Description du cours

Intitulé de l'Unité d'Enseignement

Responsible Management

Code de l'Unité d'Enseignement

21GE015

Année académique

2025 - 2026

Cycle

MASTER

Nombre de crédits

Nombre heures

Quadrimestre

Pondération

Site

Anjou

Langue d'enseignement

Anglais

Enseignant responsable

CLAEYE Frederik

Objectifs et contribution de l'Unité d'Enseignement au programme

Equip students with disciplinary knowledge in Responsible Management (RM) and cultivate a critical, nuanced posture for acting under paradox and uncertainty. The course positions RM as a managerial logic expressed through global performance, open governance, and organizational development. In a complex system of interdependencies (including temporal trade-offs), students learn to recognize and work with paradoxical tensions (e.g., economic vs social; individual vs collective; short- vs long-term) and to argue ethical, sustainable and just managerial responses.

By the end of the course, students will have acquired the following knowledge and skills:

In terms of knowledge:

1. Understand the major trends and current issues in management (e.g. in connection with digital transformation) as well as their prospects in terms of overall performance, open governance and organizational development;
2. Know the characteristics of responsible management
3. and knowing how to position them in relation to alternatives in terms of management logic
4. Mastering critical thinking from a responsible management perspective (ethical and sustainable)

In terms of know-how (Skills):

The development of two key ICHEC competencies are at the heart of this learning path: (1) exercising critical thinking and (2) "Designing desirable futures" in particular with regard to the following sub-competencies:

(1) Exercising critical thinking
- by observing and questioning a complex and systemic reality
- by analyzing data, making the connections between the different elements and applying scientific reasoning while mastering information technologies
- by questioning established frameworks and models by comparing them and confronting them with the reality on the ground, in an interdisciplinary approach.

(2) Designing desirable futures
- By identifying and understanding the social and habitability issues of the earth on the basis of scientific resources
- By mobilizing existing and emerging models, theories and technologies
- By generating innovative and creative solutions to the earth's social and habitability issues
- Assessing the current and future impact of proposed actions on individuals, organizations, their ecosystem, and society
- By imagining new forward-looking, regenerative, and inclusive narratives for the future.

Prérequis et corequis

- A good command of English.
- Good basic knowledge of economics, business, and political developments and concepts. Good knowledge of global current events.
- Prior exposure to basic management (e.g., Intro to Management, Strategy/Economics of Strategy, Sociology & Organizations).
- Beneficial: internship/work experience and readiness to connect concepts with field observations.
- Follow management/economic news in EN; willingness to engage in constructive debates with rigor and nuance.

Description du contenu

Capita selecta relating to responsible management, inter alia:
- Historical context of responsible management
- Focus on the manager: his or her roles and skills, challenges and perspectives
- Analysis of the management systems/practices of organizations and people
- Highlighting the specificities and challenges of responsible management

Méthodes pédagogiques

The course is organized in modules and favors an engaging and interactive pedagogy, diversifying perspectives (academic teaching–research in connection with CPMI and practitioner–manager contributions).

Mode d'évaluation

Knowledge and skills will be assessed through a multiple-choice exam and/or open-ended questions and/or group work.

AIs are likely to be used as an assistant to generate ideas, to search for information (such as a search engine), or as an assistant for the organization but not to conduct an analysis. The student will make sure to make transparent and critical use of it and to produce personal and original ideas.

Assessments in the second session may differ from those in the first session. Specific instructions will be posted on the online course (Moodle).

Références bibliographiques

- Laasch, O., & Conaway, R. N. (2015). Principles of Responsible Management.
- Laasch, O., Suddaby, R., Freeman, R.E., & Jamali, D. (Eds.). (2020). Research Handbook of Responsible Management.
- Gherardi, S., & Laasch, O. (2022). Responsible management-as-practice. Journal of Business Ethics, 181, 269–281.
- Hibbert, P., & Cunliffe, A. (2015). Responsible management: Moral reflexive practice. Journal of Business Ethics, 127(1).