LEX5105 The social enterprise
Faculty of Business and Economics
LEX5105 The social enterprise is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2025 in Winter at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Winter
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before LEX5105
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After LEX5105
No unit lists LEX5105 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
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
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Winter semester | Caulfield | Bld blk ev |
| Winter semester | Caulfield | Onl ev blk |
Assessment
- Within semester assessment100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
evaluate and demonstrate advanced understanding of the fundamental concepts, frameworks, and processes underlying social entrepreneurship
- 2
demonstrate advanced understanding and application of the role of social entrepreneurship
- 3
evaluate and analyse challenges and opportunities in social entrepreneurship
- 4
explore and understand the business models in social entrepreneurship.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops24 hours
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
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 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.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Danielle Ramirez
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for LEX5105?
LEX5105 has no prerequisites.
When is LEX5105 offered?
In 2025, LEX5105 runs in Winter at Caulfield.
How much work is LEX5105?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does LEX5105 have an exam?
No. LEX5105 has 1 assessment task and no exam.