Ultimate aim of this course is to raise an awareness on the necessity of undertaking projects not having only economic impact but also having social value. Also enabling course participants to think some basic problems that have not yet been solved, but to be solved and to produce innovative solutions through developing new projects are among the aims of this course. In this capacity, it is aimed to understand the value of social entrepreneuship,realize some associations with other concepts and detecting specific differences.Also, creating social value and contributing to dissipate that value country-wide and at later stages world-wide would be the main topics of the course.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Principle Sources
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction and orientation to the course
Discussion
2. Week
Understanding social entrepreneurship:
What is social entrepreneurship?
Differences between entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.
Differences between social entrepreneurship and social activism, charity and corporate social responsibility.
Who are those social entrepreneurs and what are they doing?
Presentation, Discussion and in-class evaluation
3. Week
Creating social change and main difficulties
Presentation, Discussion and in-class evaluation
4. Week
Social entrepreneurship value creation: How to create social value and how to evaluate social value proposition.
Presentation, Discussion and in-class evaluation
5. Week
Social Business Model Canvas: Practices in social entrepreneurship
Presentation, Discussion and in-class evaluation
6. Week
Social Business Model Canvas: Practices in social entrepreneurship
Presentation, Discussion and in-class evaluation
7. Week
Social Entrepreneurship Case Studies Series I
Case analysis and discussion
8. Week
Midterm Exam
Exam
9. Week
Midterm Exam
Exam
10. Week
Social Impact measurement and valuation:
How to maximize the impact and how to make social business models sustainable
Presentation, Discussion and in-class evaluation
11. Week
Social Entrepreneurship: Turkey and the World
Presentation, Discussion and in-class evaluation
12. Week
Social Entrepreneurship Case Studies Series II
Case analysis and discussion
13. Week
Project presentations
Individual/Group Presentations (4’ Pitching), Discussion and in-class evaluation
14. Week
Project presentations
Individual/Group Presentation (4’ Pitching), Discussion and in-class evaluation
15. Week
Final Exam
Assessment and evaluation
16. Week
Final Exam
Assessment and evaluation
17. Week
Final Exam
Assessment and evaluation
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
20
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Demonstrates a basic level of understanding in related disciplines (such as economics, sociology, psychology, quantitative sciences, etc.) that form a foundation for business administration, and makes use of and applies them to the field of business.
PO-2
Applies mathematical, scientific, and social knowledge to business problems.
PO-3
Demonstrates a basic level of understanding in business functions and management (such as management, production, marketing, accounting, finance, human resources, behavioral sciences, etc.) and interprets the theoretical arguments focusing on interactions between the actors and the cultures in the field.
PO-4
Determines how to use acquired theoretical and practical knowledge and skills related to business in application and field analysis and applies them.
PO-5
Identifies and evaluates the relations in the field of business; describes the problems and presents analytical solutions through modeling and interpreting (critical thinking).
PO-6
Designs a business process in any functional stage that complies with identified objectives.
PO-7
Develop effective business communication skills (written-verbal/formal-informal).
PO-8
Owns effective working skills individually or on a team in business and multidisciplinary fields.
PO-9
Acts with a sense of professional and ethical responsibility.
PO-10
Improves effective verbal and written communication skills in English, and acquires competence in a minimum of one foreign language.
PO-11
Acquires basic knowledge about sustainable business understanding, sustainable business functions, and the concept of sustainability.
PO-12
In line with the requirements of the digital age, they gain experience and knowledge to see and analyze the business as a whole, analyze market behavior, sales, and planning, budget management, financing, create a strategy, read competitor strategies, construct scenarios and performance evaluation skills through teamwork on a virtual simulation program.
PO-13
Having both basic computer usage knowledge and advanced Excel usage knowledge required by the business world for writing formulas, data analysis, modeling, and using macros.
PO-14
Acquires knowledge and skills about current information systems and how to use these systems in business problems.
writing formulas, data analysis, modeling, and using macros.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Having a solid grasp of conceptual framework on social entrepreneurship.
LO-2
Realize the critical role of social entrepreneurship in solving fundamental problems of the world and being a part of any creative and innovative initiative for the solutions of these problems.
LO-3
Beside absorbing the methodology of entrepreneurship, being equipped with fundamental knowledge, important skills and relevant competencies for being a social entrepreneur.
LO-4
Will be able to measure the impact of existing social enterprises and analyze them using relevant techniques.
LO-5
In todays world of obsessive consumption and of emerging need to persevere the resources for the sake of the humanity, students will go beyond the short-term mentality and start to think about what is possible in the long term and will experience a paradigm shift.
