Overview

This topic explores the creation of value and impact from innovation in a social justice context. Two cultures are at play in the field of social justice innovation: an age-old culture of charity, and a more contemporary culture of entrepreneurial problem solving. Students explore how social entrepreneurs apply an entrepreneurial … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to help students develop a better understanding of the role of the social enterprise and social innovation in creating business opportunities that deliver social justice impact. How can a social venture better solve, 'customer jobs to be done', creating sustainable commercial and social value in the market (product-market fit)? Students will learn how to create and test value propositions and apply early stage product/market development skills, tools and techniques facilitated by a blend of seminars, discussions, cases, readings, video material, and workshop activities.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
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Identify and describe social justice issues in a framework that enables the application of innovation processes to develop solutions
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Critically analyse examples of social justice innovation, applying knowledge of the key concepts underlying social justice entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainable business models to create impact
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Apply a variety of tools to design, develop, pitch and evaluate social justice ventures, applying knowledge of the role of stakeholder engagement, management and governance, measurement of success, economics and funding
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Design strategies to connect and create communities, in order to communicate, design, test, evaluate and pitch a social justice venture, including applying social media and story-telling tools in order to gather feedback and test the value proposition

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