COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING

This course assumes no previous knowledge except a reasonable command of English and a willingness to learn. Attendance is mandatory at all regular class meetings; English is the sole language of instruction. Enrollment is limited to 30 and the seminar is open to auditors upon consultation with the instructors only. The course consists of twelve sessions in room M2130.

There will be two different types of assignments:

¶ Attendance and seminar participation. 50% of the grade. Attendance is mandatory at all regular class meetings. Class discussion is an essential component of the course. Your full participation is expected in the discussion of the assigned cases, readings and general themes of the course. Be prepared to “open the case,” and to actively participate.

¶ Final paper and presentation. 50% of the grade (20 pp. per student). By April 1, 2004, you will choose a final paper topic from one of the following thematic threads. You will then complete the respective following background reading and serve as a resource person on your chosen subject during class discussion:

Ÿ Group 1: Innovation. Core reading: Rogers, Everett M. 2003. Diffusion of Innovation, fifth ed. New York: Free Press.

Ÿ Group 2: Performance. Core reading: Paton, Rob. 2003. Managing and Measuring Social Enterprises. London: Sage Publications.

Ÿ Group 3: Leadership. Core reading: Heifetz, Ronald. 1994. Leadership without Easy Answers . Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Ÿ Group 4: Identity. Core reading: Berger, Peter L., and Thomas Luckmann. 1967. The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor.
After you have familiarized yourself with the literature on the subject, you will choose one social entrepreneur from the Schwab Foundation’s network of social entrepreneurs and “dig deeper,” i.e., write a mini-case study that focuses on one of the four thematic subjects. For your mini-case, you will draw on input from the social entrepreneur in question (e.g. via email) and undertake additional desk research. Students are welcome to work in groups, but will each need to submit a separate paper that analyzes some
aspect of a joint project in detail.