Social entrepreneurs make use of social business or social enterprise for the creation and sustainability of social values. Yet, many social enterprises fail as a result of unsound business models or poor management. To sustain social values, it is important to ensure “doing good and doing well”. This course equips students with the basic concept and knowledge about the different business models and strategies for social business and social enterprise. Different challenges of operating and managing social enterprises will be examined and students will have the opportunity to learn how to deal with these challenges, and how to evaluate the performance of the social enterprise. Learning will be based on lecture, tutorial, case studies, intensive in class discussion as well as project work.
