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社会创业与发展研究荣誉社会科学学士（两年全日制）

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社会创业与发展研究荣誉社会科学学士
（两年全日制）

课程编号： A2B103

课程目的

本课程重点关注大湾区及亚洲新兴经济体的发展需求，培养学生具备相应的知识及技能以建立具广泛社会影响力的职业。具体而言，本课程旨在：

 为学生提供全面的社会创业经验，带领学生由初步理念酝酿转化为具吸引力的业务投资方案；
让学生争取持份者支持，并扩大其社会创投的规模及影响力；
提升学生对大湾区复杂多变的社会转型的理解，并让学生从比较角度加深对区域发展的认识；
巩固学生的学术及专业基础，装备他们成为社企、政府／非政府组织、企业、本地／区域／国际机构或组织的专业人士，并奠定未来职业及学术发展的基础。

课程特点

社会创业是现今社会资本中重要的一环。为应对社会急速转变，社会正需要能为各种复杂问题提出创新解决方案的社会企业家。课程培养学生组织及企业管理技巧，以助他们未来职业发展。同时，学生将接受发展研究的训练，并从实习课程及本地以至大湾区实地考察中建立人际网络。

课程预期学习成果(PILOs)

学生完成本课程后，能够：

 了解社会创业及社会企业管理的原理、职业规范及实务(PILO1)；
以比较及跨领域的角度分析大湾区、大中华及亚洲地区的发展及社会议题(PILO2)；
运用有关社会创业的发展、制度及过程的知识(PILO3)；
设计财政上可持续的方案，以解决在本地、区域以至全球层面的人类发展难题 (PILO4)
向相关持份者、投资者及广泛社会分析社会发展问题和解决方案(PILO5)

课程结构

范畴 项目 学分
主修／特定科目 主修核心科目 24
主修跨方向科目 3
实习 6
考察（不带学分）
毕业论文 毕业论文I：研究方法与计划书／
统整项目I：研究方法与计划书		 3
毕业论文II：研究报告／
统整项目II：项目作品		 3
选修／副修科目 选修／副修 15
共同核心科目 大学电子学习历程档案 3
通识教育经验学习／通识教育拓宽课程 3
总学分 60
信息科技能力要求

备注：课程将安排于大埔校园或将军澳教学中心／九龙塘卫星教学中心／白石角运动中心进行。实际上课地点由大学决定。

課程章程

学生手册：

http://www.eduhk.hk/re/student_handbook

科目大纲

主修核心科目（24学分）

The private sector has made use of the “business approach” to address the unmet social needs. Social Entrepreneurship (SE) have become the buzzwords in the private sector. The boundaries between the public and private sectors are getting blurred where the private sector is delivering social goods and is measuring the social impact and outcome which can be created for the clients and stakeholders. Thus, SE culture is rapidly growing as it offers a way of empowering employees, giving back to the community, or adopting a more sustainable business approach. This course aims to focus on how to create, organize, develop, and scale high-performing social enterprises. The course also provides a thorough understanding of the nature, operational concerns and strategic positions of such organisations. Drawing on theory and practice, the course intends to explore the environment in which social enterprises operate, and how leadership and management competencies can be channelled to maximise the social impact. To better prepare students with effective strategic planning and decision-making, the course will help students to develop essential skills in leadership, people management, and more. Taken together, students will acquire the understanding, skills, and knowledge necessary to lead and sustain high performance in enterprises dedicated to addressing some of the most challenging problems facing the world today.

Course Outline

Effective financial management is a pillar for social entrepreneurship. This course aims to introduce students to the basic issues and problems confronting those responsible for the management of financial resources. With an emphasis on social enterprises, the course will compare and contrast budgeting and financial management in the public, non-profit, and private sectors, examining their origins, principles and constraints. In particular, it will cover the following contents: a) budget and management process and procedures, cash management, accounting and auditing practice; b) methods and tools for financial planning, implementation, and reporting: c) revenue and fiscal sustainability for social entrepreneurs.

It aims to provide students with critical insight into the tradition of financial control and budgeting, the evolution of budgetary models and approaches, and the recent trends for enhancing autonomy, fiscal transparency, efficiency and financial accountability.

Course Outline

Social entrepreneurship is an increasingly prevalent model to combine business models and social missions with the aim of benefitting both the beneficiaries and the customers. Like businesses, understanding the stakeholders and the customers and successfully engage them will determine the success of a social venture.

The course aims at equipping students the knowledge of Stakeholder and customer analysis, those groups or individuals who may be affected by an initiative or who share a common business need or communication plan to ensure the project solution is delivered and accepted. The course also aims at facilitating students using different forms of communication and marketing tools and strategies to engage and empower the beneficiaries, the customers, as well as other stakeholders.

Course Outline

This course introduces the theories and practices of development by exposing students to real world developmental problems in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). The theories highlight the importance of institutions in the process of development. Meanwhile, the case studies cover some of the most pressing developmental issues in the GBA, such as corruption, education, pollution, healthcare, and housing. Students complete the course with practical knowledge and skills to frame developmental problems, develop and evaluate innovative solutions, analyze institutional environments, make choices under uncertainty, and ensure commitment to development plans.

Course Outline

The past decade has seen a phenomenal surge of interest in social innovation as a new way to address pressing economic, social and environmental challenges facing local, national and global development. The demand for social innovation is made more urgent in the context of economic recession and fiscal constraints when the widening gap between what the governments provide and the socio-economic development needs of the citizens propels the entrance of a variety of new socially responsible innovators and the emergence of various socially innovative and entrepreneurial initiatives in the societal problem-solving arena. This course aims to prepare students to develop a critical understanding of the potential, strength and limitation of the emerging strategies and practices of social innovations as well as the way in which social innovation and responsible leadership can bring about positive social change and sustainable development outcomes. Instructive case studies of socially innovative action in a diversity of development contexts will be examined to reveal the emergence of new ways of doing things in public, private, and not-for-profit sectors to deal with challenges to inclusive social and economic development. The objective is to equip student with the concepts, mindset, skills and relationship needed for them to develop creative and innovative solutions cutting across organizational, sectoral and disciplinary boundaries.

Course Outline

This course aims to provide students with a clear and all-round introduction to the complex debates around how development has been understood and achieved in a shifting global economic and political landscape. Drawing mainly upon the practices, experiences, lessons and challenges of economic and social development in China, this course will engage students in a critical thinking of and reflection on the evolution and change of development concepts, theories, approaches and policies as they are put into practice in the real world and are entwined with such issues as state and economy, globalization, welfare regime, poverty and inequality, environment and sustainability and so on at local, national and global scales. The objective is to assist students to develop analytical skills and global perspective essential for evaluating the multifaceted dimensions of development on people’s lives and environments in different historical, geographical and institutional contexts.

Course Outline

This course will scrutinize the historical development, political and economic characteristics and importance of the regional cooperation in Greater China. The course begins by outlining the main theoretical approaches (realism, pluralism, idealism and globalism) that are used to examine the regional cooperation, the existence of different type of regional cooperation, and various strategies for its maintenance and for improving its quality. The second part of the course focuses on the institutional system of the regional cooperation in Greater China, with special attention of the interaction between different actors in the region. From a social innovation perspective, students will explore the possibility of fostering regional cooperation at the sub-state level. The final part is concerned with the challenges facing the regional cooperation in Greater China and how the governments  in the region use organizations and policy coordination to respond to the challenges.

Course Outline

Decision-making in social enterprises is a scientific endeavor in the 21st century. Thus, the knowledge of scientific toolkits is necessary to make optimal decisions. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the two most important decision-making tools in social entrepreneurship, namely game theory and quantitative methods. These skills are useful for decision-makers working in social enterprises, private firms, and governments, and are applicable to a wide range of situations. One of the major purposes of this course is to enrich students’ analytic skills in face of an increasingly complex society.

The first part of this course offers brief coverage of game theory. Game theory can offer guidance to individuals on how to make decisions rationally, strategically, and optimally. Social entrepreneurs interact with other players in society all the time while game theory is especially relevant to situations where players are interacting with each other intensively. Hence, mastering the basic concept of game theory is conducive to creating more optimal outcomes for social enterprises.

The second part of this course focuses on quantitative methods that have become increasingly indispensable in social science research and practices. While game theory provides theoretical insights for decision-making, quantitative methods can validate the correctness of these insights in an evidence-based way. In this course, we will offer introductions to both conventional statistical methods as well as more advanced techniques that will dominate the field in the foreseeable future, such as machine learning. The purpose of this part is to prepare students who are interested in a career of social entrepreneurship for upcoming changes in the era of big data.

Course Outline

The Field Visit is a required component of the programme providing students an opportunity to visit cities in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) or nearby cities in the region. It aims at enhancing students’ awareness of the ongoing developmental issues in the region, and the importance of social enterprises in tackling those issues. Through collaboration with other university partners throughout the region, students are expected to actively engage in the interactive learning environment where international and local students combine knowledge acquired from lectures and seminars with investigation of problems and prospects of the GBA in the Asian context. A typical field visit will include visits to government offices, international non-profit organizations, think tanks, social services and environmental protection organizations. Renowned businessmen, community leaders, prominent scholars will also be invited as guest speakers for lecturers and professional visits.

Course Outline

实习（6学分）

The student Internship aims to help students integrate and apply in a real-life setting the knowledge and skills they have gained in earlier stages of the programme. Students will be expected to engage in reflection throughout their Internship experience and make analyses with regard to the problems and prospects in Greater China. Placement in the public, private or third sectors will enhance students’ sense of social responsibility as well as their regional and global literacy. Practical experience in various fields will also assist students in making decisions on their future career.

Course Outline

主修跨方向科目（3学分）

This course explores major social policy challenges and issues confronting societies in Asia, with a particular focus on Greater China. Adopting a comparative approach in analyzing policy formation and implementation, this course will enable students to understand the most recent developments related to major social policy areas like, education, health, social welfare, housing, elderly, youth and ethnic minorities in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau and other selected cities in Asia. This course also introduces different types of institutions (like the Non-Governmental Organizations) and modes of service delivery (like public private partnership) to students. Students will be engaged in comparing and contrasting major social policy issues of selected Asian societies, and appreciating the complexity of policy formation, implementation and evaluation from comparative perspectives.

Course Outline

毕业论文（6学分）

This course focuses on preparing students to conduct an innovative social research project in Development Studies in Honours Project II: Research Report. It equips students with skills and knowledge in problem identification, literature review, research methods, prototyping, ethical principles and the elements of research process within quantitative and qualitative approaches. Students will be required to form groups and prepare a research topic to be presented in the tutorials. They will then be required to write up a research proposal using the knowledge they learn and the comments gathered in the tutorials.

Course Outline

This course aims to develop students as social innovators in Hong Kong; and prepare them for conducting a research-based or an inquiry-based project in Capstone Project II: Project Output.

Capstone Project I equips students with skills and knowledge in problem identification, design thinking, literature review, research methods, prototyping, ethical principles and the elements of community engagement in social innovation and entrepreneurship. Students will be required to work individually and prepare a project topic to be presented in the tutorials. They will then be required to write up a social innovation project proposal using the knowledge they learn and the comments gathered  in the tutorials.

Course Outline

Students will be guided to study a self-chosen topic. The topic may be related to broad, relevant issues, or how these main themes relate to a particular societal/regional context. The skills of quantitative and qualitative research, formulation of proposals, data collection, analysis and presentation of finding, design thinking, and prototyping will be further developed in this process. It leads to a reflective inquiry project that serves as a capstone for the honours degree programme. Students’ learning experiences accumulated through their undergraduate studies will be consolidated in this project. It helps students integrate and synthesize prior knowledge and may extend their scope of exposure in work-related settings. A report (4,000 – 6,000 words) is prepared under the supervision of an academic tutor, who advises the students on the work, and provides feedback at different stages of its development.

Course Outline

This course is a continuation of the Capstone Project I: Research Methods and Proposal, and serves as a culminating academic and practical experience for students. It is a project-based learning avenue that enables our students to consolidate, integrate, and reflect on their undergraduate experiences for transiting to (and even celebrating) their upcoming post-graduation life -such as entering the workplace. Students will be guided to conduct a self-chosen social innovation project. The topic may related to broad, relevant issues, or how these main themes relate to a particular societal context. The skills of social innovation and entrepreneurship, including formulation of project ideas, data collection, design thinking, prototyping, analysis, project management, and pitching, will be further developed in this process. It leads to a reflective social innovation project that serves as a capstone for the honours degree programme. By the end of the course, they are expected to create a project output, present on it, and submit a project report.

Course Outline

选修/副修

除主修课程，课程设有选修或副修范畴及通识教育范畴。学生可随意选择由学校各部门开设的选修科目。

学生需修读一科由教育与人类发展学院开设的教育相关的通识教育或选修科目以符合毕业要求。

通识教育体验学习课程

学生需修读3学分的通识教育拓宽课程或经验学习课程。课程鼓励学生透过多元化活动，从实验、观察、反思及（再）概念化学习。

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大学电子学习历程档案

大学电子历程档案要求学生从正式及非正式学习经历中批判性地反思所学知识的价值及意义，并将之联系到生活及对未来的展望。

教学语言

英语

职业前景/专业资格

透过课程的实务训练，协助对社会创投有兴趣的学生，获取由政府及商界提供的资助机会。毕业生将可加入社会企业、政府、社会责任机构及非政府组织，担任项目或行政主任。现时香港大约80%的社会服务由社会企业及非政府组织提供。这类组织往往需透过公共或的人来源获取资源并与不同持份者作有效沟通。

入学查询

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课程查询

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聂琳博士（课程副主任）
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电邮：lnie@eduhk.hk

 

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