ID 142 CM - Leading Social Entrepreneurial Ventures

This course is about the social innovation leadership opportunities and challenges of creating and sustaining and model of change with a social purpose - whether a nonprofit, for profit, or hybrid model of a social venture. Students are engaged in learning and developing a basic competency level about the key determinants of social innovation and social entrepreneurial performance: theoretical frameworks rooted in psychology, community building, ecosystem development, legal structures, management strategies, governance and funding models, as well as the leadership challenges and opportunities facing social innovation leader, whether as an entrepreneur or one involved in a social mission venture through its different life stages. Starting Spring 2016, this course may no longer apply toward an elective in psychology.

Prerequisite: PSYC 037 CM or another lower-level psychology course.

Offered: Every year

Credit: 1

Course Number: ID 142 CM