Social Projects and Social Entrepreneurship

Master 2021/2022

Type: Elective course (Finance)

Area of studies: Finance and Credit

Delivered by: Department of Finance

Where: St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management

When: 2 year, 1, 2 module

Mode of studies: distance learning

Online hours: 9

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Svetlana B. Boguslavskaya

Master’s programme: Finance

Language: English

ECTS credits: 4

Contact hours: 40

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Abstract

The main point of studying the subject matter for students consists in formation of the modern competences in the analysis of effectiveness of socially important projects, development of tools of formalization of social effect and calculation of indexes of social effectiveness.

Learning Objectives

To know the principles of social businessmen and civic activists work, to analyze their activity in economic, organizational and socially significant fields self-contained.
To isolate the indicators describing the most significant social results of activity, to define a concrete technique of collecting and data processing for calculation of these indexes.
To put the gained knowledge into practice.

Expected Learning Outcomes

The abilities: to collect, to analyze and interpret the data characterizing the had social effect; to make calculations, necessary social effectiveness definition , and to prove the received results; to evaluate social effectiveness of projects and social entrepreneurship.
The knowledge of: the modern concepts of social business and its feature in Russian Federation; ways of social effect of the organizations activity determination; the modern methods of social effectiveness calculation.

Course Contents

The third and the fourth sectors: history, the current state, development tendency in Russia and worldwide.
Logical model, resource evaluation, indicators.
Social impact measurement for non-profit organizations, social entrepreneurship and citizens' initiatives.
Evaluating of social effectiveness. Application of the SROI (Social Return on Investment) for social effectiveness calculation.

Assessment Elements

Group project
Data collection and analysis. Logical model building. Effectiveness calculation.
In-class activity
Individual and group assignments, problem solving, discussions and case studies (weekly)
Home assignments
Individual assignments in writing based on online course lectures
Final exam
Project presentation

Interim Assessment

2021/2022 2nd module
0.24 * Group project + 0.24 * Home assignments + 0.4 * Final exam + 0.12 * In-class activity

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Barreiro, T. D., & Stone, M. M. (2013). Social Entrepreneurship : From Issue to Viable Plan (Vol. First edition). New York, New York [222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017]: Business Expert Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=637789
Epstein, M. J., & Yuthas, K. (2014). Measuring and Improving Social Impacts : A Guide for Nonprofits, Companies, and Impact Investors. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=642564

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Girón, M. E., & Gardetti, M. A. (2014). Sustainable Luxury and Social Entrepreneurship : Stories From the Pioneers. Sheffield, UK: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=818981
Guo, C., & Bielefeld, W. (2014). Social Entrepreneurship : An Evidence-Based Approach to Creating Social Value. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=705924

Authors

BOGUSLAVSKAYA SVETLANA BORISOVNA

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