GESC 2230 The Road to Social Entrepreneurship
走上社會企業家創新之路
Summer 2011
17 May-24 June, ELB LT2/ ELB LT4
Instructor: Mr. Raymond C.M. Yim
Contact person: Miss Moon Chow (moonchow@cuhk.edu.hk / 26961554)
1. COURSE DESCRIPTION
A social entrepreneur seeks out innovative ways to address community needs. This course
provides fundamental social entrepreneurship training and community involvement
experience to Shaw College students by incorporating a service-learning framework into the
course design. Students will gain insight of social entrepreneurism via attending a series of
lectures and workshops at the beginning of the course. An overview of the global and local
development of social enterprises will be provided at the beginning, followed by intensive
social entrepreneurship skills training.
2. LEARNING APPROACH
Field trips to social enterprises with diverse background will be organised. Groups of
students will then collaborate with these social enterprises and together decide an
innovative and mutually beneficial way of service. This negotiated service will be
continuously assessed by the supervisors from these social enterprises as well as the course
coordinator. Upon finishing designated hours of service students are required to reflect on
their learning experience, draft and submit a group report, and present their report in class
in the final lecture.
3. EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOME
By the end of this course, students are expected to:
1. Discover the operation and identify the diversity of social enterprises in Hong Kong
and around the globe.
2. Be able to conduct basic social inquiry to identify and examine the problem facing
community-based social enterprises.
3. Apply social entrepreneurship skills and knowledge in different dimensions.
4. Discover how to plan and implement a social entrepreneurial project that benefits a
social enterprise.
5. Develop their organization skills via participation in group presentation and group
report writing.
6. Evaluate what they learnt via discussion among themselves, with service clients and
course coordinators.
7. Develop personal growth and better self-motivation.
4. REQUIRED READING MATERIAL
-
Social enterprise: At the crossroads of market, public policy and civil society / edited by
Marthe Nyssens. London: Routledge, 2006.
Social enterprise management / edited by Bob Doherty and John Thompson. Bradford,
England: Emerald Group Publishing, 2006.
Engineering as a social enterprise / edited by Hedy E. Sladovich. Washington, D.C.:
National Academy Press, 1991.
Comparison of values of social enterprise leaders and leaders of nonprofit and
organizations / David J. Rendall. University of Phoenix, 2004.
All reading materials can be accessed electronically via CUHK Library
5. LEARNING ACTIVITY AND ASSESSMENT SCHEME
Component
Lectures and guest presentations
- overview of the global and local development
of social enterprises
Site visits
- Understanding visions, missions and
operations of social enterprises
Matching with Learning
Outcome
1
6
1
Weight
6
Students are
required to
attend all
classes and
site visits
Project report
- Report of the tasks, contributions and
achievements during the internship together
with a reflection on learning experiences
5
6
30%
Presentation
- Prepared and presented by groups of students
- 30-45 minutes presentation on field
experience and learning outcome
5
6
40%
Drafting service agreement form
- Draft and written by groups of students
- Signed by groups of students, social
enterprise supervisors and course coordinator
2
4
5%
Internship and field log
- Individual written service log to record and
reflect upon internship experiences and
learning
2
3
4
7
15%
Field evaluation
- Internship performance as assessed by social
enterprise supervisors and course instructor
2
3
4
7
10%
6. COURSE CONTENT AND SCHEDULE
Date
17 May
(Tue)
Time
9:30am12:30pm
Venue
ELB LT2
Content
- Introduction on development of social enterprise and
theories
- Introduction of the course, explaining expectation, group
formation
18 May
(Wed)
9:30am12:30pm
ELB LT2
- Global vision of social enterprise: introducing global social
entrepreneurship
- Guest speaker:
→ Dr. Teresa Chu (Victor Chu & co. Solicitors)
19 May
(Thu)
9:30am12:30pm
ELB LT2
- Guest speaker:
→ Dr. Teresa Chu (Victor Chu & co. Solicitors).
→ Mr. Roger Li (Everbright Groups Limited, Gingko
House and Lohas Organic Farm)
23 May
(Mon)
9:30am12:30pm
ELB LT2
- Guest speaker:
→ Miss Angel Ho (HKSEIC)
24 May
(Tue)
9:30am12:30pm
ELB LT4
- Guest speaker:
→ Miss Angel Ho (HKSEIC)
→ Mr. Paul Wong (Corp. Apps Service Planner)
24 May
(Tue)
九龍美孚景荔徑 8
號盈暉家居城 2
樓 215 號
2:30pm- 香港西灣河聖十
字徑 2 號協青社
5:30pm
大樓地下 2 號鋪
10:00am- 九龍黃大仙竹園
11:30am (南)邨秀園樓地下
102-121 室
4:00pm- 九龍佐敦南京街
12 號地舖
5:30pm
- Site visit: Dialogue in the Dark
6:00pm7:00pm
TBC
- Internship Briefing MentalCare
25 May
(Wed)
26 May
(Thu)
27 May
(Fri)
27 May
(Fri)
End of
May –
end of
June
2:20pm5:30pm
觀塘(待定)
- Site visit: Fullness Hair Salon
- Site visit: Senior Citizen Home Safety Association
- Site visit: MentalCare rehabilitation shop
TBC
- Students attach as interns to social enterprises
- Field service could be arranged with varying length of time
- Designated hours of field service must be completed
before the final lecture
- Participants can continue to service after finishing this
course on a voluntary basis
1 June
(Wed)
TBC
TBC
- Progress coordinator check on progress, prepare students
for presentation
8 June
(Wed)
TBC
TBC
- Progress coordinator check on progress, prepare students
for presentation
24 June
(Fri)
9:30am1:30pm
ELB LT2
- Presentation and Certificate Award Ceremony with guests
from different social enterprises