Social Entrepreneurship

Section I: The framework and concepts

1. Social entrepreneurship
2. The social entrepreneur
3. Social entrepreneurship's organizations

Part II: Undertake socially    

1. The social mission at the core of the project
2. Resources
3. Governance
4. Performance and impact
5. Scaling
6. Social business plan

At the end of this course, students will be able to:
 

•  distinguish a social entrepreneur from a conventional entrepreneur,
• Identify and understand the issues of social entrepreneurship (especially between the social mission and economic activity)
• To develop a social business plan.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Written work and oral presentation.

The objective of this review or final work is to:
 

• Assess the knowledge acquired by the student about social entrepreneurship.
•  Assess their reasoning skills and critical approach to issues of social entrepreneurship.

For weighting, refer to the learning agreement distributed by the teacher during the first class.

This course is interactive, consisting of:

•  Presentations by the teacher
•  Use testimonials and case studies
•   active participation of students during the course and the case studies.

This course aim to present what social entrepreneurship is, since it is a growing phenomenon.  It intends to debunk the phenomenon and to introduce the many challenges facing social entrepreneurship due to its hybrid nature.