Social entrepreneurship and experiential learning
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01/01/2009
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Resumo |
Social enterprises and entrepreneurship are about accountability not just to commercial imperatives but to the wide range of stakeholders in a social enterprise, potentially an area of great tension. Social responsibility is about a commitment to society or community, entrepreneurship is usually understood to provide a business outlook on the enterprise - it needs to be sustainable commercially and balanced carefully.<br />To educate the modem or millenniallearner (born after about 19t1O and grappling with burgeoning youth needs for creative employment developmem) into developing a small to medium enterprise with a social responsibility, modem postgraduate coursework programs have looked closely at experiential learning. This provides a transformative learning through workplace-based projects and strategic business conceptuaUsing. This paper will include a case study of two postgraduate coursework units New Ventures in Creative Enterprise, and Building Creative Teams, part of a Masters in Communication/Creative Enterprise. These provide experiential learning about strategic planning for startup creative businesses, and work-based projects which build on interpersonal skills for ongoing success.<br /> |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Jyoti Nivas College |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30026305/lerossignol-socialentrepreeurship-2009.pdf |
Direitos |
2009, Jyoti Nivas College |
Palavras-Chave | #social entrepreneurship #social enterprises #millennial learners #experiential leaming #postgraduate coursework |
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Journal Article |