This course examines how to create, develop, and scale the impact of high–performing social enterprises – be they for-profit, non-profit, or hybrid organisations. Unlike the business world where most stakeholders agree on the definition of success and are driven by market forces, managers of social enterprises must have the ability to navigate with multiple and often conflicting goals, fragmented capital markets and diverse funding sources, and the complex challenges of defining and measuring performance. Disciplined and strategic management and leadership are critical. Students will focus on the skills necessary for building organisations and, sometimes, reshaping the ecosystems they inhabit, to address societal problems and seize social opportunities more effectively. This course will also examine the importance of measuring the impact of social enterprise. Social impact measurement aims to assess the social value and impact produced by the activities or operations of any for-profit or non-profit organisation. Although any business can have a social impact, non-profit organisations and social enterprises are explicitly designed to create social value while addressing social challenges and are, therefore, expected to produce social impact