Fundamental Strategies to Create Business and Social Value

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Fundamental Strategies to Create Business and Social Value

OVERVIEW

With a focus on providing strategic clarity and identifying priorities, this programme helps align social responsibility and business objectives. Senior managers in charge of socially responsible programmes, public affairs, philanthropy, environmental health and safety, or community affairs will learn how to measure the impact and performance of their programs, manage risk and decision making, and deliver both business and social value.

Description

Learning Mode

Executive Class

Study Level

Executive Education

Duration

5 days

Course Delivery

Intensive, 40 Hours

Start Date

14th October, 2020

Cost

£2500 per module

Campus

London

Description

Students in this course will gain knowledge on how companies must manage a broad array of activities and goals, being charged with delivering value for both business and society. This programme will enable you to create a coherent corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy that aligns social and environmental efforts with the business purpose and values, and takes into account the societal context in which you operate, can maximize positive social, environmental, and economic outcomes. In this intensive programme, you will improve your ability to create and evolve a high-impact CSR strategy, build a strong foundation for delivering results, and contribute more to your company’s success.

objectives

This course is designed to introduce the concept, as well as engage students and their tutor in a joint learning experience of this field. Through this course, students will:

  • Learn the advantages of applying business tools and models to those organisations that create social value.
  • Adapt business skills to engage employees, volunteers, donors, investors, and other constituents in the mission of an organisation.
  • Realistically assess their current CSR and sustainability efforts and design an action plan for achieving greater focus and impact.
  • Design an overall CSR strategy while maintaining a broad array of activities with distinct purposes.
  • Prioritize investments that will incrementally improve the organisation's ability to deliver shared social and business value.
  • Make a strong case for the derived CSR strategy and report effectively on social, environmental, and business impacts — internally and externally.
  • Improve coordination of CSR efforts across the company.
  • Create positive, productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Improve their abilities to create and evolve a high-impact CSR strategy, build a strong foundation for delivering results, and contribute more fully to your company's success.

COURSES CURRICULUM

Module 1

Social responsibility and business

Module 2

Social value and business delivery

Module 3

Creating shared social value

Module 4

Social impact and performance measurement of social programmes

Module 5

Risk management and decision making

Module 6

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies

Module 7

Design and execution of CSR programs for societal benefits

Module 8

Competitive advantage and CSR

Module 9

Monitoring and evaluation of social programmes

Module 10

Managing the social context for social, environmental, and economic outcomes

Module 11

Communication of social values

Module 12

Feasibility studies and market survey

Module 13

Small business management

Module 14

Venture management

Key Benifit

  • This program is designed to help executives refocus corporate social responsibility and sustainability efforts in ways that benefit society and the business.
  • Learn how to examine your current CSR programs with a critical eye and develop an overarching CSR strategy that reflects the unique requirements and goals of your company.
  • By bringing greater alignment and direction to your CSR activities and measuring results effectively, you will become better able to maximize the value of your CSR investments for society and for the business, while building a solid foundation for delivering even greater value in the future.
  • Gain insight into how to evaluate your current CSR approach, design and execute a focused strategy, integrate CSR efforts across your organisation, garner support for your CSR initiatives, and measure the impact of your activities and programs.
  • Develop and implement a competitive corporate strategy.
  • Improve strategic and operational agility.

Teaching Outcomes

After studying this course, students should be able to:

  • Understand how companies must manage a broad array of activities and goals to deliver value for both business and society.
  • Measure the impact and performance of social programs, manage risk and decision making, and deliver both business and social value.
  • Understand the social responsibility best practices that allow organisations to measure performance in terms of sustainable development, the health and welfare of society, and legal compliance
  • Comprehend the supply chain management system, which supports companies to drive social compliance and improvements within the factories and farms in their global supply chains.
  • Understand the management of data on labour practices, health and safety, environment, and business ethics in their supply chain.

TEACHING METHODS

The Teaching Methods For This Course Include:

  • Individual or group activity on a topic area of interest to the students pertaining to cooperative and social enterprise.
  • Daily discussion and reflection questions on readings.
  • Short activities to support readings.
  • Daily journals for students to engage in discussions with their peers.

Fees and funding

Classroom

£3,750

Online

£2,250

Please submit your application at least two weeks prior to the programme start date. Since qualified candidates are admitted on a rolling, space-available basis, early application is encouraged. Admission is selective and based on professional achievement and organisational responsibility. Although there are no formal educational requirements, proficiency in written and spoken English is essential. LSSE expects the full commitment of the participant and their organisation because our programmes enhance the leadership capacity of the participant as well as their organisation. While participants are attending a programme, sponsoring organisations agree to relieve them of their work responsibilities so that they can fully focus on the learning experience.
This course is accredited and, to be awarded credit, you must satisfactorily complete written components. Successful students will receive credit, awarded by the Board of Studies of London School of Social Enterprise and International Affiliates. The award will take the form of an Advanced Certificate. Exceptional students will be recognised.

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