Managing Stakeholders and Sustainability is designed for a diverse range of professionals seeking to contribute to the stakeholder-oriented, sustainable business goals of their organisation.

You might be seeking to lead the sustainable business strategy at your organisation or to advance your career through an expanded understanding of stakeholder management and sustainability practices.

The course is also suited more broadly to anyone wanting to develop their critical thinking about societal and ethical issues in organised settings.

There are no eligibility requirements.

This Melbourne MicroCert has been developed in close consultation with industry, including in-depth consultations with the Chief Sustainability Officer at Australia Post and the Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact Network Australia.

It will equip you with foundational concepts and practical tools for implementing a stakeholder-oriented, sustainable business strategy in your organisation.

By the end of this Microcert, you will be able to:

• Explain the dimensions of stakeholder relationships and develop a stakeholder map
• Apply the concept of stakeholder issue materiality and undertake a discovery process to create a stakeholder materiality matrix

This Melbourne MicroCert runs over four weeks.

Your total time commitment is approximately 42 hours, which includes:

• 5 hours guided learning
• 12 hours independent study
• 25 hours assessment tasks.

Assessment:

• Stakeholder map and written report (40%)
• Stakeholder issues materiality matrix and written report  (60%).

Once you've successfully completed this course, you will be awarded your Managing Stakeholders and Sustainability Melbourne MicroCert. This digital certificate will warrant the achievement of knowledge, skills and capabilities outlined in the learning outcomes. It may also include artefacts (such as videos and written material) related to both experiential and work-integrated learning, including translatable assessment that is practical to your professional life. You can also share your Melbourne MicroCert digitally and via social media by adding it to your personal platforms, such as LinkedIn. See example certificate.

Managing Stakeholders and Sustainability is part of the Corporate Sustainability Series of Melbourne MicroCerts. It can be taken as a standalone course or complemented with any other Melbourne MicroCert in the Corporate Sustainability Series.

This series includes:

Foundations of Sustainable Business

Sustainability Reporting Frameworks

In our innovative online environment, you'll learn alongside a diverse range of industry professionals, and be guided by leading practitioners. Instructors will facilitate discussion and answer questions during webinars, focusing the course on real-world settings and examples. Learning will be supported by text, video and/or audio-based methods.

There is no set expiry date