PADM 7348 - Social Entrepreneurship

Three credit hours.

This course introduces students to the emergent fields of social entrepreneurship and social innovation as a process to address wicked community problems. Specifically, we will apply the entrepreneurial process to develop innovative responses to community problems. In this course we will explore the spectrum of organizational forms that blur the lines between public, private, and nonprofit sectors - including social enterprises, co-ops, and enterprising nonprofits, We will explore how these hybrid organizational forms can potentially “change the rules of the game” by engaging with democratic principles. We will draw on readings and case studies from literature diverse as public administration, nonprofit management, business management & entrepreneurship, law, psychology, sociology, and economics.