5 ECTS Dresden Year 1 Semester 2 Compulsory Environmental sciences UWFMT21
Content
Contents of the module are basic types of forestry organizations in the Global South and their cooperation, concepts of tree-based production and management systems in the Global South, organizational development and change, corporate decision-making, and strategy development as well as innovation and modernization in organizations. Corporate social responsibility and instruments for the comprehensive socio-economic analysis of forestry organizations are further contents of the module.
Learning outcomes
Students are able to analyse forms of organization for forestry and related land uses in the Global South. They are able to design and conduct case-related analyses of forestry organizations and cooperations, to critically reflect on the results of case studies and comparative analyses and to derive conclusions for sustainable tropical forestry. Students are able to design and bring about changes in organizations, involve the members of the organization as actors in analysis and change processes, anticipate their interests, and translate them into beneficial measures. Furthermore, they can critically examine the interests of organizations with regard to the ethical standards of sustainable forestry.
Teaching and learning methods
- 1 WTH exercise
- 2 WTH seminar
- 3 WTH traveling seminar
- self-study
Type of assessment
- Individual
- Other
Credit points are awarded if the module examination is passed. The module examination consists of a portfolio of 40 hours. The examination language is English.
Institution(s)
- Location: Dresden
- ECTS granting: Technische Universität Dresden
- Organisation: Technische Universität Dresden
