The programme drives the participants straight into the world of entrepreneurship as we kick off with New Venture Creation. The participants will learn to think beyond the now and be exposed to “out of ‘the box thinking’. You will also engage in developing the field of social enterprise, and develop critical academic views through the Action learning interaction. The participants will be exposed to the concept of Design Thinking, Systems Thinking and learn how to design, launch and scale-up successful entrepreneurial ventures with social goals. If you have the passion and dedication in learning to tackle real-world problems, then the Global MBA in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation will provide the perfect pathway for a fulfilling career in addressing fundamental societal problems and financial sustainability together.
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It will equip the participants’ strong insights and understanding of foundational theories of entrepreneurship, innovation, social issues and provide a world-class training in the development of social innovations to address fundamental societal problems in a range of different economic, political and geographic contexts. The participant will learn innovative approach to develop an enterprise, and gain capacity in revenue generation and financial modelling. The participant will have the opportunity to undertake an international field trip to conduct research with an NGO or Private organization in the UK. This exposes the student to gaining first-hand experience of the diverse range of issues faced by different communities.
Term One
I ) Understanding Social Problems for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
II ) Social Innovation Design
III ) Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals
IV ) Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice
Term Two
V ) International Marketing: A Strategic Approach
VI) Organisational Behaviour and Marketing for Social Entrepreneurs
VII ) Managerial Economics and Quantitative Measurement for Social Entrepreneurs*
Organisational Behaviour and Marketing for Social Entrepreneurs
I ) Managerial Economics and Quantitative Measurement for Social Entrepreneurs
II ) New Venture Creation
III ) Managing Innovation
IV ) Accounting for Entrepreneurs
V ) Innovation and New Product Development
VI ) Funding the New Venture
Dissertation – students will have the option to choose from three projects.
1) An individual design project for a new social enterprise, producing a sound and viable business model, a compelling plan for achieving long-term sustainability, and a detailed and convincing impact assessment.
2) An individual consulting project to solve a real-world issue for a client organisation. Project themes can be extremely wide-ranging across areas of specialisation and regions, all with a significant, tangible business problem to be solved. Past sponsors have included IMB (big data in Brazil), Riders for Health (healthcare transport in Africa) and Rickshaw Bank (business model renewal in India).
3) Students can also seek approval to undertake a research dissertation, conducting an empirical research project to develop new knowledge in the field of social innovation.
In addition to the elective courses listed above, students can also choose from the broad range of all graduate level elective courses across LSSE.
Optional elective courses of your choice will give you a chance to customise the programme to your own interests and career goals. These electives include:
I ) Environmental Problems and Development Interventions
II ) Entrepreneurial Finance
III ) Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals
IV ) Open Innovation
V ) International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets
VI ) Handling Disruption: Humanitarian Emergencies Management and Development
VII ) Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards
VIII ) Information Technology and Service Innovation
IX ) Innovation and Technology Management
X ) Cross Cultural Management
XI ) Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice
XII ) Negotiation Analysis
This course plunges students into learning to think beyond the now and be exposed to “out of the box thinking”. Our students will be equipped with a strong understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation. Our v Programs are tailored to develop the Entrepreneurial mind in the wave of the digital world…
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