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ENT322 Social Enterprise Establishment

Course Coordinator:Simon Doonican (sdoonica@usc.edu.au) School:School of Business and Creative Industries

2026Semester 2

UniSC Sunshine Coast

 Blended learning Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online.

Online

 Online You can do this course without coming onto campus, unless your program has specified a mandatory onsite requirement.

Please go to unisc.edu.au for up to date information on the
teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.

What is this course about?

Description

A Social Enterprise will tend to develop a particular operational philosophy to suit the delivery of its products and will therefore adopt one of many possible organisational types that vary in their activities, size, legal structure, geographic scope, funding, motivations, degree of profit orientation, relationship with communities, ownership and culture. This course establishes effective means for selecting and managing a mix of volunteer and professional staff involved in the particular social enterprise as well as providing enabling tools for aligning the structure and operational models to the intended client base.

How will this course be delivered?

Activity Hours Beginning Week Frequency
Blended learning
Lecture – Pre-recorded concept videos and associated activity 1hr Week 1 12 times
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – In-class tutorial 2hrs Week 2 11 times
Online
Lecture – Pre-recorded concept videos and associated activity 1hr Week 1 12 times
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Interactive zoom tutorial 2hrs Week 2 11 times

Course Topics

Overview and the nature of social entrepreneurship

Review: Social enterprise structure

Opportunity identification, value creation and social innovation

Social enterprise start-up, planning and sustainability

Social entrepreneurship: new venture pitch

Business Model Canvas for Social Enterprise

Social enterprise beneficiaries and customers

Social capital: social enterprise stakeholders and relationships

Financing social enterprise start-ups

Creating and measuring Social Impact

Social Enterprise ecosystems: external environment

Refining the social enterprise business model canvas for startup planning

Scaling the social enterprise and future directions

What level is this course?

300 Level (Graduate)

Demonstrating coherence and breadth or depth of knowledge and skills. Independent application of knowledge and skills in unfamiliar contexts. Meeting professional requirements and AQF descriptors for the degree. May require pre-requisites where discipline specific introductory or developing knowledge or skills is necessary. Normally undertaken in the third or fourth full-time study year of an undergraduate program.

What is the unit value of this course?

12 units

How does this course contribute to my learning?

Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... Professional Standard Mapping * Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
1 Describe and explain an optimum social enterprise model to deliver value-adding products or services. Knowledgeable 
PC4.1
2 Evaluate possible resource model options in the formation and growth of a new social enterprise. Creative and critical thinker
Sustainability-focussed 
PC4.1
3 Determine the optimum business model necessary to form, and then launch a particular enterprise that will develop into a viable and sustainable new social enterprise. Creative and critical thinker
Sustainability-focussed 
PC1.1
4 Demonstrate critical and creative thinking in the development of a sustainable social enterprise. Creative and critical thinker 
PC3

* Competencies by Professional Body

CODE COMPETENCY
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
PC1.1 Written Communication
PC3 Creative and Critical Thinking
PC4.1 Social Responsibility and Sustainability

Am I eligible to enrol in this course?

Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.

Pre-requisites

Not applicable

Co-requisites

Not applicable

Anti-requisites

Not applicable

Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)

Not applicable

Microcredential Information

Not applicable

How am I going to be assessed?

Grading Scale

Standard Grading (GRD)

High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL).

Details of early feedback on progress

Workshops from week 1-4 will include discussion of key questions and concepts relating to social enterprise establishment that will enable students to gain direct feedback on progress.

Assessment tasks

Delivery mode Task No. Assessment Product Individual or Group Weighting % What is the duration / length? When should I submit? Where should I submit it?
All 1 Oral and Written Piece Individual 20% 
3 minute digital recorded pitch
Submit slide presentation
 Week 5 Online Submission
All 2 Artefact - Professional, and Written Piece Individual 30% 
1500 words max
 Week 9 Online Submission
All 3 Report Individual 50% 
2,500 words
 Week 13 Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check
All - Assessment Task 1:Social enterprise startup pitch
Goal: 
The purpose of this task is to present an attractive social enterprise startup pitch.
Product: Oral and Written Piece
Authorship Statement:
Format: 
Submit a refined recorded social enterprise startup pitch in week 5. 
See Blackboard for details.
Criteria:
No. Learning Outcome assessed
1 
​Understand and apply theoretical frameworks and concepts.
 1
2 
Present a persuasive oral pitch
 4
3 
Succinctly outline the social enterprise startup concept
 4
4 
Demonstrate understanding of the beneficiaries, funders and sustainability of the social enterprise startup concept.
 4
Generic Skills: 
Communication
All - Assessment Task 2:Social Enterprise Business Model and explainer
Goal: 
Design and share your social enterprise startup's business model by applying relevant theory, demonstrating an appreciation of the social issue(s)  associated with a sustainable social enterprise opportunity, and outlining how the business model will function using explainer notes.
Product: Artefact - Professional, and Written Piece
Authorship Statement:
Format: 
Creative and compelling social enterprise business model, with explainer notes.
Details will be provided on Blackboard.
Criteria:
No. Learning Outcome assessed
1 
Presentation quality and time management skills.
 1
2 
Demonstration of appreciation of the social issue as well as the organisational issues associated with a potential social enterprise opportunity.
 2
3 
Application of theory and relevant examples where appropriate
 2 3
4 
Recognition of issues related to venture sustainability and the resources and capabilities of the firm.
 2
5 
Demonstrate coherency of social enterprise business model
 3
Generic Skills: 
Communication, Problem solving
All - Assessment Task 3:Social enterprise startup plan
Goal: 
Outline your new social enterprise startup venture, based a refined, tested business model, addressing concerns of sustainability and viability, based on the most suitable model given the venture's social context and addressing its social impact and performance measurement.
Product: Report
Authorship Statement:
Format: 
Report
Details of the assessment will be provided on Blackboard.
Criteria:
No. Learning Outcome assessed
1 
Identify and critically analyse pertinent issues in a sustainable social enterprise context.
 3
2 
Critically analyse and evaluate current and suitable research, its dimensions and impact on the community
 2
3 
Present research to identify the social enterprise opportunity.
 4
4 
Propose how the newly created social enterprise will add social value as well as achieve sustainability and scale it operations over time
 4
5 
Argue social impact is achieved and measured in a multi-stakeholder environment
 3
6 
Communication and presentation
 1
Generic Skills: 
Communication, Problem solving

Directed study hours

A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.

What resources do I need to undertake this course?

Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.

Prescribed text(s) or course reader

You need regular access to the resource(s) below. Many texts are available as ebooks through the Library at no additional cost.

Required? Author Year Title Edition Publisher
Required Summers, J. & Smith, B. 0 Communication Skills Handbook any edition John Wiley & Sons Ltd.,Milton, Australia
Required Beugre, C. 2017 Social Entrepreneurship: Managing the creation of social value. Routledge, Oxon, United Kingdom

Specific requirements

Not applicable

How are risks managed in this course?

Health and safety risks for this course have been assessed as low. It is your responsibility to review course material, search online, discuss with lecturers and peers and understand the health and safety risks associated with your specific course of study and to familiarise yourself with the University’s general health and safety principles by reviewing the online induction training for students, and following the instructions of the University staff.

What administrative information is relevant to this course?

Assessment: Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.

Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.

In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.

Assessment: Additional Requirements

Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct

Assessment: Submission penalties

Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: - 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.

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  • Student Conduct
  • Students with a Disability

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