Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Trends in environmental management systems (17.IMDR94)

Native organizations units: Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Type of studies	Title
Doctoral Academic Studies	Industrial Engineering / Engineering Management (Year: 2, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Quality, Effectiveness and Logistics
ECTS	10

The course introduces students to research in the field of environmental management system in terms of relations with the logistics processes, processes related to the quality management system, hydraulic systems and processes related to customer relationship. Students will become familiar with the development of the area in the past two decades, and the latest research and forecasts about developments in the future. The knowledge acquired will enable students a thorough understanding of the field of the system of environmental management, which will form the basis for independent research.

After completing courses and passing the exam, students will learn existing models of environmental management system from the standpoint of quality management systems, hydraulic systems, processes related to customer relationship, and logistics processes. Students will also learn the ability to create research related to the area and to critically analyze existing processes of environmental management system in the monitored enterprise.

Course covers the development of the concept of sustainable development, global environmental problems, causes and consequences of environmental degradation, advanced principles of strategy and policy for sustainable development, environmental risk management principles.

Classes include lectures on the analysis of the examples, and the choice of different strategies and assessing the strategies to protect the environment. Students create project and present it to other students making the group after which a debate is realised. The exam consists of two parts: theory and tasks.