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MA/MSc in Integrated Sustainable Management for Business
MA/MSc in Integrated Sustainable Management for Business
The Programme
Our Programme is made up of corporate management seminars + workshops that, taken together with assignments etc., build into an MA / MSc . The Programme is for senior and Board-level corporate leaders, managers and advisers with cross-organisational or functional responsibility for sustainability, corporate social responsibility and /or environmental management. Participants are mainly from international business, some from government and NGOs , and a small proportion of spaces are available for our Future Leaders Programme participants.
The Programme gives students access to a unique nationwide
network of academic and practical expertise.
CSEM is institutionally approved and our MA / MSc is validated by Middlesex University.
The current Masters leaflet is available for downloading.
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Comprehensive Seminar Programme - breadth and depth
Leading-edge, participative, enlightening spaces for coming to grips with rapidly-evolving developments - and organising effective corporate response, area-by-area, level-by level. We consistently receive feed-back about the breadth, depth and motivation provided.
Unique experience/ training capability
Running the first senior programme of sustainable management training in Europe has given us twelve years' experience and training capability with an international team of practitioners. Unique track record of sustainable management development innovation and pioneering.
Financial and Competitive advantage
Provides the potential to add millions of dollars to the bottom-line of a substantial organisation, and provides and positioning for significant competitive advantage.
Cohesion
Coordination, integration, cohesion, demystification, culture change and energy.
A Balanced Professional Training
The Programme gives (the often already well-qualified) a means to doing the job better and faster, while gaining a balanced professional training for the future. On completion, participants should be able to lead, guide and manage their organisation's approach at all levels.
Full Strategic Capability
Facilitates full corporate recognition of sustainability as a new necessary dimension of business, and the development of new strategic capability, human and organisational.
Learning at Work - and flexibility
Allows learning in service, with the few days away focused on doing the job better, in a vital, supportive space, rich with transferable capability and skills. While we suggest you work in a small action-learning group, you may use modules over several years, as you need them.
Organisation-oriented Assignments
We design assignments and the research project to produce the equivalent of a year of Board-level consultancy of international standard - worth approximately £100,000.
Growing Expertise/ Problem Solving
Provides your business with a means of developing internal expertise, while solving current problems. We will seek to match businesses/ sponsors with high potential candidates.
Networking
Participants meet 30-35 leading contributors, and join an alumnus group of 1500 and growing.
Entry to Professional Membership
Two core modules provide access to the points needed for entry to the Institute for Environmental Management & Assessment and access to its Register of auditors.
Integrated Sustainable Management
Integrated Sustainable Management means including and going beyond environmental management to handle the gap between performance improvement and real sustainability - economic, environmental and social.
Management Integration:
Integration is needed in several areas. Environmental and social aspects/ management need integration not only with the systems for managing health, safety or quality, but more fundamentally with human resource, financial control and performance management - into all functions.
Strategic Integration:
Environmental and sustainable management has to be integrated into corporate business strategy. It cannot be left to an accountable Environmental or CSR Manager alone.
The Regulatory and Social Context:
A practical knowledge of present and forthcoming regulations and societal demands form an integral part of environmental and sustainable management.
Integration for Effectiveness:
Environmental and sustainable management are about managing resources effectively. There are a growing number of approaches, tools and techniques which are fundamental to an organisation's effectiveness in an increasingly difficult world.
International Positioning:
Environmental and sustainable management are of widespread global concern. Management commitment and attention to international developments in this field is seen as vital to effective management.
Mode of Study
The course is part-time and is composed of a series of taught short course
modules, supplemented by supported self-study and project work. Students then
produce a dissertation based on a more substantial research project.
Three one-week foundation courses in Environmental Science, Management and Regulation are
offered for students without the necessary prior knowledge in these areas (see
admission). The course itself comprises seven core modules, two optional modules
selected from a range of specialist topics, and the dissertation.
A satisfactory first degree or other demonstration of ability to work at a postgraduate level.
Is the Course Academic?
Yes and no. Yes - it is rigorous, demanding and designed to give up to date information from the relevant areas of knowledge and an academic qualification. No - it is not purely 'theoretical' but draws on the experience of many of the leading experts in the field and includes comprehensive practical application at all levels.
Foundation Courses
One week foundation courses may be required for those with little previous knowledge in Environmental Science, in Management or in relevant Law and Regulation.
Independent Research Project (Dissertation)
An Independent Research Project will cover a major area cerned with improving or transforming environmental and/or sustainable management in a real organisation.
Fees
Please contact the Centre for information on fees. Special rates apply for internships .
Next Step
To start the admission process please speak with one of our Admissions tutors and/or
complete and then post the downloadable application form.
