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MACE 597

Topics in Community Engagement

1-3 units

Winter 2022

Topics

  • Introduction to the Course: overview, objectives and planned activities
  • Promise and potential of engaging communities in social entrepreneurship
  • The social enterprise concept
  • Theories of social entrepreneurship
  • Exploring myths about social entrepreneurship
  • Elucidate the concept of social entrepreneurship and its relationship to community development
  • Describe the basic theories of social entrepreneurship
  • Explain the goals and objectives of social entrepreneurship
  • The creative process in social entrepreneurship
  • Transforming social ideas into opportunities
  • Explain the creative process involved in social entrepreneurship
  • Identify the sources of ideas needed to pursue social enterprise
  • Distinguish between concepts such as social entrepreneurship, social innovation, and corporate social responsibility
  • Crafting social enterprise venture plans
  • Managerial, financial and marketing aspects of social venture plans

Readings

  • Reading – Paredo, A.M., & Chrisman, J.J. (2006). Toward a theory of community-based enterprise. Academy of Management Review, 31(2), 309-328
    required
  • Reading – Korosec, R.L., & Berman, E.M. (2006). Municipal support for social entrepreneurship. Public Administration Review, May/June, 448-462
    required
  • Readings – Carroll, A., & Shabana, K.M. (2010). The business case for corporate social responsibility: A review of concepts, research and practice. International Journal of Management Reviews, 12(1), 85-105
    required
  • Reading - Zahara, S.A., Gedajlovic, E., Neubaum, D.O., & Shulman, J.M. (2009). A typology of social entrepreneurs: Motives, search processes, and ethical challenges. Journal of Business Venturing, 24, 519-532
    required
  • Reading – McMurtry, J.J. (2015) Indigenous communities and social enterprise in Canada. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 6(1), 104-123
    required
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