COURSE OUTLINE ENTR 420 SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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1 COURSE OUTLINE ENTR 420 SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP Dunedin September 2014

2 Choose an item. Table of Contents Paper Description 4 Learning Outcomes 4 Staff 5 Course Delivery 5 Expectations and Workload 6 Course Materials and Course Resources 6 Blackboard 6 Lectures 7 Assessment 8 Course Requirements 10 Safe Assign 10 Student Learning Centre 10 Dishonest Practice and Plagiarism 11 Concerns about the Course 11 Disclaimer 11 Policy on Student Internal Assessment 11

3 Paper Description An applied entrepreneurship paper that explores the development of innovative business models and new ventures that are designed to provide sustainable, social and environmental benefits. ENTR 420 is an introduction to social entrepreneurship, using theory and case studies to investigate best practices, successes and failures, opportunities and constraints. The course explores how innovation and entrepreneurship can help the health, wealth and well-being of social and environmental organisations and communities. This course explores issues of social and environmental responsibility within an entrepreneurial setting and is suitable for those searching for answers to questions such as: Where did social entrepreneurship develop from? How would you develop a social enterprise business model? What can social enterprises learn from entrepreneurial ventures and vice versa? What are the links between environmentalism and sustainable business practices? Learning Outcomes Students should emerge from this course better able to: Set up new ventures that contribute to social and/or environmental well-being. Adopt global perspectives when identifying and exploring new opportunities. Use lateral thinking skills that encourage exploring different paths to solve problems or exploit opportunities. Modify business strategies to accommodate key social and environmental issues, including sustainability, corporate social and environmental responsibility, innovative non-profit organisation business models and governance structures, and funding sources. Identify and utilise social and environmental trends. Understand any ethical issues that may arise when starting a business.

4 Staff Lecturers Dr Sara Walton Room Co 9.10 Phone Professor Brendan Gray Room Co 627a, School of Business Phone Dr Jodyanne Kirkwood Office: Co 404 Phone: Guest Speakers Abbe Hyde, 100Percent Louise Cliften, Trade Aid Lani Evans, Thankyou Payroll Course Delivery ENTR420 is run over six weeks. It is taught through four days of seminars in week two, followed by four weeks for the completion of assignments. Seminars will include sessions from lecturers, who deliver the majority of the conceptual material, as well as guest speakers. Participants are expected to contribute through questions and discussion. Each day starts out in Co2.07. Some sessions are held in different venues, see lecture timetable for details. Seminar Timetable: Tuesday 23 rd September 9.00am 5.30pm Wednesday 24 th September 9.00am 5.30pm Thursday 25 th September 9.00am 5.30pm Friday 26 th September 8.30am 4.00 pm Participants are expected to prepare for and attend all classes to gain full benefit from the course. The taught portion of the course should be prepared for by completing assigned readings. Unless stated otherwise, all aspects of the course are examinable.

5 Expectations and Workload (i) Contact hours hours derivation Seminars 30 (4 days of 7.5 hours) Sub-total 30 (ii) Non-contact hours Class preparation 24 (6 hours for each day of seminars) Assignment 1 80 Assignment 2 80 Private study and mentoring 26 Sub-total 210 (iii) Total number of hours 240 Course Materials and Course Resources The University Library provides online resources for participants. These include subject guides, and other research resources, and citation styles. Readings are provided either in the Library or are available online. Blackboard Blackboard provides you with access to course materials, and class notices will be posted on Blackboard. Lecture slides will also be posted there. Blackboard is used to the whole class so it is important that you check your student and Blackboard regularly, or use PIMS to redirect your s to your personal account. You will find helpful links to the Library referencing page, the Student Learning Centre, and writing resources in Blackboard.

6 Lectures Tuesday 23 September Time Location Speaker Topic 9.00am -9.30am CO207 Sara Walton Introduction 9.30am 10.00am 10.00am 12pm CO203 Sara Walton & guests (MANT337 class) 12.00pm pm Trade for sustainability: Social Enterprise Lunch 12.30pm 2.15pm CO207 Sara Walton Commitment to the cause: exploring what motivates us 2.15pm 3.45pm CO207 Brendan Gray Community development & entrepreneurship?? 3.45pm 4.00pm pm CO207 Brendan Gray Ethics of International Entrepreneurship Wednesday 24 th September Time Location Speaker Topic 9.00am am CO207 Abbe Hyde 100Percent 10.30am 10.45am 10.45am 12.15pm CO207 Abbe Hyde Issues in running a social enterprise 12.15pm pm Lunch 12.45pm 2.15pm CO207 Sara Walton Sustainability 2.15pm 3.45pm CO207 Jo Kirkwood Ecopreneurs 3.45pm 4.00pm pm CO207 Group work Preparation for presentation Thursday 25 th September Time Location Speaker Topic 9.00am am Otago Jo Kirkwood Visit to Powerhouse Wind Polytech 10.30am 10.45am 10.45am 12.15pm CO2.07 Jo Kirkwood Ecopreneurs in action: Just Organic 12.15pm pm Lunch 12.45pm 2.15pm CO207 Sara Walton Identifying opportunity: Climate change & social issues 2.15pm 3.45pm CO207 Sara Walton Business models for environmental and social ventures 3.45pm 4.00pm pm CO207 Sara Walton Case study: All Good

7 Friday 26 th September Time Location Speaker Topic 8.30am am CO207 Group work Preparation for presentations 10.30am 10.45am 10.45am 12.15pm CO207 Sara Walton Presentations on 100Percent 12.15pm pm Lunch 12.45pm 2.30pm George St Sara Walton Visit to Trade Aid 2.30pm 4.00pm Co207 Sara Walton Integrating ideas & course wrap up Assessment All material presented is examinable (except where stated otherwise) by assignments. All important assessment information such as due dates and times, content and guidelines will be discussed at lectures, and detailed in the course outline and, where appropriate, on Blackboard. Participants are responsible for ensuring that they are aware of this information, keeping track of their own progress, and adhering to all deadlines. Assessment Focus Value Due Date 1. Interview a social or environmental entrepreneur 2. Casestudy 100Percent Individual 50% Due 24 th October 2014 at 5pm Groups (50% total) 20% presentation 30% report Presentations in class at 10.45am Friday 26 th Sept Report due 15 th October at 5pm 1) Social/environmental Entrepreneur interview Choose an entrepreneurial venture and interview the founder of that venture. You should produce a mini-report that addresses the following: 1. An overview of the venture's products, services and operations. 2. A description of the environmental/social issues the venture addresses. 3. An explanation of the motivations, commitment of the founder. 4. A comment on the business model (value capture and creation) of the venture and your impression of the sustainability (triple bottom line) of the venture in the short/medium term.

8 Report should be between spaced pages plus appendices and references. Worth 50% of total grade. 2). Case study - 100Percent: strategies for the future 100Percent has grown rapidly since starting are they are now at the point of wondering where to next? They are keen to get some input on the following questions they are pondering for the future of the venture. Your task is to develop a strategic plan for 100Percent that develops some ideas in response to the questions and provides a direction for them to take. - Marketing strategy- how could 100Percent best market themselves to all our different parties (students, tutors, charities, universities, wider community)? - Branding - what might 100Percent be perceived as- a platform, a service, narrow focus, broad...? - Growth strategy- who should they be looking to partner with charity wise, what regions could they focus on... - What industry are 100Percent best to be in (tutoring, skills, time... do they want people to be able to do anything through 100Percent or are they better off being specific) - How do we operate sustainably and still be '100%? - Do we want to diversify our market or focus it? Presentation: Develop a draft strategy for 100Percent that addresses the above questions. (20% - in class Wednesday 4pm). Written Strategy: Expand on the presentation (based on feedback given at your presentation). Provide a detailed assessment of the fit of your chosen strategy for 100Percent. Your strategy could include the following elements: A method for generating revenue Description of the market that will be consuming this product or service The value offering Ignite can present to this market Resources required to implement this strategy o Including human capital, time and financial resources Conduct of SWOT analysis of your proposed strategy. Report should be between spaced pages plus appendices and references. Worth 30%. One report per group.

9 Course Requirements To pass this course, students must attend all classes, complete the in-class exercises and hand in all assignments on time and achieve a 50% mark for the course. Safe Assign Please be aware that Safe Assign will be used for assessments in this paper. Safe Assign is a plagiarism detection tool which can report matches between sections of students work submitted to it and material on a comprehensive database to which Safe Assign has access. This includes material on the internet and other student s assignments which have previously been submitted to Safe Assign. Assignments will need to be submitted to the Final Version Assignment folder in the Blackboard course for this paper. You may submit your assignment to this folder only once. You also have the option of submitting one draft assignment to the Draft Safe Assignment folder. If you choose to utilise this option, you will receive the report generated which contains a percentage mark of the paper that matches other sources. Assignments submitted to the Draft Assignment folder will not be assessed; however the report will be available for the paper co-ordinator to view. You can find further information on Safe Assign and dishonest practice at: and Student Learning Centre The Student Learning Centre, which is part of the Higher Education Development Centre, provides learning support, free of charge, to ALL enrolled students. Their services include: a workshop programme designed to help students to improve their learning strategies and their generic skills; individual assistance with learning issues; on-line study skills advice; a student leadership programme a student-led peer support programme for students of all ages and backgrounds. conversational English groups for students from a non-english speaking background The Centre also provides two very helpful study guides, Guidelines for Writing and Editing and Writing University Assignments and these are available on the SLC website.

10 Dishonest Practice and Plagiarism Students should make sure that all submitted work is their own. Plagiarism is a form of dishonest practice. Plagiarism is defined as copying or paraphrasing another s work and presenting it as one s own (University of Otago Calendar 2012 page 224). In practice this means plagiarism includes any attempt in any piece of submitted work (e.g. an assignment or test) to present as one s own work the work of another (whether of another student or a published authority). Any student found responsible for plagiarism in any piece of work submitted for assessment shall be subject to the University s dishonest practice regulations which may result in various penalties, including forfeiture of marks for the piece of work submitted, a zero grade for the paper, or in extreme cases exclusion from the University. The University of Otago reserves the right to use plagiarism detection tools. Concerns about the Course We hope you will feel comfortable coming to talk to us if you have a concern about the course. The Course Leader will be happy to discuss any concerns you may have. Alternatively, you can report your concerns to the Class Representative who will follow up with departmental staff. If, after making approaches via these channels, you do not feel that your concerns have been addressed, there are University channels that may aid resolution. For further advice or more information on these, contact the programme coordinator or head of department. Disclaimer While every effort is made to ensure that the information contained in this document is accurate, it is subject to change. Changes will be notified in class and via Blackboard. Participants are encouraged to check Blackboard regularly. It is the participant s responsibility to be informed. Centre for Entrepreneurship Policy on Student Internal Assessment The purpose of this document is to have a consistent policy throughout the centre as well as to develop students time management skills. It reflects usual practices in the business world in which neither success (here: grades) nor deadlines are negotiable. 1. Dissemination of Grades The letter grade only will be returned to the student on their work. At the end of the course, all internal assessment will be displayed by Student ID with the letter grades for each assignment. All students are requested to check these when posted on the web-based Blackboard any discrepancies should be reported to the Course Leader as soon as possible.

11 2. Late Assignments Assignments received after the deadline and within 24 hours after the deadline will have 5 % deducted from the available grade for the piece of assessment (ie. 78% becomes a 73%, a B+ becomes a B). Assignments will have a further 5% deducted from the grade for each 24 hour period following this. Should you fail a paper, you will be given one chance to resubmit the assessment and should this meet a passable standard, you will receive a 50% pass for the paper. If, after resubmission, you fail the paper, you will not be permitted to continue with the Master of Entrepreneurship. 3. Extensions Extensions will be granted only in exceptional circumstances (eg. illness with supporting medical documentary evidence stating nature and length of impairment, family emergency, provincial or national representative activities) by the Course Leader. A formal medical certificate is required for all extensions. Lecturers are not authorised to give extensions. Only the Course Leader should be approached (consult the course outline for the person(s) responsible). Computer problems do not constitute an exceptional circumstance unless it is an officially notified failure of university equipment. 4. Plagiarism Plagiarism is the dishonest use of someone else s words, facts or ideas, without proper acknowledgement. Most students will include other people s ideas and information in their work and assignments - such material may be either quoted or digested and used by students. In either case, acknowledgement is essential. Note that the University of Otago Calendar under Student Conduct Rules Part 1 Section 1 (e) states that no student shall engage in any dishonest practice as described in regulation 5(b) of the Examinations and Assessment Regulations in connection with an examination or other method of academic work which counts towards the attainment of a pass in any subject. 5. Problems with group work Where group work is set and a group is experiencing difficulties, the students should approach their tutor to try to resolve these differences. The tutor will counsel the group, or individuals from the group, on the procedures open to them to resolve group problems (the problem should be raised prior to the work being completed or handed in). The procedure to be followed is: i) students should try to resolve the problems within the group without outside assistance. ii) students should meet with their Course Leader to endeavour to resolve outstanding issues, who will endeavour to resolve the situation. This procedure MUST be completed to step ii) before the assignment is submitted for grading. Where there are still unresolved difficulties, step iii) will be implemented. iii) students will complete a Peer Assessment form available from the appropriate course coordinator (which must be submitted to the Course Leader before any grades are released). The Course Leader reserves the right to require all students to complete peer assessment forms at any time during and/or after submission of an assessed group project. Should there be differences in the peer assessment forms, the student(s) will be required to either submit in writing to, or meet with a group comprised of their Course Leader, and

12 others (as deemed appropriate) to provide an explanation for the discrepancy. A differential allocation of grade may result from this process.