社會創新與創業

The study of social innovation and entrepreneurship has received considerable attention in recent years. Policy makers are beginning to design and implement policies that would promote the development of social innovation and enterprises in general and technology entrepreneurship in specific. The course is designed to examine some key insights, concepts, and theoretical frameworks that are essential in understanding social innovation and technology enterprises. It aims to expose students to understand, synthesize and relate these insights and concepts to real-life empirical phenomena and problems through interactive lectures, cases, and empirical studies. Students will also be exposed to the forming of related research objective, research philosophies, research design, methodology and technique, data analysis, presentation, and academic writing related to this area of study. The course includes lectures, seminars, workshops, in-class discussion and exercises, readings, presentations, and project writing.

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The course will use a combination of lectures, class discussions, group exercises, seminars, and presentations. Group exercises and presentations provide a practical opportunity to practice class lecture terminology, apply models and frameworks, and to discuss answers. Students are expected to prepare for each class as outlined by the class schedule. Class Participation (Individual) 20% Assignment I 40% Assignment II 40% Total 100% Class participation (20%) Throughout the semester, students are expected to be prepared to discuss issues relevant to the course and to participate in team exercises. For these exercises, students will be required to be actively involved in class discussion – i.e. making substantive comments, answering questions, and preparing short presentations. Points will be awarded by the instructor based on individual and group participation. Absence from class without prior approval from the course instructor is not acceptable. Students who absent without prior approval for more than two times will not be deemed to have made an attempt to take the course and will have a mark of zero entered for the course. Assignment (40% each) In this assignment, each student will be assigned specific journal papers to present. The content of the journal paper must be presented in the class in a 20-minute’s presentation. A hardcopy of the presentation must be made available to the course instructor before the presentation. The softcopy must be submitted via E3 by the given deadline. PLAGIARISM Plagiarism is a serious academic crime. Any work of plagiarism will be penalized in line with the seriousness of the case. Plagiarism is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person as though it is your own. It is a form of cheating and is a very serious academic offence. Plagiarized material can be drawn from, and presented in, written, graphic and visual form, including electronic data, and oral presentations. Plagiarism occurs when the origin of the material used is not appropriately cited. Examples of plagiarism include: 1. Copying sentences or paragraphs word-for-word from one or more sources, whether published or unpublished, which could include but is not limited to books, journals, reports, theses, websites, conference papers, course notes, etc. without proper citation; 2. Closely paraphrasing sentences, paragraphs, ideas or themes without proper citation; 3. Piecing together text from one or more sources and adding only linking sentences; 4. Copying or submitting whole or parts of computer files without acknowledging their source; 5. Copying designs or works of art and submitting them as your original work 6. Copying a whole or any part of another student’s work; and 7. Submitting work as your own that someone else has done for you. 8. Copying a whole or any part of another student’s work. 9. Submitting work as your own that someone else has done for you. 10. Enabling plagiarism the act of assisting or allowing another person to plagiarize or to copy your own work. Source: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=sg4yfqzod48g1;STATUS=A;PAGE_AUTHOR=Lara%20Milicia;SECTION=3;

1 Alvord, Sarah H. Brown, L. David and Letts, Christine W (2004) Social Entrepreneurship and Societal Transformation: An Exploratory Study. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, September 2004; vol. 40, 3: pp. 260-282. 2 WK Smith, ML Besharov, AK Wessels, M Chertok (2012). A paradoxical leadership model for social entrepreneurs: Challenges, leadership skills, and pedagogical tools for managing social and commercial demands. Academy of Management Learning ; Education 11 (3), 463-478. 3 Karnani, A., 2007. The Mirage of Marketing to the Bottom of the Pyramid: How the Private Sector Can Help Alleviate Poverty. California Management Review 49 (4), 90-111. 4 Madeline Powell, Stephen P. Osborne, "Can marketing contribute to sustainable social enterprise?", Social Enterprise Journal, (2015) Vol. 11 Iss: 1, pp. 24-46. 5 Journal papers and other reading materials.