Welcome to Introduction to

Social Entreprenuership-
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GBX 1010
 Dr Ponmalar N Alagappar

Deputy Director , CItrA

ponmalar.a@um.edu.my

Introduction 2 credit hours

No pre requites
This course is designed to provide a socially relevant academic experience in order to
you gain in-depth insights into economic and social value creation across a number
of sectors/areas including poverty alleviation, energy, health and sustainability.

It is critical that you understand the opportunities and challenges in this new
landscape.

This will be explored via the introduction of both theory and practice of social
entrepreneurship through a highly experiential, interactive and collaborative
workshops.

Working in a team on a social issue you care about, you will learn critical thinking
skills, entrepreneurial mindset and tools to start up your own social venture or work
in a social business.
Learning Outcome
At the end of the course, students are
able to:
1. Distinguish the concepts and models
underpinning social entrepreneurship
2.Explain the best practices, successes
and failures of social entrepreneurship.
3.Develop a business plan for a social
venture
 Introduction to Social innovation (Week 2 & 3)
• 1.1 Fundamentals of Social Innovation & Change Making
• 1.2 Ethics & Social Responsibility
• 1.3 Examples of Social Innovation
Leading Social Change (Week 4)
• 2.1 Collective Leadership

Course • 2.2 Communication & Dialogue for Change

• 2.3 Examples of Collective Leadership

Content
Social Innovation Approaches (Week 5)
• 3.1 Tool 1 - Introduction to Cross-Sector Collaboration
• 3.2 Tool 2 - Introduction to Design Thinking
• 3.3 Examples of Innovation Approaches

Appreciating Social Entrepreneurship and

Innovation (Week 6)
Finding your Why (Week 7)
Methodology for Innovation - Crafting your
SE (Week 8)
Operating your Social Enterprise (Week 9)
Funding and Financing your SE (Week 11 &
12)
Telling the Story of your SE (Week 13 & 14)
Methods of
Delivery
Asynchronous
• Lecture,
• Activities,
• Guest Speakers,
• Case Study,
• Project Based Learning,
• Collaborative Assignments
 Course Group Assignment I (15%)

Component
100 % continuous assessment Quiz 1 & 2 (30%).

Group Assignment II (40%)

Presentation (10%)
Peer Evaluation (5%)