Course Objectives
This course is designed to provide an overview of Social Venture Management and in-depth understanding of how the organizations that aim to solve social issues overcome challenges and maximum social impacts in their seed to expansion stages.
In this course, ‘Social Venture’ is defined as an organization that aims to maximize its social impact alongside financial sustainability.
The growing expectation for Social Ventures lies in today’s social problems which are increasing and rapidly changing. Through the cases of entrepreneurs from Japan and the world, students of this course will gain exposure to the grit of entrepreneurs, various social business models and new types of solutions for social issues.
Course Details
Programs: Full-time MBA, Part-time MBA
Discipline: Creation
Course Level: Specialized Course
Required/Elective Course: Elective Course
Number of Credits: 1.5
Report: Day 4
Hours Per Class: 3 hours
Class Capacity: 35 (Part-time MBA)
Recommended Preliminary Courses
- Human Resource Management
- Organizational Behavior and Leadership
- Marketing I
- Strategy
- Accounting I
- Critical Thinking
Theme/Reading Materials
Day 1
Session A
| THEME | Introduction of Social Venture Management |
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| CASE | Muhammad Yunus and Grameen |
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Session B
| THEME | Introduction of Social Venture Management (Cont.) |
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| CASE | Muhammad Yunus and Grameen（Cont.) |
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Day 2
Session A
| THEME | Cause-analysis and Concept Building in its Seed to Early Stage |
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| CASE | Hiroki Iwasa and GRA (General Reconstruction Association) |
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Session B
| THEME | Cause-analysis and Concept Building in its Seed to Early Stage (Cont.) |
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| CASE | Mobile Banking for the Unbanked |
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Day 3
Session A
| THEME | Business Model Development in its Early to Growth Stage |
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| CASE | Eiju Hangai‘s Calling - Life as a Business-development Professional (Abridged) Eiju Hangai’s Calling—Life as a Business Development Professional (H) (to be distributed in class) |
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Session B
| THEME | Business Model Development in its Early to Growth Stage (Cont.) |
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| CASE | TABLE FOR TWO International |
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Day 4
Session A
| THEME | Supporting growth |
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| CASE | Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing(A)(B) |
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Session B
| THEME | Supporting growth (Cont.) |
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| CASE | Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (A)(B)(C) |
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Day 5
Session A
| THEME | Maximizing social impacts |
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| CASE | NPO Florence (2010) |
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Session B
| THEME | Maximizing social impacts (Cont.) |
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| CASE | NPO Katariba: Autonomy, Diversification, Cooperation, and Challenges |
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Day 6
Session A
| THEME | Overall review and exercise |
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| CASE | How to Change the World : Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas |
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Session B
| THEME | Overall review and exercise (Cont.) |
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| CASE | Commitment Sheet (to be downloaded in advance) |
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