Social entrepreneurship: introduction to the term and to the profile of the social entrepreneur.

Teacher

PROMYSE

Overview

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This module explores the notion of Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship. More specifically, it juxtaposes Social Enterprises to traditional, namely business/commercial enterprises and not-for profit organizations, and it introduces the various concepts that are pertinent to Social Entrepreneurship.
Additionally, introduces and analyses the notions of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship and compares them with the notion of business/commercial entrepreneurship, and discusses briefly their history. The characteristics of the successful Social Entrepreneur and the principles for social business are then discussed.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

To distinguish social and business/commercial enterprise
To track down the roots of social entrepreneurship
To identify the key characteristics of a social entrepreneur

Course Features

Lectures 8
Quizzes 2
Duration 1 hour
Skill level All level
Language English
Students 19
Certificate Yes
Assessments Yes

Curriculum

Pre-Quiz 1
- Quiz1.1
  
  Pre-Quiz 6 questions
Unit 1 3

In this unit, we are going to identify the key terms of social enterprise, social entrepreneur and the notions of social entrepreneurship. A social enterprise is a hybrid form of enterprise, as it shares characteristics of both business and non-profit organisations. On the other hand, social entrepreneurs are people with some unique characteristics and capabilities. These capabilities can work in favor of the enterprise and have a positive impact in society. Provide indicative time of completion of each unit: 20 minutes.
- Lecture2.1
  
  The Social Enterprise
- Lecture2.2
  
  The Social Entrepreneur
- Lecture2.3
  
  The notions of Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship
Unit 2 2

Social entrepreneurship is a rather new term in the social reality. However, the roots of social entrepreneurship can be traced back in the 19th century Britain and the cooperative moment. In this unit, we are going to see a brief history of social entrepreneurship and identify the principles for doing social business and the characteristics of the successful social entrepreneur. Provide indicative time of completion of each unit: 20 minutes.
- Lecture3.1
  
  Brief history of social entrepreneurship
- Lecture3.2
  
  Principles for doing social business and characteristics of the successful social entrepreneur
Case studies 1

Case studies section
- Lecture4.1
  
  Case studies
Conclusions 2
- Lecture5.1
  
  Conclusions
- Lecture5.2
  
  Videoscribe
Post-Quiz 1
- Quiz6.1
  
  Post-Quiz 10 questions