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Module title:

Social Innovation I: Basics and Concept Development

Module title (english):

Social Innovation I: Basics and Concept Development

Module number:

88-021-SRI03-H-0818

Level:

Master (UNI)

Course of study:

Type:

Modul

Organising faculty/Language Center:

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Instructors responsible:

Habisch, Andre

Examiners:

Credit points (ECTS):

competencies/skills:

 Students of this module will get an overview on interdisciplinary concepts of innovation and social
innovation, their ethical character and the importance of entrepreneurial value orientation in the start-up
process (using international examples).
 From a social-ethical perspective, social entrepreneurship and corporate citizenship are reflected in relation
to the global realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
 Students learn to reflect on founding activities from an ethical point of view and to derive corresponding
recommendations for action.
 They develop an understanding of the social prerequisites of entrepreneurial action with special emphasis
on entrepreneurial innovation.
 They learn to understand their own role as future entrepreneurs and managers in its significance for
sustainable development.

course content/topics:

 A block event provides a compact introduction to start-up methods (Design Thinking, Business Canvas)and
serves to network with social impact start-ups.
 Support for the elaboration of the project idea is provided by theme-centred workshops and reflection
sessions in the accompanying project seminar.
 Clarification of essential basic concepts: Innovation, social innovation, social entrepreneurship, social
commitment of companies, companies as citizens
 Cultural, political, macroeconomic conditions of innovation
 "Spirituality of Innovation. On the interdependence of innovative power and intrinsic motivation

formal requirements of admission:

recommended qualifications:

None

Lehr- und Lernformen/Lehrveranstaltungstypen:

 Lectures and discussions - partly with guest lecturers - in the context of the block event
 Student presentations, seminar talk and discussions
 Monitoring the student work process for the Social Impact Start-ups.
 Group work and group discussions
 Working on accompanying online contents

requirements for the attainment of ECTS points:

 In the block event the presentation and allocation of the project topics takes place.
 50 % Presentation of the project idea and the planned approach of the student teams
 50 % written elaboration of the project idea

workload/distribution of ECTS points within the module:

40 h = Presence time block event
20 h = attendance time on Project meetings with the student teams
40 h = preparation of the presentation, elaboration of the project idea
50 h = writing the term paper
150 h = total work input

calculation of module marks:

Portfolio (100%)

teaching/learning method:

compatibility with other courses of study:

Turnus des Angebots:

WS , SS

Beteiligte Fachgebiete:

Bemerkung: