propose directions for solutions
After completing this course the student should know or be able to:
- What are key drivers of climate change
- How to provide feedback to employees effectively
- Communicate effectively with colleagues and other stakeholders about supply chain and operations management
- Reflect upon key supply chain trends and challenges
Key topics in this course are:
- International negotiations
- Coaching
- Supply chain management
- Operations management
- Sustainability in the energy ecosystem
1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours.
Attendance to all sessions in the course is compulsory. If you have to miss part(s) of the course you must ask in advance for leave of absence. More than 25% absence in a course will require retaking the entire course. It's the student's own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on the course homepage/ It's learning or other course materials.
Sessions include lectures, seminars and group work.
Specific information regarding student evaluation beyond the information given in the course description will be provided in class.
The course is a part of a full Executive Master of Management in Energy (EMME) and examination in all courses must be passed in order to obtain a certificate.
In all BI Executive courses and programmes, there is a mutual requirement
for the student and the course responsible regarding the involvement of the student's experience in the planning and implementation of courses, modules and programmes. This means that the student has the right and duty to get involved with their own knowledge and practice relevance, through the active sharing of their relevant experience and knowledge.
Granted admission to the Executive Master of Management in Energy programme.
Disclaimer
Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.
| Assessments |
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Submission PDF Weight: 60 Grouping: Individual Duration: 4 Week(s) Comment: The students are evaluated through individual written report, counting 60% of the final grade. Exam code: GRA 85162 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Submission PDF Weight: 40 Grouping: Group (2 - 8) Duration: 4 Week(s) Comment: The students are evaluated through case based analysis in groups, counting 40% of the final grade. Exam code: GRA 85163 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
| Activity | Duration | Comment |
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Teaching | 40 Hour(s) | |
Student's own work with learning resources | 95 Hour(s) |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 135 hours.