دانلود رایگان مقاله استفاده از یادگیری تجربی جهت تلفیق کارآفرینی اجتماعی

abstract

Social entrepreneurship in business education is growing in importance as a way to teach ethics and instill high ethical standards in individuals. One effective way to integrate social entrepreneurship is through experiential learning; where the participant is actively involved in processing the knowledge and developing skills, while being involved in the learning situation. MBA programs are currently beginning to incorporate social entrepreneurship into their curricula to teach their students, as well as developing students’ intercultural skills. An examination of the current trends will be followed by an analysis of how business schools can effectively incorporate social entrepreneurship into the MBA curriculum. To tie these concepts together, the paper provides a case study of a program run by Emzingo, a leadership development company, and IE Business School. The reasons for the in-depth case study are three-fold. First, it provides an example of how business schools can use experiential learning to incorporate social entrepreneurship in an international context. Second, it highlights the benefits of incorporating social entrepreneurship in MBA programs. Finally, it provides a general framework for business programs that are looking to integrate various social entrepreneurship elements in their MBA programs.

6. Conclusion

In this paper, we provided an example of how experiential learning can be used to effectively incorporate social entrepreneurship into the MBA curriculum. With a well-designed experiential learning program, students have the opportunity to directly apply the knowledge and skills they have learned in business school, grow personally and professionally, and add value to society at-large. Participants experience this program in an international context, which is designed into the program to enhance participants’ intercultural skills. Overall, experiential learning is a useful tool and should be a strong component of entrepreneurial education (Tracey & Phillips, 2007). It is a core learning component in educating the next generation of students (James & Schmitz, 2011), and when considered in the context of business education, it is a way to leverage several of the methods Tracey and Phillips (2007) suggest in order to incorporate social entrepreneurship into the curricula. This paper discussed the different ways that various MBA programs are introducing social entrepreneurship in their curricula. Social Entrepreneurship can be used to introduce managers to two very vital aspects of business practice that they would otherwise not experience in a typical MBA program. First, they are exposed to the social sector in the form of not-forprofits or social enterprises, and it also allows them to understand how this sector is different from the typical management systems that they are accustomed to. Second, they will also develop a better understanding of the social sector and how it impacts the economy. This will allow these future managers to better position their firms to create long-term business value.