Social Economy and Social Entrepreneurship

Degree: 1
Year: 3
Study program: Social work

Holder: Bojana Mesec
Collaborator(s): Mojca Suhovršnik

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Subject content:

Students will consider the following topics in the course:

  • Social economy in relation to the market economy
  • Historical overview and the contribution of various disciplines to the development of the social economy
  • Social economy today: definition, forms, space, practices in the EU and beyond
  • Social entrepreneurship: definition, practices, relationship to the social economy
  • Planning, organizing, managing and monitoring work in social enterprises
  • Development of products and services in social enterprises
  • Identification of stakeholders, their roles, needs and potential contribution in social enterprises
  • Communication in social enterprises and worker participation in the management of social enterprises
  • Marketing in social enterprises
  • Financial management in social enterprises
  • Innovations and changes in social enterprises
  • Monitoring and measuring the social effects of social enterprises.