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Social Impact: Entrepreneurs and Social Innovation

Unit Code: HSI401

Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
One Teaching Period	36 hours	Hawthorn	Nil	Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Graduate Certificate of Social Impact (CMSI440) . Delivered in partnership with The University of New South Wales.

Aims & Objectives:

Upon completion of this unit students will be able to:

Describe the trends and drivers re-shaping the dynamics of the social economy
Recognise that the responsibility for social impact comes from the interaction of business, social enterprises, government (and its public service agencies), philanthropic foundations and individuals, and community-based organisations
Select appropriate governance, management and value sets in each sector
Critically evaluate concepts such as social entrepreneurship, social enterprise, social investment, social innovation and collaborative governance
Analyse global trends and organisations that effect social change and impact.

Teaching Methods:

Seminars and workshops

Assessment:

Individual assignment: 20-30%
Individual case exercise: 25-35%
Syndicate project: 40-50%

Content:

Social Impact: Entrepreneurs and Social Innovation examines the accelerating economic relationship between government, business and the third sector to deliver social (including environmental) value in communities and the way in which this drives social innovation. The unit first examines the social economy through the emerging spectrum of organisational forms that generate both social and economic value: from traditional charities, to social enterprises, through to socially responsible business and traditional corporations. It looks at why the traditional boundaries between government, business and the third sector have become blurred and fluid and what that means for the capacity to deliver new forms of social impact.

Second, the unit examines trends and drivers re-shaping the dynamics of social impact. It reviews the key changes that have occurred within each of the sectors: the changing role of government from direct provider to enabler; the emergence of corporate responsibility within the business sector; the emergence of social enterprises and socially responsible businesses within the third sector and the consequent implications for leadership; and the emergence of new forms of philanthropy and social investment. The unit examines the ways in which these changes drive social innovation and it concludes with a review of global trends and organisations that effect social change and impact.

Reading Materials:

To be advised by the partner university responsible for this unit when available.