Course Overview
Sustainability is a critical issue for operations. Resource scarcity as well as increasing regulatory and consumer demand present a significant challenge for business. Operations professionals require a clear understanding of these business issues to respond and adapt.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
2.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Define sustainability.
- Identify the major business drivers for sustainable practices.
- Describe the economics of environmental protection: decentralized policies, command and control policies.
- Describe the components of sustainability management systems (TNS, ISO 14001).
- Analyze the success factors of a sustainability management system.
- Identify appropriate qualitative and quantitative measures necessary to monitor and improve sustainable performance.
- Describe the meaning and process of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA).
- Evaluate the use of operations methodology and tools to improve sustainable performance.
- Apply operations methodology to create eco-efficiency including waste minimization and resources optimization.
- Apply operations methodology to create eco-effectiveness or closed loop systems.
- Describe the meaning of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the extent of its current use.
Effective as of Winter 2022
Related Programs
Sustainability in Operations (OPMT 4442) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
- Indicates programs eligible for students to apply for Post-graduation Work Permit (PGWP).
School of Business + Media
- Operations & Management Engineering
Diploma Full-time
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