Social innovation

2. Social Intrapreneurship, social entrepreneurship and social enterprises: Various innovations schemes for social change

3. Sustainable business models: Promise and challenges

4. Funding social innovations: From donors to impact investing

5. The commercialization of social enterprises: MOOC and Compartamos Case study

6. Conclusions and class discussion

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand core social innovation (SI) concepts and issues

• Identify key challenges faced by social enterprises (SE), including the commercialization  trend in SE (MOOC).
• Discuss the relevance of social enterprises concerns in the  management of (for-profit and non-profit)  companies

Connaissances et compétences pré-requises ou co-requises

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Lectures

Massive Online Open Course (MOOC)

Exercises

Case studies

Contribution au profil d'enseignement

The course contributes to the development of the following skills :

• Analyse change contexts from an integrative perspective, making sense of all available empirical data with an innovative and rigourous theoretical framework.

• Recommend practical and creative managerial solutions to the most pressing organizational and societal problems.

• Negotiate project recommendations across cultures and stakeholder groups to increase organizational readiness for change.

• Operationalize negotiated solutions into actionable managerial strategies.

Références, bibliographie et lectures recommandées

Will be shared during the course

Contacts

marek.hudon@ulb.ac.be

Campus

Solbosch

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

• Autre

Autre

Oral Exam + Paper (group assignement)

May be modified according to the number of students

Construction de la note (en ce compris, la pondération des notes partielles)

Oral Exam (50%) + Paper (50%)

May be modified according to the number of students

Langue(s) d'évaluation

• anglais