| 1 | Alliances | CFM005A05 |
| The second important step in implementing the design of a sustainable enterprise concerns collaboration of the focal organization with its external partners and stakeholders. Sustainable enterprises are, to a significant extent, open systems for which high-trust connections to partners within and outside the value chains are of the utmost importance. The academic component of this course offers an in-depth overview of the theories of successful alliance management, including partner selection, alliance management and alliance termination. The leadership lab of this course reviews personality traits relevant to sustainable collaboration. Students will write an essay exam and deliver and present a collaboration leadership portf |
| Faculteit | Campus Fryslân | | Voertaal | Engels | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. G. de Jongdr. J.B.M. de Jong | | Onderwijsvorm | Lab sessions, lecture | | Toetsvorm | Exam | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Before being allowed to take this course, the courses Foundations and Leadership must be completed |
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| 2 | Context | CFM006A05 |
This course enables students to understand the relationship between sustainable entrepreneurship and the contexts within which it occurs. Students obtain an in-depth academic understanding of the transformative power of context on sustainable entrepreneurs and of sustainable entrepreneurs on their context. Students will also engage with questions of how context can change what we see as sustainable entrepreneurship, allowing students to expand the base of examples of upon which they can draw.
In the entrepreneurship lab, students gain knowledge and experience of the case study method. Students design and perform a case study on a sustainable entrepreneur, entrepreneurial firm and/or their ecosystem. The students analyze, discuss and compare their findings in a group setting of 3-4 students. Students will write an essay exam and deliver and present their case study findings. |
| Faculteit | Campus Fryslân | | Voertaal | Engels | | Docent(en) | J. Kaus, MA. T.B. Long, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | Lab sessions, lecture | | Toetsvorm | Assignment, Exam, Presentation | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Before being allowed to take this course, the courses Foundations, and Strategy must be completed |
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| 3 | Foundations of Sustainable Entrepreneurship | CFM001A05 |
| The course ‘Foundations of sustainable entrepreneurship’ is the first course in Block 1 and offers students state-of-the-art academic insights concerning antecedents and consequences of sustainable entrepreneurship. This course acts as a point-of-departure for all other courses. Students will be introduced to founding literature on sustainable entrepreneurship through key readings and in class discussion and analysis activities. The course labs start to prepare students for research, requiring the development of a research proposal; students will explore how to identify and formulate research problems and questions, develop a theoretical framework and consider appropriate methodological approaches. Students will write an essay exam and deliver and present a research proposal relevant to sustainable entrepreneurship. |
| Faculteit | Campus Fryslân | | Voertaal | Engels | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. G. de Jong T.B. Long, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | Lab sessions, seminar | | Toetsvorm | Exam | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | General requirements for admittance to the MSc Sustainable Entrepreneurship |
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| 4 | Leadership | CFM002A05 |
| Leadership is the first point of departure in designing sustainable entrepreneurship. This course offers an in-depth overview of leadership theories and their effects on the performance of enterprises. In the academic component, students will learn that social, human and personal capital is important for the success of sustainable leadership. The leadership lab in this course is dedicated to identifying and reviewing key habits of effective leadership, in general, and sustainable leadership, in particular. Students will write an essay exam and deliver and present their sustainable leadership portfolio |
| Faculteit | Campus Fryslân | | Voertaal | Engels | | Docent(en) | dr. J.B.M. de Jongdr. ir. N.R. Faber | | Onderwijsvorm | Lab sessions, lecture | | Toetsvorm | Exam | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | General requirements for admittance to the MSc Sustainable Entrepreneurship |
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| 5 | Organization | CFM004A05 |
Organizations are a prominent, if not the dominant, characteristic of modern societies’ (Scott 1973, p3). Therefore, learning about theory and research of Organizations will help us understand the society that we live in. In the same vein, learning about Organizations allows us to compare and contrast them with entrepreneurial ventures. Increasingly, Organizations are expected to contribute to sustainability by committing to environmental stewardship, social well-being, and economic prosperity. However, existing organizations are generally slow to change. This course is aimed to increase our understanding of how organizations function and how they respond to societal and institutional pressures to change.
In this course, students will acquire the skills to use quantitative data to recognize and analyze research problems related to sustainable organizations. We will review and discuss state-of-the-art academic papers with a special focus on how the authors use data analysis to approach their research questions. |
| Faculteit | Campus Fryslân | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. E.C. Folmer | | Docent(en) | dr. O. Engeldr. E.C. Folmer | | Onderwijsvorm | Lab sessions, lecture | | Toetsvorm | Exam | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Before being allowed to take this course the course Foundations must be completed |
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| 6 | Performance | CFM008A05 |
| The final element of the overall sustainable business model is sustainable performance. The academic component of this course offers an overview of performance frameworks and theories. It reviews how sustainable enterprises can attain sustainable performance given their unique features. Obstacles to measuring sustainable performance are discussed. The lab sessions focus on implementing sustainable performance frameworks. Sustainable enterprises design new products for new markets using new business models. Students review the sustainable performance of an organisation and critically reflect on the available performance measurement frameworks. Students will write an exam and develop and present their performance report. |
| Faculteit | Campus Fryslân | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. E.C. Folmer | | Docent(en) | dr. E.C. Folmer | | Onderwijsvorm | Lab sessions, lecture | | Toetsvorm | Exam | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Before being allowed to take this course, the courses Foundations, and Context must be completed |
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| 7 | Policy | CFM007A05 |
| The successful management and high performance of sustainable organizations cannot do without influence on policy instruments. The research lab of this course offers students the opportunity to review national and European best-practice governance and how sustainable enterprises are actively engaged in policy instrument design. Students will write an essay exam and develop and present a policy report paper |
| Faculteit | Campus Fryslân | | Voertaal | Engels | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. G. de Jong | | Onderwijsvorm | Lab sessions, lecture | | Toetsvorm | Exam | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Before being allowed to take this course, the course Foundations must be completed |
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| 8 | Research Methods | CFM009A05 |
| In this course, students prepare their sustainable entrepreneurship project and research to be executed in the next block. The academic component of this course focuses on research design, research philosophy and research ethics. Students benefit from previous courses in which they were extensively trained in all steps of the empirical cycle of research. The entrepreneurship lab enables students to design their individual leadership project in line with the overall aim of the programme. Students will select either a quantitative or qualitative research setting, depending upon their preferences. Subsequently, students will formulate their research questions, research aims, theory and models, and prepare data collection, data analysis and research findings. Students will also formulate their leadership and entrepreneurship development goals. The entrepreneurship lab thus offers students the opportunity to prepare their final project in detail, including research and the application of their personal leadership and entrepreneurship profile. Students write an essay exam and develop and present their sustainable entrepreneurship project design |
| Faculteit | Campus Fryslân | | Voertaal | Engels | | Docent(en) | | | Onderwijsvorm | Lab sessions, tutorials | | Toetsvorm | Assignment, Exam, Presentation | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Before being allowed to take this course, the courses Foundations, Organisation, and Context must all be completed |
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| 9 | Strategy | CFM003A05 |
| The course ‘Sustainable Strategy’ offers students state-of-the-art academic insights on strategy for sustainable entrepreneurship, including what it is, what role it plays and how to design strategy for sustainable outcomes. This course gives students the opportunity to learn and reflect on the role of strategy in the design of sustainable enterprises, and how theories on value creation have developed and evolved. In doing so, this course provides a variety of perspectives on why, how and for whom businesses create value, and the tools which can help in these endeavors. The lab component of this course requires students to apply a variety of to develop a new sustainable business model in response to a real-world challenge. Students will write an essay exam and deliver and present their sustainable business model in a pitch academy. |
| Faculteit | Campus Fryslân | | Voertaal | Engels | | Docent(en) | E.M. Fath-Kolmes T.B. Long, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | Lab sessions, lecture | | Toetsvorm | Exam | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | General requirements for admittance to the MSc Sustainable Entrepreneurship |
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| 10 | Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project | CFMSEPA15 |
In the Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project, students will conduct independent academic research following their own design, focusing on solving a problem relevant to a corporate sustainability challenge. This project requires students to integrate the many elements addressed in the curriculum. Students have the opportunity to collect empirical information to answer their research question. Depending on their individual entrepreneurship ambitions and leadership profiles, students will work with regional,
national or international sustainable organizations.
The Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project concentrates on the stages of the cycle of research, based on the theoretical stages developed in the previous course. Students will develop and present their sustainable entrepreneurship report to their supervisors and to peers and stakeholders in the Circular Minds Conference. |
| Faculteit | Campus Fryslân | | Voertaal | Engels | | Docent(en) | | | Onderwijsvorm | self-study | | Toetsvorm | Oral defense, Thesis | | ECTS | 15 | | Entreevoorwaarden | All previous master courses |
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