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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Intermediate

Unit aim

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

Topic 1: Social Enterprise Principles
Topic 2: Aboriginal Community Enterprise
Topic 3: Co Design and Social Enterprise
Topic 4: Social Enterprise Case Studies
Topic 5: Values and Social Enterprise

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.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 summarise the theoretical basis, practical principles and examples of best practice in social enterprise development
2 interpret the similarities and differences between Indigenous community practices and the frameworks for social enterprise development
3 critique the significance of social ethics, shared principles and personal values in establishing and sustaining social enterprise.

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

  1. summarise the theoretical basis, practical principles and examples of best practice in social enterprise development
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  2. interpret the similarities and differences between Indigenous community practices and the frameworks for social enterprise development
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  3. critique the significance of social ethics, shared principles and personal values in establishing and sustaining social enterprise.
    • GA1:
    • GA3:

Prescribed texts

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Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.