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How do we create innovative and effective solutions to social problems around the world ? This course was designed for individuals and organizations who want to identify and bring about transformative societal change. Professors Jim Thompson and Ian “Mac” MacMillan help you develop both a strategy and a framework for your social enterprise based on their years of experience and expertise teaching social entrepreneurship and advising entrepreneurs. You’ll learn how to define a social problem, understand contextual realities, develop a solution, and plan for effective deployment. By the end of this course, you’ll have a deep understanding of the realities of launching an enterprise, be prepared for every step of the process, and put your social entrepreneurial venture on the path to success.

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Syllabus

Week 1 - What is Social Enterprise?

Topics

  • Introduction & Course Overview
  • Social Enterprise Planning
  • Design Thinking for Social Innovation

Homework

  1. Mind Map
  2. Problem/Solution Statement
  3. Logistics Quiz

Week 2 - Deciding Who to Help and How

Topics

  • Performance Criteria
  • Segmentation
  • Introduction to Logic Models
  • How to Build a Logic Model

Homework

  1. Performance Criteria: Unit of Revenue & Unit of Social Impact
  2. Segmentation: Market Segments
  3. Logic Model

Week 3 - Understanding Your Beneficiaries and their Alternatives

Topics

  • Understanding the Beneficiary
  • Operations Realities
  • Operations Requirements
  • Competitive Analysis

Homework 

  1. Beneficiary Experience Table
  2. Deliverables Table
  3. Competitive Analysis Matrix

Week 4 - Testing Assumptions and Measuring Performance

Topics

  • Test of Concept Plausibility
  • Performance Measurement
  • Framing and Scoping
  • Cost Table

Homework

  1. Test of Concept Plausibility
  2. Framing and Scoping (Social Impact & Financial Goals)
  3. Cost Table

Week 5 - Organizational Form and Stakeholder Management

Topics

  • Perspective on Organizational Form: I
  • Perspective on Organizational Form: II
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Sociopolitics
  • Summary & Next Steps

Homework

  1. Organizational Form
  2. Stakeholder Analysis

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Instructors

James D. Thompson
Director, Wharton Social Entrepreneurship Program
Entrepreneurship

Ian "Mac" MacMillan
Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Management

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