1. Understand the importance of Social Enterprises and the social/business environment in which they operate.
Knowledge and Understanding

2. Demonstrate a knowledge of product/service innovation within the social objectives of a Social Enterprise.
Knowledge and Understanding

3. Understand how to start a Social Enterprise and survive in an increasingly competitive business environment.
Knowledge and Understanding
Application

4. Communicate effectively, in both oral and written form, using and justifying argument within presentations and short reports.
Knowledge and Understanding
Application
Communication

1. Initial assessment – MCQ (0.5hr) (10%) (LO1)
2. Complete a group feasibility report outlining the importance of your product/service and its social objectives (1,00 words) (45%) (LOs 2)
3. Complete a basic Business Plan for your social enterprise (1,000 words) (45%) (LO 3 & 4).

This module will introduce you to the growth of Social Enterprises, the organisation types and how they are different to Charities, Not for Profit organisations etc. We will show you how to start a Social Enterprise and how to survive in an increasingly competitive business environment. How by selling goods and services in the open market, social enterprises create employment and reinvest their profits back into their business or the local community allowing them to tackle social problems, improve people’s life chances, provide training and employment opportunities.

You will be required to undertake a feasibility study for a new Social Enterprise by developing an entrepreneurial solution to address the social issue which has been identified.

You will be shown contemporary techniques on how to undertake macro and micro business environmental scanning, customer research, develop, market and sell products and services whilst developing a culture and ethos to attract volunteers.

Community and reputation are everything in the modern world of business. In his module, you will focus on your creativity and innovation and identify entrepreneurial opportunities that will form the basis of a socially responsible business idea or intervention.

This module will demonstrate the start-up, growth and issues of local and national Social Enterprises. You will explore the different approaches of organisations whose key objectives are to support society and the strengths plus barriers that they face. You will see the impact of different income generating areas and how to manage this within the ethos of a Social Enterprise.

You will undertake ‘formative’ assessments during the module to help you monitor your learning and provide you and us with ongoing feedback on your progress, that helps you prepare for the ‘summative assessment(s) during or at the end of the module.

Rory Ridley-Duff and Mike Bull. Understanding Social Enterprise: Theory and Practices. 2011", International journal of entrepreneurial behaviour & research, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 743-745.

Ashton, R. 2010, How to be a social entrepreneur: make money & change the world, Capstone, Chichester.

Bjerke, B. & Karlsson, M. 2013, Social entrepreneurship: to act as if and make a difference, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.

Kickul, J.R. & Lyons, T.S. 2012, Understanding social entrepreneurship: the relentless pursuit of mission in an ever changing world, Routledge, London; New York;.

Bull, M. 2018, "Reconceptualising social enterprise in the UK through an appreciation of legal identities", International journal of entrepreneurial behaviour & research, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 587-605.

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Further Reading
Chouinard, Y. and Stanley, V., 2013. The responsible company: What we've learned from Patagonia's first 40 years. Patagonia.
Honeyman, R. and Jana, T., 2019. The B Corp Handbook: How You Can Use Business as a Force for Good. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Krige, K. and Silber, G., 2016. The disruptors: Social entrepreneurs reinventing business and society. Johannesburg: Bookstorm.
Moon, J. (2014). Corporate social responsibilityż: a very short introduction . Oxford University Press.
Shultz, R. (2013) Creating good work : the world's leading social entrepreneurs show how to build a healthy economy. Palgrave Macmillian, Basingstoke.
Thompson, M., Mawson, S. and Marting, F. (2017) Social entrepreneurs : can they change the world? : high-impact social ventures., London: Palgrave

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