Social Enterprise

Module overview

This is an interactive and practical module aiming to inspire students to social enterprise and entrepreneurship by giving them an experiential introduction to human centred design processes. The emphasis in this module is on the translation of knowledge into action and the development of enterprising skills such as identifying user needs and addressing these needs through collaborative co-design and action, being resourceful and leadership. A secondary aim is to develop students’ confidence in developing a personal brand using blogging and social media. A third aim is to raise an awareness of the support available to students for social enterprise activities at the university (both financial and non-financial).

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Workshops: Students will participate in a series of workshops which will help them to understand their skillsets (creating benchmarks and monitoring progress) and their own leadership styles. These workshops will take place in class. Writing individual reports: Students, as part of summative assessment, will submit individual reports where they will present problem landscape, solutions landscape and opportunities for intervention Reflective log: students will complete weekly blogs on the learning process to reflect on the skills and knowledge acquired during the course, and their understanding of themselves as social impact leaders. These blogposts will be thematised using specific skills and leadership concepts. Presentations: students will deliver presentations to a panel of external stakeholders, outlining their understanding of given social challenges, current solutions, and the scope for effective new interventions.

Study time
Type	Hours
Teaching	26
Independent Study	124
Total study time	150

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Next Billion: Development Through Enterprise.

Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Guardian Social Enterprise Network.

Harvard Business Review Blog.

Textbooks

Sommerrock, Katharina (2011). Social entrepreneurship business models.

Stokes, D. ,Wilson, N. and Mador, M. (2010). Entrepreneurship, CENGAGE Learning. London.

Yunus, Muhammad (2010). Building social business the new kind of capitalism that serves humanity's most pressing needs.

Elkington, John & Hartigan Pamela (2008). The power of unreasonable people : how social entrepreneurs create markets that change the world.

Prahalad, C. K (2010). The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid : eradicating poverty through profits.

Nicholls, Alex (2007). Social entrepreneurship: new models of sustainable social change.

Polak, Paul (2008). Out of poverty: what works when traditional approaches fail.

Osterwalder, Alexander. Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers.

Novogratz, Jacqueline (2009). The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World.

Bornstein, David & Davis, Susan (2010). Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know.

Assessment

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Blog	10%
Individual report	60%
Group presentation	30%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Individual report	100%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External