Planning the social objectives
“What’s your problem?!” All social enterprises or social entrepreneurs should be able to answer this question. Social enterprises and social entrepreneurs are governed by social objectives through enterprise are trying to solve problems within their community, the wider society or amogst themselves. Having the tools to identify and measure these objectives and link them back to the original problem(s)identified is of vital importance to social enterprise and it is by the achievement of social objectives that we judge ourselves by.
This is An accredited two day course about how to use techniques learnt in overseas development to analyse the benefits you or your enterprise want to deliver through social enterprise, how to involve your stakeholders and how to set measurable indicators that can simply chart the success or failure of the enterprise.
Benefits of attending
You will be introduced to a well thought out and proven method (Project Cycle Management) which helps you analysis the problems you are addressing, work out the key objectives and benefits, set verifiable indicators and examine assumptions. The process is inclusive and democratic and therefore ideal not only for social enterprise but also a wide range of voluntary sector organisations. The end result is an easy to use document that enables good governance and management of your enterprise or organisation.
The course covers the wide range that this methodology can be used from school based social enterprise to a social wealth creating programme for communities.
Social Enterprise Plan
New ways of working and thinking require new formats. For those either setting up a social enterprise or changing an established organisation this course is the second part of 5 modules that enable students to put together a social enterprise plan that will cover all aspects of establishing a sustainable enterprise.
Course duration and style
This is a two day workshop. The course is a mixture of theoretical input and participative working. Participants will be introduced to the actual practices recommended for democratic working and you will be introduced to OPERA, problem and objective analysis and other techniques used by social enterprises to manage and govern their businesses.
Target User
Those either already involved in social enterprise or looking to become involved as:
Managers or Governors of a social enterprise Managers or Governors of a voluntary sector organisation
Social Entrepreneurs Social Enterprise Advisors
Those funding or supporting social enterprise
Those managing or governing organisations governed by social objectives
Course specifics
The principles of Project Cycle management and how they relate to the planning of the social enterprise
Problem analysis – creating a problems and objective trees with all relevant stakeholders
How to apply PCM in community orientated projects
Good governance through a Logical framework analysis
Using verifiable indicators Analysing assumptions
Designing activities that deliver benefits
The meaning of sustainability
Accreditation
The course is accredited through the Univeristy of Hull. Successful completion of the course and a written submission being part of the participants social enterprise plan will gain the students 10 credits at level 4 of a foundation degree.
