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Objectives and competences

The student will: • Understand the role of sustainable development. • Understand the relationship between digital technologies and sustainable development. • Achieve an in-depth understanding digital technology energy efficiency. • Achieve an in-depth understanding of the link between sustainable development, the information system and its impact on the environment. • Develop the ability to analyze and evaluate existing digital solutions to support sustainable development. • Develop the capability to establish prototype solutions of information systems enabling sustainable development.

Content (Syllabus outline)

1. Introduction to sustainable development • Pillars of sustainable development • Sustainable development goals • Opportunities and solutions of the sustainable development issues 2. Digital technologies for sustainable development • Digital innovations • Enabling circular economy 3. Environmental impact of digital technologies • Digital technology and environment • Non-renewable equipment • Digital services • Economic and societal impact 4. Sustainable development software solutions • Environmental management • Social responsibility of organizations • Product life cycle assessment • Monitoring efficiency and effectiveness of sustainable development 5. Development of prototype solutions for sustainable development

Learning and teaching methods

• Lectures, discussion, and assignments • Use of technologies in exercises • Research work

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

Knowledge and understanding of: At the end of the course, the students will be able to: • Describe the concepts of sustainable development • Describe digital technologies for sustainable development • Describe information systems as key enablers of sustainable development • Define the role of an information system in reducing the environmental impact of an organization • Compose a model of information elements to improve energy efficiency

Readings

1. Greenwood, T. (2021). Sustainable web design. A Book Apart. 2. McGovern, G. (2020). World Wide Waste. Silver Beach Publishing. 3. Falbe, T., Andersen, K. & Frederiksen, M. M. (2020). The ethical design handbook. Smashing Media AG. 4. Shedroff, N. (2019). Design is the solution. Rosenfeld Media. 5. Singh, M. & Sahu, G. P. (2020). Towards adoption of Green IS: A literature reivew using classification methodology. International Journal of Information Management, 54.

Prerequisits

Prerequisites for enrolling: Completed 1st-year exams in the field of information systems. Prerequisites for performing study obligations: • Completed exercises with defense • Completed research work • Written test

  • doc. dr. ALENKA BAGGIA, univ. dipl. org.

  • Written examination: 60
  • Research paper: 40

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  • Slovenian
  • Slovenian

  • ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 2nd