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Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:19.12.2019 10:29:00
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_232 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management; Business Management | Target Audience: | Business Management; Management Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ieva Kalve | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anniņmuižas boulevard, socdk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 28 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basics of economics, international business, organisational theory and management. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The course aims to provide students with knowledge and expertise on a general concept and a variety of models of social entrepreneurship in the world, including experience, instruments and mechanisms for sustainable social entrepreneurship. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The need for social change worldwide and the new models for sustainable social change. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Setup and concept of social entrepreneurship: introducing social innovation to address social challenges. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Social enterprise design. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Development of a social enterprise action plan. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Fundraising for a social enterprise. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Managing a social enterprise. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | study trip | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The need for social change worldwide and the new models for sustainable social change. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Setup and concept of social entrepreneurship: introducing social innovation to address social challenges. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Social enterprise design. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Development of a social enterprise action plan. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Fundraising for a social enterprise. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Managing a social enterprise. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | study trip | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Participation in lectures and seminars, individual work and group work outside lectures according to the tasks set by the academic staff: reading, preparing presentations, preparing for an exam. Detailed information on each of the tasks to be performed will be provided in 1st lecture and in the handouts available in e-studies. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Reading reports: 30%. Submission: oral or written (online), stating what has been read and giving a short evaluation; quantitative evaluation – by the amount read. 2. Case study /example analysis, presentations and debates: 30%. Submission: In-class presentation of the cases /topics assigned; Discussion of the presentations. 3. Exam – 40%. Presentation of a social entrepreneurship project / idea developed in a group or individually. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Understanding of general concepts and various approaches and models of social entrepreneurship and real-world experience from different industries and countries. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Presentation skills strengthen the student ability of providing arguments, explaining and discussing the current/ problematic social entrepreneurship issues. Group work and discussions are improving student reasoning and critical thinking skills. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The ability to analyse, compare, describe and evaluate different approaches for establishing and managing sustainable social entrepreneurship. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rata, G. (2014). Social Economics and Entrepreneurship. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. | ||||||||
| 2 | Nicholls, A. (2006). Social Entrepreneurship: New Models of Sustainable Social Change. Oxford: OUP Oxford. | ||||||||
| 3 | Praszkier, R., & Nowak, A. (2012). Social Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | ||||||||
| 4 | Sociālā uzņēmuma likums/Social Enterprise Law. Pieejams no/Available from: https://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=294484 | ||||||||
| 5 | Kalve, I. (2012). Sociālā uzņēmējdarbība un informācija par to Latvijas publiskajā telpā. University Turiba (Riga, Latvia), XIII International Scientific Conference. Pieejams no: https://www.researchgate.net/publication | ||||||||
| 6 | Licite, L. (2018). Theoretical Models of Social Enterprises in Latvia. Research for Rural Development - International Scientific Conference, 2, 180–186. Available from: https://doi.org/10.22616/rrd.24.2018.070 | ||||||||
| 7 | Maura-Jeromanova, S., Šukjurovs, I. (2019). Social entrepreneurship as one of the business development activities in rural areas of Latvia. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17770/etr2019vol1.4165 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Freeman, J., (1999) On the Origins of Social Movements. Available from: https://www.jofreeman.com/socialmovements/origins.htm | ||||||||
| 2 | Bornstein, D., & Davis, S. (2010). Social Entrepreneurship : What Everyone Needs to Know®. New York: Oxford University Press. | ||||||||
| 3 | Nordic Council of Ministers. (2015). Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation : Initiatives to Promote Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in the Nordic Countries. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers. | ||||||||
| 4 | Short, J. (2014). Social Entrepreneurship and Research Methods (Vol. 1st ed). Bingley, U.K.: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. | ||||||||
| 5 | Ruysscher, C., Claes, C., Lee, T., Cui, F., Loon, J., Maeyer, J., & Schalock, R. (2017). A Systems Approach to Social Entrepreneurship. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations, 28(6), 2530–2545. | ||||||||
| 6 | Abrar, A., Gohar, M., & Shoaib, S. (2018). Social Entrepreneurship as Creative Destructors. Abasyn University Journal of Social Sciences, Special Issue, 1–20. | ||||||||
| 7 | Molina, J.L., Valenzuela-García, H., Lubbers, M.J., Escribano, P., & Lobato, M.M (2018). “The Cowl Does Make The Monk”: Understanding the Emergence of Social Entrepreneurship in Times of Downturn. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations. | ||||||||
| 8 | Terziev, V., & Bencheva, N. (2019). Current Status of Social Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria. Advances in Bulgarian Science, 5–18. | ||||||||
| 9 | Atiq, M., Siddique, M., & Mufti, O. (2018). A Stakeholder Approach to Social Entrepreneurship: The Case of Fascino Couture. Abasyn University Journal of Social Sciences, Special Issue, 1–15. | ||||||||
| 10 | Rihter, L. (2018). Social Entrepreneurship in Slovenia: An Opportunity for Sustainable Development? Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku, 25(3), 285–302. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v25i3.1492 | ||||||||
| 11 | Hudcová, E., Chovanec, T., & Moudrý, J. (2018). Social Entrepreneurship in Agriculture, a Sustainable Practice for Social and Economic Cohesion in Rural Areas: The Case of the Czech Republic. European Countryside, 10(3), 377–397. | ||||||||
| 12 | Elsayed, Y. (2018). At the Intersection of Social Entrepreneurship and Social Movements: The Case of Egypt and the Arab Spring. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations, 29(4), 819–831. | ||||||||
| 13 | Grohs, S., Schneiders, K., & Heinze, R. (2017). Outsiders and Intrapreneurs: The Institutional Embeddedness of Social Entrepreneurship in Germany. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations, 28(6), 2569–2591. | ||||||||
| 14 | Jovanovski, B., Polenakovik, R., Velkovski, T., Stankovska, I., & Polenakovik, M.(2018). Innovative Approach for Facing Roma Exclusion with Social Entrepreneurship Trainings. Annals of the Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Sociālās uzņēmējdarbības atbalsta organizācijas ASHOKA mājaslapa. Pieejams no: www.ashoka.org | ||||||||
| 2 | Batijas jūras reģiona sociālās uzņēmējdarbības platforma. Pieejams no: www.socialenterprisebsr.net | ||||||||
| 3 | Latvijas Sociālās uzņēmējdarbības asociācijas mājaslapa. Pieejams no: www.sua.lv | ||||||||
| 4 | Sociālās inovācijas centra mājaslapa. Pieejams no: www.socialinnovation.lv | ||||||||
| 5 | Social Finance. Available from: www.socialfinance.org.uk | ||||||||
