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| Title |
Management and leadership of social entrepreneurship in a multi-stakeholder context
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| Semester |
E2025
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| Master programme in |
Social Entrepreneurship and Management
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| Type of activity |
Course |
| Mandatory or elective |
Elective |
| Teaching language |
English
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| Study regulation |
Read about the Master Programme and find the Study Regulations at ruc.dk |
| REGISTRATION AND STUDY ADMINISTRATIVE | |
| Registration |
You register for activities through stads selvbetjening during the announced registration period, which you can see on the Study administration homepage. When registering for courses, please be aware of the potential conflicts and overlaps between course and exam time and dates. The planning of course activities at Roskilde University is based on the recommended study programmes, which should not overlap. However, if you choose optional courses and/or study plans that goes beyond the recommended study programmes, an overlap of lectures or exam dates may occur depending on which courses you choose. |
| Number of participants |
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| ECTS |
10
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| Responsible for the activity | |
| Head of study |
Christine Revsbech (crevsbech@ruc.dk)
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| Teachers |
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| Study administration |
IMT Registration & Exams (imt-exams@ruc.dk)
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| Exam code(s) |
U60221
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| ACADEMIC CONTENT | |
| Overall objective |
The student will gain critical insight into both classical and recent theories on management and leadership relative to social entrepreneurship and social enterprises. The purpose of the course is to enable students to understand and analyse multi-stakeholder leadership and management related to social entrepreneurship and social enterprises and transformation processes in complex contexts, with particular reference to recent organisational and managerial forms. The course includes an overview and specialization in methodological and theoretical approaches to multi-stakeholder leadership and management processes in social entrepreneurship and social enterprises. The course follows current developments in the field and integrates them with an understanding of how to analyse complex research questions in and around social entrepreneurship, social enterprises and leadership. |
| Detailed description of content |
The course introduces, discusses, and applies processual and relational leadership theories. It emphasizes current developments in management and leadership and focuses on analyzing complex leadership-related situations by incorporating theory and method. Throughout the course, students will work in groups to select a case study to present for their examination. If preferred, this case can also be used for their semester project. While the course briefly overviews traditional leadership theories and concepts, it primarily focuses on recent leadership theories. The detailed requirements for theory selection for the exam paper are provided below. Themes:
Methods: You will learn methods for studying the complexity of leadership situations and you will apply such methods in a case selected by your group. You will be introduced to methods and analytical processes related to leadership in complexity and change. Concepts, theories: You will gain a brief overview of classic leadership theories and concepts from both a trait, skill, behavioral and relationship perspective. The course, however, emphasizes recent leadership theories, and discusses the convergence of the general leadership theories and theories specific for social entrepreneurship and management. Data, materials: During the course we will discuss some cases. However, the most comprehensive case will we selected and analyzed by your group for your group synopsis. |
| Course material and Reading list |
Carroll, B. J. Ford & S. Taylor: Leadership. Contemporary critical perspectives. 2nd ed., Sage 2019. In addition to this basic textbook, the reading list consists of scientific articles for each lecture. These will appear at Moodle with links to articles in the library database. |
| Overall plan and expected work effort |
Study intensity 10 ECTS = 270 hours Lectures: 36 hours, Preparation (reading + small exercises): 101 hours, preparation of group synopsis 115 hours per student (including feedback), exam (including preparation of small presentation) 20 hours, a total of 270 hours (total 10 ects) Teaching and learning activities
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| Evaluation and feedback |
The course is evaluated with an individual survey and with an oral evaluation in class of the last session of the course. There is continuous alignment of expectations and feedback throughout the course via joint discussions. At the end of the course, students will conduct an oral evaluation that is summarized in writing and sent to the semester coordinator (to inform the head of study and the study board). In this semester, the course is also evaluated on a survey basis as part of the study board's evaluation practice. The evaluation practice includes a survey-based evaluation of all teaching activities at least every three years as a supplement to the other forms of evaluation. Read more about the evaluation practice on the study board's page on the intranet. It is important that you contribute to the evaluations. The teacher, head of studies and the study board use all evaluations to examine and follow up on quality of the programme and provide a basis for development. |
| Programme |
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| ASSESSMENT | |
| Overall learning outcomes |
After completing this course, students will be able to:
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| Prerequisites |
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| Form of examination |
Oral group exam based on a product written by a group.
Permitted group size: 2-7 students. The character limit of the written product is: For 2 students: maximum 21,600 characters, including spaces. For 3 students: maximum 21,600 characters, including spaces. For 4 students: maximum 21,600 characters, including spaces. For 5 students: maximum 21,600 characters, including spaces. For 6 students: maximum 21,600 characters, including spaces. For 7 students: maximum 21,600 characters, including spaces. The character limits include the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices. Time allowed for exam including time used for assessment is for: 2 students: 20 minutes. 3 students: 35 minutes. 4 students: 50 minutes. 5 students: 65 minutes. 6 students: 80 minutes. 7 students: 90 minutes. The assessment is individual and based on the student's individual performance. The assessment is an overall assessment of the written product(s) and the subsequent oral examination.. Permitted support and preparation materials at the oral exam: All. Assessment: 7-point grading scale. Moderation: Internal co-assessor. |
| Form of Re-examination |
Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam
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| Type of examination in special cases |
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| Examination and assessment criteria (implemented) |
The synopsis shall focus on a specific case that reflects specific aspects of leadership in an organizational situation within the field of social entrepreneurship and social enterprises. The situation shall be discussed using relevant concepts from the course literature on processual and relational leadership theory. The leadership theories must be chosen from the course literature, and only theories on the positive list can be used in the theoretical framework. The synopsis can be related to the group's semester project. The synopsis must:
The assessment emphasises that the students demonstrate knowledge, skills and competencies specified in the course learning objectives. Specifically: • To identify and analyse practical organisational and leadership issues using the course's concepts, theories and perspectives. • To translate empirical data into a relevant analysis and discussion of leadership activity through critical analysis. • To demonstrate analytical and reflective abilities by being able to justify the choice of theories and analytical design to understand the special characteristics of the chosen leadership situation. In this course, generative AI tools (GAI) are allowed in the work on the exam if their use is declared. You must clearly indicate how you have used generative artificial intelligence (GAI). This means that you must describe how you have used GAI, for example, for preparatory work on the assignment, to ask questions, search and process information, receive feedback and critique on your text, perform proofreading, or improve language and readability. It is important that you actively consider your choice of tools in this way, as it is part of the entire creation process of the assignment and thus part of your scientific method and academic communication. The GAI declaration must be added after the reference list and is not included in the character count. The use of any specific text that is GAI-generated requires citation, just like the use of any other sources from which direct quotes are taken. In the library's guide, you can see more about how to cite AI and how you can declare your use of GAI. Regular spell check and other language suggestions, as known from Word or other word processing programs, as well as programs for notetaking and transcription, are allowed in all written exams and do not need to be declared. The use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) must always take place within the framework of 'Roskilde University's guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence in written exam'. |
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| Last changed | 09/09/2025 |
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