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This course is an introduction to Social Entrepreneurship and how it can help communities. It will explore both the theory and practical applications of social entrepreneurship.
WorkloadThe workload is 150 hours.
GOAL 1 - Graduates can demonstrate advanced knowledge of their selected subject major, informed by the broader context of Commerce;A. Expose the students to the pervasiveness and complexity of social needs and how those un-met needs create entrepreneurial opportunities.B. Define social enterprise and how it differs from profit seeking entrepreneurship. C. Expose students to the entrepreneurship method and how it can be applied to help address social problems. D. Explore why and how social entrepreneurship has become a necessity in many nations as government and other traditional social institutions have been unable to achieve their traditional duty of care to society. GOAL 2 - Graduates are able to use analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to address specific problems; A. Provide the tools and conceptual frameworks to understand entrepreneurial opportunities in the social sector. Including:i. Effectuation.ii. Value Analysisiii. Opportunity assessment in social enterprises B. Understand the challenges in measuring economic and social performance and how economic performance is different in social enterprises than in profit seeking enterprise.GOAL 3 - Graduates can understand issues from a range of ethical, global and multicultural perspectives; A. Introduce an appreciation of regulatory challenges faced by social entrepreneurs. B. Introduce an appreciation for the cultural and ethical issued faced in social enterprise. GOAL 4- Graduates are able to communicate effectively both orally and in written form.A. Student teams will conduct a project in this class that includes both a written report and an oral presentation. The student team will have the choice of:i. Conducting a management assessment of a local social enterprise to provide pro-bono consulting, orii. Social enterprise business concept. Learning Goal Assessment1 Tests2 Project 3 Tests, Project4 Project Students are expected to become conversant with all materials discussed in lectures, supplied as hand-outs or identified in course readings.
Any 90 points at 200-level or above
MGMT 321
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Mid-term Test 25% In class test – 10 questions, short answer – essay on lectures and readings covered in weeks 1,2,3,4,& 5Test 2 25% 10 questions essay on lectures and readings coveredProject Report 25%A 10 page technical paper that either –1. Diagnoses management issues with a local social enterprise and offers alternative solutions or:2. Develops a social enterprise concept, explaining What the need/opportunity is; Why the opportunity can be addressed by the student team; and How the SE will meet these needs and create contributive advantage or3. A university level 20 page research paper – written using Chicago Style. Potential topics include: (1) Ethics and SE, (2) Public Policy; (3) using accelerators for SEs and (4) others approved by instructor. Project Presentation 25% A 5-7 minute (timed) presentation of the up-dated report using PowerPoint. No more than 10 slides.GradingThe marks for assessments may be scaled before a final grade is determined. You should not regard 50% as a pass mark.
MGMT343S2 Course Outline LEARN
Class RepresentativeA class representative may be asked to volunteer in the first few weeks of class. Any problems with the course can be raised with the class rep. Their email can be found at UCSA. The class representative will take up any issues raised by class members with the lecturer concerned as they occur.Departmental Academic Policies The Department assumes that you have read this document.You should also read the General Course and Examination RegulationsDishonest PracticeThe University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty. All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.Coversheets - Group and Individual
Domestic fee $759.00
International fee $3,125.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
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