An In­tro­duc­tion to So­cial Entrepreneur­ship

About

This course contains two obligatory pre-assignment virtual sessions in mid-June, two weeks in person on campus and a final virtual week. It introduces students to organizational social entrepreneurship, a process by which opportunities to create public goods are identified and created. Being an “essentially contested concept” (Choi and Majumdar, 2014) social entrepreneurship is best understood as a cluster concept covering different applications ranging from the launching of social enterprise start-ups to the transformation of industry sectors towards sustainability. In the course we will analyze the antecedents of social entrepreneurship. An essential part of the course will be an introduction to core concepts of social entrepreneurship such as the theory of change, social impact measurement tools, and hybrid organizational form selection. To suplement academic learning with handson project experience students will work in teams on a specific social entrepreneurship problem.

Description of the teaching methods
Lectures, case discussions, and group work. It is essential that you attend the two virtual pre-assignment sessions in mid June. Since this is an intensive CBS Summer course it is essential that you plan enough time every week both for class preparation (10 hours per week), attending lectures (12-14 hours per week) and group work after class (10 hours per week). As an intensive CBS Summer University course this course is not made for students who are working part or full-time while also attending the summer university. Please note that due to its nature as a blended intensive programme (BIP) the course has several virtual components: Two obligatory "pre-assignment" online sessions will be held during the month of June in which you get introduced to the course and where group work begins. Finally, there are online sessions in the last week of the course in which we prepare for your exam project. These virtual sessions are an integral part of the course.

Learning objectives
You are expected to apply the theories introduced in this course to the analysis of your social entrepreneurship problem. Specifically you should be able to:

Classify definitions for social entrepreneurship at various levels of analysis and discuss how these differ in terms of their impact change generation.

Enumerate the antecedents of social entrepreneurial intentions and how and why they affect intentions formation.

Apply the notion of antagonistic assets and discuss the process through which they can be turned into social entrepreneurship opportunities with an earned income potential.

Describe the different organizational forms available for social enterprises and argue for which form is most appropriate for your social enterprise idea (and why).

Identify different tools to measure the social impact of social entrepreneurship and evaluate which best suits to your group’s idea

Course leader

Anne-Karen Hüske - Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC) / Kai Hockerts - Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC)

Target group

This is a bachelor level course. CBS Summer University courses at Copenhagen Business School is open to all and welcomes domestic and international students as well as professionals

Fee info