EPS 3525 - Social Enterprise Management

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Babson College

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4.00 credits EPS3525 (formerly EPS3575) Social Enterprise Management (General Credit) This course is about the opportunities and challenges of using your managerial skills and entrepreneurial talents creatively and appropriately to help solve social problems and to make a difference in the lives of others. To that end, we focus on organizations with an explicit civic mission or social purpose, from well known nonprofits like Habitat for Humanity, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and City Year to widely regarded for profits like Ben & Jerry's, Newman's Own, and Timberland. Course materials include readings, cases and films (where relevant). Periodically throughout the semester leaders of social enterprise organizations will join the class to explore the subject matter in more detail and from a practitioner's perspective. The chief aims of this course are to: (1) provide a historical context for considering social enterprises; (2) engage participants in institutional efforts to create a good society through direct exposure and experience with the work of these organizations; (3) develop the skills and competencies necessary to respond positively to the managerial challenges faced by these organizations; and (4) prepare participants for leadership roles in their communities. Social Enterprise Management is offered as a four-credit entrepreneurship elective to upper level students who have completed all management core requirements. Students who have taken EPS3575 INTRO TO SOCIAL ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT may not take this course. Prerequisite: IME 2 or (OEM and MCE)

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4.00

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Institution Website:

www.babson.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 235-1200

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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