2017/2018 BA-BSTHO1022U Tourism Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
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Tourism Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability |
Course information |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory |
Level | Bachelor |
Duration | One Quarter |
Start time of the course | Third Quarter, Third Quarter |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
Study board |
Study Board for BSc in Service
Management
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Last updated on 06-12-2017 |
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Learning objectives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the
following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or
errors:
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Prerequisites for registering for the exam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of mandatory
activities: 1
Requirements about active
class participation (assessed approved/not approved)
2 group presentations in class (workshop sessions). The group has to get approval based on elements such as: fit of the overall social enterprise project with the course focus on tourism and sustainability; identification of key beneficiaries; project location. More details will be given in class on this process. |
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This course aims at providing students with the appropriate conceptual frameworks and knowledge to reflect critically on how tourism businesses can contribute to sustainable development through social entrepreneurship.
The UN Development Programme states that development is "The expansion of people’s freedoms to live long, healthy and creative lives; to advance goals they have reason to value; and to engage actively in shaping development equitably and sustainably on a shared planet. People are both the beneficiaries and the drivers of human development, as individuals and in groups". Social entrepreneurship, in turn, is "motivated primarily by social benefit to address social problems or needs that are unmet by government and the private sector in a way that is generally congruent with market forces” (Brooks 2009, p. 177). Such businesses usually start small and local, but also grow to have global relevance, as we can see with the example of microfinance.
This course focuses more specifically on how the tourism entrepreneur can act as a driver of development and sustainability. The course combines theoretical knowledge and case studies that can be used as inspiration and provide tools to be applied in developing a social enterprise business plan.The course will also include invited speakers who are involved in social enterprises.
Topics addressed in this course are:
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The course includes lectures, case studies, workshops with student group presentations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Feedback during the teaching period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The students received oral feedback from the
teacher as well as from their peers during the workshops. The
students can receive additional feedback on their work in progress
during the teachers’ office hours.
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The students may form their own group |
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Expected literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mandatory course book Sheldon, P.J., & Daniele, R. (Eds.), 2017. Social Entrepreneurship and Tourism: Philosophy and Practice. Springer International Publishing. (available online through CBS)
Recommended books (some chapters as mandatory readings) Ateljevic, J. & Page, S. (Eds.) (2009). Tourism and Entrepreneurship, Butterworth-Heinemann. (available online through CBS)
Ridley-Duff, R. & Bull, M. (Eds.) (2015). Understanding Social Enterprise, 2nd edition, Sage.
In addition, mandatory readings will include journal articles and case studies.
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