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Instructional Method: Online.

Travel Dates: June 19-30, 2017. Travel Location: Bergen, Norway. Norway: Nonprofit Entrepreneurship (3) Nonprofit and social entrepreneurs can be a dynamic change agent for society and this course, taught on campus and at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen, Norway provides an in-depth exposure to starting new nonprofits as well as creating new ventures within an existing nonprofit organization. The course focuses on entrepreneurship thinking and the process for successful new ventures within a nonprofit context. In addition, entrepreneurship's actual and potential contribution to changing lives, improving the environment in which we live, and its contribution to overall national, regional, and local economic and social development are also included. Permission: instructor.

Sustainability Metrics and Reporting (3) As human cultures continue to advance sustainability management in their businesses, households, communities, governments, and non-profit organizations, identifying, developing, analyzing, and utilizing key quantitative and qualitative indicators and other data is becoming a necessary tool in that advancement. In addition, how those metrics are communicated to relevant decision makers, including through sustainability reporting mechanisms, is a related set of skills that can help promote both environmental and socio-economic sustainability within and between the multiple levels of societies. Through life cycle analysis, greenhouse gas accounting, natural and social capital valuation, and resource and resilience measurement, as well as other techniques, this course familiarizes students with skills and details on how sustainability is assessed and how those assessments can be used to improve sustainability management outcomes. Meets with MGMT-696 001.

Instructional Method: Hybrid. Restriction: Business Administration (MBA): Professional.

Instructional Method: Hybrid. Restriction: Business Administration (MBA): Professional.

Instructional Method: Hybrid. Restriction: Business Administration (MBA): Professional.

Sustainability Metrics and Reporting (3) As human cultures continue to advance sustainability management in their businesses, households, communities, governments, and non-profit organizations, identifying, developing, analyzing, and utilizing key quantitative and qualitative indicators and other data is becoming a necessary tool in that advancement. In addition, how those metrics are communicated to relevant decision makers, including through sustainability reporting mechanisms, is a related set of skills that can help promote both environmental and socio-economic sustainability within and between the multiple levels of societies. Through life cycle analysis, greenhouse gas accounting, natural and social capital valuation, and resource and resilience measurement, as well as other techniques, this course familiarizes students with skills and details on how sustainability is assessed and how those assessments can be used to improve sustainability management outcomes. Meets with MGMT-496 001.