Business and Environmental Sustainability

BUSI 3119
Closed
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Associate Professor
(1)
3
Timeline
  • September 8, 2021
    Experience start
  • September 16, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting with Class on Zoom
  • November 6, 2021
    Part 1 individual Project
  • November 20, 2021
    Part 2 Group Project
  • November 30, 2021
    Experience end
Experience
2/2 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Large enterprise, Small to medium enterprise, Any
Any industries
Categories
Leadership Organizational structure Social sciences
Skills
creativity marketing strategy communication research management
Learner goals and capabilities

Carleton University, Sprott School of Business, students will individually and then collectively analyze an organization's environmental challenge and/or opportunity. Students will work with you to apply the full range of their collective knowledge and ideas through online means to assist your organization.The first is a one to two week smaller project and the second is a longer 1 to 2 weeks project.

The company will present their organizational challenge(s) to the class. Students will use theory and experience to generate ideas which they will present to your organization in a report and possibly a presentation or video. The company will also contribute by providing grading feedback for the larger project.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
60 learners
Project
15 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 6
Expected outcomes and deliverables
  • Part 1 (1 week): The first part of the project would be completed by students individually and would help students think about changes to one or more products/processes to make them more sustainable and more suitable for an environment with COVID-19. Students will write a short paper on their ideas.
  • Part 2 (1 week): The second part of the project would be group based and would address in more depth an environmental issue. Students will work in groups to write a paper and might present their key ideas to the company through our Zoom class.
Project timeline
  • September 8, 2021
    Experience start
  • September 16, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting with Class on Zoom
  • November 6, 2021
    Part 1 individual Project
  • November 20, 2021
    Part 2 Group Project
  • November 30, 2021
    Experience end
Project Examples

Making a product/process more environmentally friendly and current (COVID-19 appropriate) by:

  • Balancing environmentally sustainability packaging or product design
  • Making a process more environmentally friendly
  • Making communications more suitable for our world of COVID-19 and for an environmentally sustainable world
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Work with professor to develop a line or two for student resume based on group work.

The class and company will work together to create a no-compete clause/agreement and a student consent form for submitting their paper to the company.

Be available for a Zoom meeting with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer communications from instructors and students over the duration of the project

Attend final virtual class to watch, provide feedback, critique and evaluate student presentations and/or provide feedback on papers.

Visit virtual classroom to present company background and problem/s or opportunities to be addressed.

Join class for a second time to answer student questions on project.