Course Summary
This course examines the accelerating relationship between government, business, law and the not-for-profit sector to deliver social (including environmental) value in communities and the way in which this drives social innovation.
In this course, you are given the skills to start to develop the ability to investigate and analyse complex situations, innovate, problem solve, manage projects and communicate effectively, including foundational research skills.
The course covers fundamental concepts and key developments in what has become a complex social purpose eco-system. The course introduces an understanding of changes across what was formerly seen as a distinct social sector to examine the cross-sectoral social purpose developments that includes traditional organisational structures of Charities and Not For-Profits, Business and Government, but also new and emerging 'hybrid' structures and programs.
The course will further explore how social, economic and environmental problems embedded in society are being addressed through social innovation in business entrepreneurship, enterprises and cross-sector collaboration. It looks at why the traditional boundaries between government, business and the social sector have become blurred and fluid and what that means for the capacity to deliver new forms of social impact.
In this course, you learn through problem-based learning: solving an authentic business problem, including identifying an audience for their project, developing a project plan and considering solutions.
This is a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Project course that integrates industry problem/s, perspectives and feedback into the curriculum and provides you with authentic, real world learning experiences.
This course will also introduce and begin to embed practices relating to the Business Graduate Folio, an e-portfolio that is integrated throughout the Bachelor of Business curriculum and a requirement for the capstone close of the program.