Advanced Level
Courses tagged with "Advanced Level"
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility
The focus of the course Strategic CSR is to create long-term value for both the participants and their organisations. This course is designed to encourage participants to explore possibilities to integrate CSR and sustainability initiatives in their business strategy, supporting them with theoretical and practical understanding to apply new CSR initiatives. This course includes a workshop where participants will develop a strategic CSR plan for their own organisations through an action planning exercise.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Explain CSR and its relevance to ethical business activity, business decisions and communication
- Evaluate the organisation’s current social and environmental impact and identify areas for improvement
- Explore CSR initiatives considering short- and long-term business, social and environmental impact
- Develop an action plan to strategically integrate CSR into the business strategy and goals using the knowledge and skills acquired through the course
- Managers and employees responsible for CSR strategy and initiatives
- Entrepreneurs who wish to develop sustainable business practices
- People who want to pursue a career in sustainability
- Teacher: Angelina Taneva-Veshoska
- Enrolled students: 16
Sustainable finance: Apply Sustainable Investment Strategies and Green Finance in Your Company
Participants will gain an understanding and ability of applying sustainable investment strategies and green finance in their portfolio and knowledge on how to get support from financial institutions in addressing global sustainability issues. In addition, they will be able to learn how to perform sustainability reporting.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Understand the main challenges facing the global financial system in the quest for funding structural transformations towards sustainable pathways
- Evaluate and be able to apply novel financial instruments and the material role of ESG and sustainability reporting for firm financial performance
- Assess the possible investment strategies and apply the optimal one in their portfolio
- Managers
- Business owners
- Entrepreneurs
- Students
- Teacher: Kostas Dellis
- Teacher: Conrad Felix Michel Landis
- Enrolled students: 5
Sustainable Innovation: How Organisations Can Create Sustainable Innovation Projects
This course investigates the principles and practices of sustainable innovation, concentrating on how businesses and organisations can develop and implement innovative solutions that address environmental, social, and economic challenges. Participants will analyse case studies, engage in inventive problem-solving, and create a sustainable innovation project.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Learn the basics of sustainable innovation
- Understand eco-innovation and social innovation
- Get familiar with how to scale sustainable innovations
- Understand how to use Open Data and services towards a sustainable digital transformation
- Evaluate and be able to apply related methodologies for sustainable innovations
- Managers
- Business owners
- Entrepreneurs
- Students
- Teacher: Kostas Dellis
- Teacher: Panagiota Koltsida
- Teacher: Lydia Papadaki
- Enrolled students: 9
Green and Social Entrepreneurship Business Modeling
The course aims to provide participants with tools and techniques to start a (social/green) business. The controlled learning environment enables participants to discover their entrepreneurial mindsets and deal with individual challenges that might arise in bringing a business idea to life. The journey starts from the idea development and contains all the necessary steps of setting up a green or social business. The course will finish with a pitch of each individual’s developed business idea.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Develop business ideas
- Use design thinking and social canvas tool for social business modelling
- Understand customer and beneficiary segments, pains and gains
- Provide a sustainable business model
Everyone interested in founding a green & social business
- Teacher: Johannes Oberndorfer
- Enrolled students: 27
Intellectual Capital and Change Management for Digital Transformation and Sustainability
In a society increasingly dominated by digital transformation and the pressures resulting from the imperative of sustainability, markets have become more competitive and forced organisations to become more resilient and to engage in permanent change. The aim is to provide competences to managers, consultants, and entrepreneurs to manage change through the management of intellectual capital as drivers of competitiveness and sustainability.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Understand the importance of managing intellectual capital in a digital context as a driving factor for innovation, competitiveness, and sustainability
- Identify the key elements involved in intellectual capital
- Finding out the factors that are responsible for enhancing the business value and sustainability of organisations
- Apply intellectual capital management concepts in the context of change management
- Develop a strategic plan to improve the organisational management of intellectual capital
- Managers responsible for the implementation of strategic organisational change and sustainability
- Consultants in management and organisational change
- Entrepreneurs and startup managers who wish to develop sustainable business models
- Teacher: Carolina Marques
- Teacher: Florinda Matos
- Enrolled students: 27
Driving Sustainable Growth with Innovation Capital
The course aims to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to fully realise the strategic potential of managing intellectual capital and innovation within their organisations and drive sustainable growth. Participants will be able to evaluate the ROI of investing in R&D&I and align innovation capital with organisational objectives and the business plan. This course includes live online training sessions where participants will interactively work on given assignments.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Explain the relationship between innovation capital and the other components of intellectual capital
- Examine how different types of innovations can be integrated into various business models
- Propose activities to align innovation capital with organisational objectives and the business plan and drive sustainable growth
- Evaluate the effects and ROI of investing in R&D&I on organisational performance with appropriate metrics for quantifying innovation capital.
Senior executives, managers, innovation leaders, R&D managers, entrepreneurs, and professionals seeking to advance their understanding of innovation capital management and wish to innovate responsibly and sustainably.
- Teacher: Rhonda Bowen
- Teacher: Ana Tomik
- Teacher: Slavica Trajkovska
- Enrolled students: 3
Circular Production
This advanced course aims to provide a general and comprehensive overview of the main principles of circular production, including a selection of raw materials (secondary, renewable, reused, recycled), production resources (energy and water), production by-products (exploitation in circular schemes) and waste prevention (GHG, gas, liquid and solid waste management, energy and materials recovery), circular/eco-design, end-of-life (EOL) management and reuse.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Understanding the principles of circular production
- Analysing production components and applying circular principles
- Designing interventions for introducing circular principles in design, manufacturing and end-of-life product management in TCLF and furniture sectors
- Recieve coaching and support for a thematic project in the fields of CTLF or Furniture sector
- Production Managers
- CTOs
- Production Engineers
- Professionals in R&D, Sales and marketing
- Teacher: Nikolaos Bilalis
- Teacher: Michail Delagrammatikas
- Teacher: Nikolaos Nikolaou
- Teacher: Emi Tsakalou
- Teacher: Lina Tsakalou
- Enrolled students: 25
Beyond Boundaries: Navigating Team Dynamics and Development
Discover the aspects of your style as a team member through our definitive self-assessment tool. Deepen your knowledge of your style and that of others to act and react responsibly and effectively in your team situations. Join us in shaping a future where self-discovery and cohesive teamwork intertwine, leading to lasting transformations in your professional and personal spheres. Enrol now and embark on an eight-week journey of self-improvement, collaboration, and personal growth.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Understand Team Synergy: Comprehend the concept of team synergy and its impact on achieving shared goals, recognizing the benefits of harmonious collaboration
- Foster Collaborative Environment: Contribute to the creation of a collaborative team environment by applying newfound insights to support and uplift team members
- Empower Team Leadership: Acquire tools to become an influential team member and leader, driving positive change and contributing to team success
- Professionals (from public and private institutions, NGOs)
- Managers
- SME owners
- Students
- Teacher: Rhonda Bowen
- Enrolled students: 23
Boost Your Resilience Mitigating Techno Stress
Technostress is defined as the stress people experience when using Digital Technologies. Six key areas of work design will be considered: demands, Control, Support, Relationships, Role, and Change. The course is designed to encourage participants to explore possibilities for integrating technostress mitigation initiatives into their business strategy, supporting them with theoretical and practical understanding to apply them.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Identify and understand the role of techno stressors in the well-being of employees
- Identify key areas of work design and how these should be taken into consideration in developing Stress Management Standards
- Discuss the importance and benefits of implementing Stress Management Standards for technostress in organisations
- Develop an action plan to strategically mitigate technostress management in the business strategy and goals using the knowledge and skills acquired through the course
- Managers of SMEs
- HR managers
- Occupational Health and Safety Representatives
- Union Representatives
- People who want to pursue a career in OH&S
- Teacher: Michail Delagrammatikas
- Teacher: Maria Giannacourou
- Teacher: Emi Tsakalou
- Teacher: Lina Tsakalou
- Enrolled students: 21
Sustainable Professional Growth
Explore the core pillars of beliefs, abilities, creativity, expression, integration, and productivity to enable your professional journey. Develop your creativity by enhancing your critical thinking, influencing, and problem-solving skills to drive innovation and handle challenges. Begin your journey of self-discovery and growth in this course, and work with the tools to not only thrive personally but also contribute to your organisation's success.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Cultivate a sense of security by addressing professional uncertainties, finding purpose, and enhancing self-confidence
- Develop a diverse skill set, manage resources effectively, and foster personal and professional growth
- Enhance communication skills for impactful interactions, utilise storytelling techniques, and create meaningful stakeholder experiences
- Master time management, implement performance strategies, and adapt successfully to organisational changes
- Managers
- Business owners
- Entrepreneurs
- Students
- Teacher: Rhonda Bowen
- Enrolled students: 25
Personal and Organisational Values
Deepen your comprehension of personal and collective styles, empowering you to navigate organisational scenarios responsibly and adeptly. Engage in self-reflective practices to discover invaluable insights leading to lasting transformation. Join us for a condensed yet impactful four-week exploration, charting a path towards synergy, alignment, and profound growth. This immersive experience is open to all seeking to unlock the power of personal and organisational synergy.
Completing this course will equip you to:
- Recognize Synergy Significance: Understand personal and organisational alignment for enhanced effectiveness
- Evaluate Values Alignment: Use self-assessment to align personal values with organisational values
- Define Personal Role: Gain insight into your role within the organisation and its connection to the mission
- Apply Reflective Practices: Engage in self-reflection for heightened self-awareness and informed decision-making
- Promote Collaborative Engagement: Enhance collaboration using newfound knowledge of values within the organisation
- Managers
- Business owners
- Entrepreneurs
- Students
- Teacher: Rhonda Bowen
- Enrolled students: 23
