Course Description
This course examines the strategies for the implementation of social innovations to help students to gain knowledge of how they can operationalize and implement social change initiatives; and how they can develop a dynamic strategy going forward that exploits these efforts, and different social forces for the advancement of their causes. The student will gain enough knowledge of the theory, leadership, and management of social entrepreneurship, from evaluating the opportunity through implementation. It includes assessment of start-up strategies, raising funds, assessing risks, legal aspects, marketing ideas, managing resources and growth, and creation of socially responsible models. This course provides an open, immersive, and welcoming environment for critical dialogue and focuses on highly interactive applied learning and discussion. Each student will enter the course with their own social enterprise or innovation idea to develop; or have had prior work experience with a non-profit, NGO, government entity or other social enterprise that can serve as their own case study for analysis.