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Course syllabus - Leadership for Sustainable Change 3 – Envisioning Alternative Futures (LSC3)

Scope

2.5 credits

Course code

IEO310

Valid from

Autumn semester 2026

Education level

Second cycle

Progressive Specialisation

A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

Industrial Management

Organisation

Department of Business and Mathematics

Ratified

2025-12-18

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

Objectives

The general purpose of all Leadership for Societal Change (LSC) courses is to develop management practices that support a green transition of industry, which is largely about taking initiatives to create conditions and leading processes for alternative technology development.

The specific purpose of Leadership for Sustainable Change 3 - Envisioning Alternative Futures is to develop the student’s ability to analyse surroundings, understand societal systems, and create alternative visions of the future to drive a green transition of industry and society.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

  1. Critically analyse trends and systemic changes that affect the opportunities for sustainable development

    Skills and abilities
  2. Develop and communicate alternative future scenarios that support strategic change management.

    Evaluation and approach
  3. Assess how future images can be used to create commitment, direction and legitimacy in change processes.

Course content

Leadership for Societal Change courses are designed to be formative, flexible and built on the premise that students have difficulty leaving work and coming to campus at specific dates and times.

The course structure includes all material available on the learning platform from day 1, which makes it possible for the student to complete the different parts of the course at their own pace and in their chosen order (except for the final exam part). As support, there are recorded introductory lectures for each course as well as recorded lectures that present each task, including theoretical reviews.

Students complete for each course a required number of selected tasks (from a task bank) for INL1, in an order of their own choosing, plus a final mandatory task, INL2.

Specific requirements

A first-cycle degree comprising at least 180 ECTS credits,
or at least 90 ECTS credits with progressive specialisation in any subject, and a minimum of five years of general work experience.

Examination

INL1, Assignment, 2 credits, grade Passed (G) or Fail (U). Refers to learning objectives 1-3.

INL2, Assignment, 0.5 credits, grade Passed (G) or Fail (U). Refers to learning objectives 1-3. Final Assignment.

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding disability study support, can request adaptions for the examination. It is the examiner who takes decisions on any adaptions, based on the certificate and other conditions.

Grade

Two-grade scale