UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

LEO5105 Social enterprise

Faculty of Business and Economics

LEO5105 Social enterprise is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2025
Not offered
Assessment
No exam
3 tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

The 2027 handbook has no page for LEO5105. This is its 2025 entry, the latest one.

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Requisites

Before LEO5105

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After LEO5105

No unit lists LEO5105 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.

Enrolment rules

You must be enrolled in a Monash Online course to undertake this unit.

Overview

An enterprise can undertake their mission and purpose while doing good. This unit explores social enterprise in the context of the local/global challenges. Social entrepreneurship has emerged over the past several decades as a way to identify and bring about potentially transformative societal change. The purpose of this unit is to examine and debate the critical role of the social enterprise and entrepreneurship. The unit will examine key elements involved in entrepreneurial leadership for social good. Models of the social enterprise and entrepreneurship will be introduced and critically evaluated in context of the local/global challenges they aim to address.

Offerings in 2025

The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for LEO5105.

Assessment

  • Artefact
    40%
  • Written
    40%
  • Written
    20%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    evaluate and demonstrate advanced understanding of the fundamental concepts, frameworks, and processes underlying social entrepreneurship

  2. 2

    demonstrate advanced understanding and application of the role of social entrepreneurship

  3. 3

    evaluate and analyse challenges and opportunities in social entrepreneurship

  4. 4

    explore and understand the business models in social entrepreneurship.

Workload and teaching

  • Teaching approachActive learning
  • Teaching approachProblem-based learning
  • Teaching approachCase-based teaching

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.

This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.

This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.   

This unit includes case-based teaching, where you apply your knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but you need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for LEO5105?

LEO5105 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is LEO5105 offered?

LEO5105 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.

How much work is LEO5105?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does LEO5105 have an exam?

No. LEO5105 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational unit
Monash Business School of Executive Education
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 4
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
202320242025