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Unit of Study INDG2015 - Aboriginal Social Enterprise I (2023)

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Unit description

Provides collaborative principles to inform an understanding of sustainable social innovation. Identifies social entrepreneurs in Australian Aboriginal contexts and describes methods for ethically shaping business enterprise and development agendas that improve community outcomes and sustain Indigenous lifeways.  

Unit content

Module 1: Introduction to Social Enterprise

Module 2: Indigenous Community Enterprise

Module 3: The Aboriginal Estate: Opportunities for Social Enterprise

Module 4: Design of a Social Enterprise: Purpose and Structure

Module 5: Indigenous Social Enterprise Case Studies

Module 6: Challenges for Indigenous Social Enterprises

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Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

summarise the theoretical basis, practical principles and examples of best practice in social enterprise development

interpret the similarities and differences between Indigenous community practices and the frameworks for social enterprise development

critique the significance of social ethics, shared principles and personal values in establishing and sustaining social enterprise.

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