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2024/2025 BA-BSTHO1022U Tourism Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
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| Tourism Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability |
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| Language | English |
| Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
| Type | Mandatory (also offered as elective) |
| Level | Bachelor |
| Duration | One Quarter |
| Start time of the course | Third Quarter, Third Quarter |
| Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
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Study Board for BSc in Service
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| Last updated on 22-01-2024 | |
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Number of compulsory
activities which must be approved (see section 13 of the Programme
Regulations): 1
Oral presentations
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At least 1 group presentation in class (during the workshop sessions). The group has to get approval based on elements necessary to meet the first learning objective: "Develop a tourism social enterprise project". More details will be given in class on this process. In order for students to participate in the final examination of the course, it is a condition that the oral presentation has been carried out and approved within a set deadline. If a student that has carried out the oral presentation within the set deadline, but the the oral presentation wasn't approved, the student will be offered a second opportunity for an oral presentation, that must be approved within a new set deadline prior to the ordinary exam. However, it is a precondition that the student has made an attempt to have the oral presentation approved within the first set deadline, unless it can be documented that lack of submission/participation was caused by illness or similar circumstances. |
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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. Links to online materials are also provided. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Students receive feedback in at least the 4
following forms:
1. Students receive feedback in relation to the mandatory activity, which is assessed by the lecturer in relation to the learning objectives of the course. The students also receive feedback from their peers on that occasion. 2. Students receive feedback from their peers during the two business game sessions, as well as from the game leader (the lecturer), in relation to developing their business model for the exam project and reflecting on the implications for the other learning objectives of the course. 3. Students get feedback through participating in the case study sessions, during which they can apply the tools and concepts discussed in lectures. This takes the form of both lecturer feedback and peer feedback. 4. Students can receive additional feedback when booking a slot in the teachers’ office hours. This can be to seek feedback about their understanding of particular sessions/contents of the course or about their work-in-progress with the exam project. |
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The students may form their own group by the deadline that will be provided by the course coordinator. Remaining students will be randomly assigned to a group.
Please note, minor changes to the course may occur. |
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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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