Social Entrepreneurship and Community Development
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Course code
STL7132.YK
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Course title in Estonian
Sotsiaalne ettevõtlus ja kogukonna areng
Course title in English
Social Entrepreneurship and Community Development
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
assessment
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Audrone Urmanaviciene (language of instruction:English)
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The course is intended to contribute to the students systematic understanding of the concept of social economy, social enterprises and their impact on local communities.
Brief description of the course
The following main topics will be discussed: sustainble development goals and social economy development; social entrepreneurship conception; social business models and business canvas; social enterprises’ social impact and assessment; social enterpreneurs case study; pitching skills development.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has acquired the knowledge about the characteristic of social entrepreneurship;
- has knowledge on the concept of social impact with a special emphasis on local communities;
- has improved professional skills to use methods of business development tools in order to establish social enterprises.
Teacher
Audrone Urmanaviciene, PhD
Additional information
European Social Enterprise Monitor. (2020) Eesti raport. https://sev.ee/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ESEM-Eesti-raport-2020-2021.pdf
European Social Enterprise Monitor 2020-2021. (2021). The State of Social Enterprise in Europe. https://knowledgecentre.euclidnetwork.eu/download/european-social-enterprise-monitor-report-2020-2021/
Lepik (Reimann), K. (2019). Social Enterprises and Their Ecosystems in Europe. Country report ESTONIA. EU: European Commissionhttps://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jspcatId=738&langId=en&pubId=8274&furtherPubs=yes&fbclid=IwAR0b9iF1Wfuq8JjIZPsa14ik3I-snmJMG0I8nrn3dW_Wok1FonZRL3kqvGT
Defourny, J., Hulgård, L., & Pestoff, V. (Eds.). (2014). Social Enterprise and the Third Sector: Changing European Landscapes in a Comparative Perspective. London: Routledge.
Durkin, C., & Gunn, R. (Eds.). (2016). Social Entrepreneurship: A Skills Approach. New York: Policy Press.
Zhou, C., Friedrichs, Y.V., & Sundin, E. (2014). Social Entrepreneurship: Leveraging Economic, Political, and
Cultural Dimensions. London: Springer.
Zeyen, A., & Beckmann, M. (2018). Social Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics: Understanding the Contribution and
Normative Ambivalence of Purpose-driven Venturing. London: Routledge.
Raudsaar, M., & Kaseorg, M. (2013). Social entrepreneurship as an alternative for disabled people. GSTF Journal on Business Review, 2(3), 120-125.
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