Creating a Social Business
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Creating a Social Business at Coursera Overview
Duration | 20 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Creating a Social Business at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 1 of 5 in the Strategy and Finance for the lifecycle of a Social Business Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level Interest in Social Entrepreneurship
- Approx. 20 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
Creating a Social Business at Coursera Course details
- This course is primarily aimed at learners interested in knowing about and running a social business. An ideal learner could be a student, social entrepreneur, social intrapreneur, or a corporate professional interested in social business.
- In the Module 1 of the course students will learn how different social business leaders - such as Professor Muhammad Yunus, Rajni Bakshi, Corinne Bazina, Lamiya Morshed, Suresh Krishna, and Daniel Nowack - are reimagining capitalism. The subsequent modules of this course crystallize varied learnings of practitioners and theorists at YSB to a set of tools and readings, which a learner may use as building blocks of a social business.
- What makes this course unique is the blend of inspiration and rigor that is very important for any kind of social business education.
- Learners may also use this course to advance in their careers, apply for higher education and jobs in the social impact/impact investing industry. The subscription to this course automatically allows a learner to become a part of the Global Social Business Community.
- All the best!
Creating a Social Business at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction to Social Business
Why this course?
Introduction to Yunus Social Business (Courtesy: YSB gGmbH)
Why Economies Replaced Societies
Is There Only One Type of Business?
Create Social Fiction (Courtesy - Skoll.org)
From Business as Usual to Business Unusual
Social Intrapreneurship: The Basics
Lessons from the Grameen Family
Introduction
Become a part of the Global Social Business Community
Course Handout
Why Economics Replaced Societies
Is There Only One Type of Business?
From Business as Usual to Business Unusual
Social Intrapreneurship: The Basics
Lessons from the Grameen Family
Why Economies Replaced Societies
Is There Only One Type of Business?
From Business as Usual to Business Unusual
Social Intrapreneurship: The Basics
Lessons from the Grameen Family
Building a Social Business: The first step
Identifying the Problem
Defining the Solution
Case Study - The Play Pump
Problem Tree Tool - Template and Example
Additional Reading on the Problem Tree Tool
Theory of Change Tool - Example and Template
Defining the Solution
Case Study - The Play Pump
Identifying the Problem
Defining the Solution
Case Study - The Play Pump
Peer Graded Assignment: The first step
Building a Social Business: Making it effective
Beneficiary Empathy Map: Whom are we targeting?
Stakeholder Mapping
Case Study: Cashpor Micro Credit
Social Business Canvas
Running a Successful Social Business
Beneficiary Empathy Map
Beneficiary Empathy Map - Template and Example
Stakeholder Mapping
Stakeholder Map - Example
Case Study - Cashpor Micro Credit
Additional Readings on Social Business Canvas Model
Social Business Canvas Model - Template+Example
Running a Successful Social Business
Beneficiary Empathy Map
Stakeholder Mapping
Case Study - Cashpor Micro Credit
Social Business Canvas
Running a Successful Social Business
Peer Graded Assignment: Social Business Canvas
Post-course Survey
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