Global MBA in Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Global MBA in Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Introduction of Programme
Description
Time Commitment
8–10 hours weekly
Study Level
PART-TIME (Global MBA)
Duration
15 Months
Course Delivery
Virtual Live Classsroom,
Blended learning & 6 weeks in London
Start Date
26th November, 2020
Cost
£12,260
Campus
London

The purpose of Programme
The Learning outcomes
- Participants will be equipped with a strong understanding of social entrepreneurship
- Participants enhance and develops their managerial, leadership and critical-thinking skills.
- Participants gain an understanding of Design thinking and developing innovative ideas across global issues
- Participants develop their entrepreneurial skills and design around their own social enterprise
- You will learn to demonstrate a systematic understanding of the factors behind successful entrepreneurship, from creativity to start-up financing.
- Understand and critically evaluate current issues affecting establishing new businesses from the ground up.
- You will learn how to develop team-working abilities crucial to the launch of a successful business. You will learn how to sharpen your commercial skills and learn how to apply them to the challenges of starting a successful small business.
- You will also develop managerial and leadership skills, to provide the foundation to launch and sustain socially-focused entrepreneurial ventures.
Programme Structure and Courses
Term One
I ) Understanding Social Problems for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
II ) Social Innovation Design
III ) Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals
IV ) Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice
Term Two
V ) International Marketing: A Strategic Approach
VI) Organisational Behaviour and Marketing for Social Entrepreneurs
VII ) Managerial Economics and Quantitative Measurement for Social Entrepreneurs*
Organisational Behaviour and Marketing for Social Entrepreneurs
I ) Managerial Economics and Quantitative Measurement for Social Entrepreneurs
II ) New Venture Creation
III ) Managing Innovation
IV ) Accounting for Entrepreneurs
V ) Innovation and New Product Development
VI ) Funding the New Venture
Dissertation – students will have the option to choose from three projects.
1) An individual design project for a new social enterprise, producing a sound and viable business model, a compelling plan for achieving long-term sustainability, and a detailed and convincing impact assessment.
2) An individual consulting project to solve a real-world issue for a client organisation. Project themes can be extremely wide-ranging across areas of specialisation and regions, all with a significant, tangible business problem to be solved. Past sponsors have included IMB (big data in Brazil), Riders for Health (healthcare transport in Africa) and Rickshaw Bank (business model renewal in India).
3) Students can also seek approval to undertake a research dissertation, conducting an empirical research project to develop new knowledge in the field of social innovation.
In addition to the elective courses listed above, students can also choose from the broad range of all graduate level elective courses across LSSE.
Optional elective courses of your choice will give you a chance to customise the programme to your own interests and career goals. These electives include:
I ) Environmental Problems and Development Interventions
II ) Entrepreneurial Finance
III ) Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals
IV ) Open Innovation
V ) International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets
VI ) Handling Disruption: Humanitarian Emergencies Management and Development
VII ) Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards
VIII ) Information Technology and Service Innovation
IX ) Innovation and Technology Management
X ) Cross Cultural Management
XI ) Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice
XII ) Negotiation Analysis