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Duration

13 hours

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Total fee

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Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Credential

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Highlights

  • Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
  • 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
  • Course 2 of 4 in the Become a Sustainable Business Change Agent Specialization
  • Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Beginner Level
  • Approx. 13 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
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Skills you will learn
More about this course
  • This is Class 2 of the MOOC Specialization, Become a Sustainable Business Change Agent.
  • In this class you will learn more change agent skills and hear from people who have made changes in their organizations.
  • You will also learn more about green design and sustainability reporting.
  • The skills from this class will help improve products and services in your company or help the company issue its first, or an improved sustainability report.

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Curriculum

Implementing Change: The basics

Leading and Managing- Two Roles a Change Agent Fills

Change Models- Three States; Driving and Resisting Change

Implementing Change- One Person's Experience

Implementing Change- A More Complex Example

Leveraging Roles and Role Expectations

Graded Quiz on "the basics" Good luck!

Implementing Change: Practical Considerations

Simple Changes: Should You Go It Alone?

Process Choices: When others must be 'sold'

Gaining Support - Stakeholder Commitment Analysis

Gaining Support - Preference (Interest) Mapping

Change Politics: Examples to Analyze

Interest Mapping Form - Blank

Commitment Chart - Blank

Graded Quiz: More on implementing change

Green Design

Lesson 1: Green Design Principles

Lesson2: Green Design and LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)

Lesson 3: Labels & Certification

Lesson 4: Advertising and Greenwashing

Lesson 5: Doing an LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)

Michelle Reott - The Importance of Design

Honors: LCA Assignment

Green Design Resources

Slides from video lectures

Honors: LCA assignment

Green Design/LCA Quiz

Sustainability Reporting

Lesson 1: Overview of Sustainability Reporting

Lesson 2: More on CSR Reporting

Roger Stace - An introduction to CSR reporting

GRI - Sustainability Reporting Starters Kit

GRI Reporting Standards

Sustainability Reports for Discussion

Slides from Video Lectures

KPMG Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2015

CSR Reporting Quiz

Examples of Sustainability - Interviews with practitioners

Tim Turner - Owner Zia Taqueria Restaurants

Dr. Pakhi Chaudhuri, MD

Hunter Mantell-Hecathorn - Home Builder

Claire Attkisson - Colorado Jaynes Construction

Beth Drum - Alpine Bank of Colorado

Interview Guide (Start Here)

Peer Assessment - Choosing Sustainability Indicators

KSPIs Assignment Instructions

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    May 25, 2024
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