A Masters degree in the emerging academic discipline of using business solutions to solve social problems has recently been launched by a business school in the UK. The course, which will be run in London begins in September 2011.
Students studying the Master in Social Entrepreneurship will spend part of their one-year degree grappling with real-world challenges—which have so far defied resolution—set for them by charities, governments and non-profit organisations.
Consequently, the course combines conventional MBA material such as management accounting with subjects such as the economics of development. It also asks tough questions about global society. These include whether some countries’ development is hampered by poor government, or because they are exploited by more powerful players in the world economy.
Dr Stephen Hodges, President, Hult International Business School, said, “We hope many graduates in this programme will set up their own charities and non-profits, to play their part in changing the world. Graduates in Social Entrepreneurship…will be part of an enlightened elite, that will in the future govern their countries and take the helm at multinational organisations.”
Paul Arkwright
Publisher
