Essentials of Social Entrepreneurship and Application in Singapore's Context

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Essentials of Social Entrepreneurship and Application in Singapore's Context (SOE501)

Synopsis

SOE501 Essentials of Social Entrepreneurship and Application in Singapore’s Context aims to immerse students in a discourse about the concept of social entrepreneurship and its relevance in current and future context of Singapore. Students will also be introduced to seven elements of social entrepreneurship to achieve organisational excellence, a model proposed by Ang (2022). An important part of this module is to introduce students to the key social issues and social policies in Singapore. The knowledge from this course will provide a good foundation for students to build on as they proceed with the rest of the social entrepreneurship programme.

Level: 5
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: EVERY JAN

Topics

Social and environmental issues in Singapore
Service landscape: social service sector
Environmental protection and sustainability sector
Current initiatives and programmes
Social policies in response to key social issues
Policies in response to environmental and sustainability issues
Challenges of current approach
Theoretical concepts of social entrepreneurship
Seven elements of social entrepreneurship for organizational excellence (Ang, 2022)
Application of social entrepreneurship
Examples of social entrepreneurship
Process of social entrepreneurship

Learning Outcome

Discuss key social and environmental issues in Singapore.
Examine existing services and initiatives in response to social and environmental issues.
Appraise social policies in Singapore in response to key social and environmental issues.
Deconstruct the concept of social entrepreneurship and its value.
Distinguish social entrepreneurship as an approach to addressing social and environmental issues.
Experiment the application of social entrepreneurship in the context of Singapore.