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Course: Social Entrepreneurship 1-on-1 – Entrepreneurship and Social Change

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SUMMARY

The new millennium brought about a major shift in addressing challenges towards social change. The way companies operate demands a breath of fresh air – an economic sector that can offer solutions dreadfully needed to address economic, social and environmental challenges. Social entrepreneurship is a business model that includes undertaking business activities for achieving social cause. During the course, the participants will develop skills and abilities to create social change through social entrepreneurship. 

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The new millennium brought about a major shift in addressing challenges towards social change. The way companies operate demands a breath of fresh air – an economic sector that can offer solutions dreadfully needed to address economic, social and environmental challenges. Social entrepreneurship is a business model that includes undertaking business activities for achieving social cause. During the course, the participants will develop skills and abilities to create social change through social entrepreneurship. This will be attained by increased knowledge of social entrepreneurship and its importance for social development and change, as well as by developing the participant’s own ability to act. The course starting point is contemporary social issues, such as poverty, unemployment, social exclusion; problems that require new innovative solutions.

Course contentLearning outcomesSkills and abilitiesAssessmentsLearning activitiesCourse literatureCourse evaluation

The course is divided into four modules:

Module 1, Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility, cover the following topics: 

  • How can social entrepreneurship create social change
  • How can corporate social responsibility transform traditional businesses
  • Intrapreneurship

 

Module 2, Leadership and Creativity for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, cover the following topics:

  • Leadership and organization in Social Entrepreneurial organizations and partnerships: Management, strategy and communication
  • Network and support structures
  • Resource-based theory and social capital
  • Community and Social Entrepreneurship

 

Module 3, Contemporary Social Entrepreneurship Practices, cover the following topics:

  • Learning from best practices in the region
  • Learning from global practices
  • Identifying potential
  • Replicating best practices

 

Module 4, Social Change through Business, entails:

  • Choosing the best business model to achieve social change
  • What activities create social value
  • How to measure your social impact

Applying knowledge and understanding 

Upon completion of this course, participants will: 

  • Demonstrate knowledge and insight into how multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge can be innovated as social entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Show awareness and knowledge of their own leadership skills and the importance thereof in relation to innovation, development and entrepreneurship
  • Demonstrate the ability to follow and engage in current research on social entrepreneurship
  • Demonstrate the ability to formulate innovative ideas based on theoretical assumptions, for example by formulating a concrete idea of ​​how entrepreneurship can be used to create social change.

Upon completion of this course participants will be able to: 

  • Understand how contemporary knowledge can be used for creation of social change;
  • Become aware of their leadership and creative abilities for innovation and entrepreneurship;
  • Make informed decisions on the choice of a business model for their social enterprise;
  • Identify the social change they want to create by undertaking economic/business activities. 

Forms of examination include

Module 1: Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility

  • Written exercise. This includes presenting the findings at a seminar. Grade: fail/pass

 

Module 2: Leadership and Creativity for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

  • Written exercise. This includes presenting the findings at a seminar. Grade: fail/pass

 

Module 3: Contemporary Social Entrepreneurship Practices

  • Written exercise. This includes presenting the findings at a seminar. Grade: fail/pass

 

Module 4: Social Change through Business

  • Written exercise. This includes presenting the findings at a seminar. Grade: fail/pass

Teaching methods include lectures, field trips, guest lectures, seminars and casework.

Scenario Hours Hours/ per day Weeks Lectures/ Seminars Field trips/ Guest lectures Group work Individual work Consultation
S1 50 h 1h/pd 10-12 20 10 5 10 5

Depending on the course level, literature in the form of contemporary articles for specific course occasions will be added, as well as other literature in consultation with the course coordinator.

Example:

  • Dees, J. G. (1998) “The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship”. Kauffman Foundation and Stanford University.
  • Austin, J., Stevenson, H., & Wei-Skillern, J. (2006). Social and commercial entrepreneurship: Same, different, or both? Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 31(1), 1–22
  • Martin, L.R. and Osberg, S. (2007) Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition. Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2007, p. 29-39.
  • Kerlin, A.J. (2010) A Comparative Analysis of the Global Emergence of Social Enterprise. Voluntas, 21:162–179.
  • Chichevaliev, S. (2019) Conducive Factors for Development and Promotion of Social Entrepreneurship in North Macedonia, Journal of European and Balkan Perspectives, Spring 2019, p. 63-74.

Each module in the course will be evaluated separately upon completion. This provides periodic feedback on course development. The course as a whole will also be evaluated upon completion. A summary of results will be kept in the Academy’s archive.

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