Thesis (MTech (Business Administration (Entrepreneurship)))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. / Graduates face challenges to secure relevant employment; even worse, obtaining a qualification does not guarantee employment or employability. The labour market no longer only searches for a qualification but also for a set of skills. Graduates are required to improve upon proficiencies that would qualify for positive performance and would benefit the employer to use for business purposes. In addition, scarcities of expertise, besides working environment knowledge, indicate that businesses are unwilling to employ graduates, hiring more experienced people as an option. This research has studied the developing concept of social entrepreneurship; but principally examined the context in which social entrepreneurship can be used to improve graduate employability. A quantitative method was used with the help of a structured questionnaire in order to achieve a high level of reliability in relation to data analysis. The subjects for this research comprised 187 social entrepreneurs who are formally registered as non-profit organisations within Cape Town, and are registered on the Western Cape Charity South Africa database. The data collected for this study were analysed and illustrated using tables, bars and pie charts. It is hoped that this study will not merely add to the knowledge of social business enterprise, but also disclose the likely roles that social entrepreneurs can play to improve graduate employability. / National Research Foundation(NRF)

Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-24T17:22:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FabianoAGS_DISSERT.pdf: 1483325 bytes, checksum: ac684b7903f54cf667ddcbc8a35ed876 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-26 / This dissertation aims to analyze the strategy of socio Interviv?ncia University Project OASIS training of community development from the perspective of social entrepreneurship. This project was part of the context of a sort of university extension, called Interviv?ncia University, which emerged in 2008 through the announcement MCT / CNPq / CT-Agribusiness / MDA - No. 23/2008 - Interviv?ncia University Program. With the analysis of the OASIS project sought to identify a strategy socio, which was used elements of popular education and aimed to develop young people within the social entrepreneurship that made contributions to such has taken actions in their communities seeking range of social gains. For this, the methodological aspect, it was used in the research, a qualitative approach, case study, content analysis, semi-structured interviews and non-participant observation. In the theoretical aspect was addressed in the affairs of: social entrepreneurship, with emphasis on the concept, their differentiations of business entrepreneurship and social responsibility, and characterizing the social entrepreneur, popular education, as for the development of social entrepreneurship is the need for a new way of thinking and seeing reality for the people, and youth leadership, given the importance in the context of social action, to have young people seeking a better life for their communities. Addressed the theory were drawn categories (capital, empowerment and youth participation) and subcategories of analysis (value, attitude, behavior, trust, cooperation, civic participation) used in this work. Given the information and analysis of interviews and observations could be perceived that the strategy promoted socio Project OASIS changes, or the reaffirmation of values, resulting in new attitudes and, consequently, new behaviors in the students interviewed. Has been identified in them the development of trust and cooperation. In the aspect of civic awakening was observed in some of them only. In relation to juvenile activity was perceived to develop actions aimed at social benefits for all respondents. Thus, the OASIS Project Interviv?ncia University made contributions to the young participants in the research aspect of social entrepreneurship, influencing them in developing activities in the social sphere in which cities are embedded / A presente disserta??o teve como objetivo analisar a estrat?gia socioeducativa do Projeto de Interviv?ncia Universit?ria OASIS na forma??o de agentes de desenvolvimento comunit?rio, sob a perspectiva do empreendedorismo social. O referido projeto inseriu-se no contexto de um tipo de extens?o universit?ria, denominada Interviv?ncia Universit?ria, a qual surgiu no ano de 2008 atrav?s do edital MCT/ CNPq/ CT-Agroneg?cio/ MDA N? 23/2008 Programa Interviv?ncia Universit?ria. Com a an?lise do Projeto OASIS buscou-se identificar se uma estrat?gia socioeducativa, a qual utilizou-se de elementos da educa??o popular e teve como objetivo desenvolver jovens no ?mbito do empreendedorismo social, trouxe contribui??es para que tais passassem a agir em suas comunidades buscando o alcance de ganhos sociais. Para isso, no aspecto metodol?gico, utilizou-se, na pesquisa, de uma abordagem qualitativa, do estudo de caso, da an?lise de conte?do, de entrevistas semi-estruturadas e da observa??o n?o participante. No aspecto do referencial te?rico abordou-se os assuntos do: empreendedorismo social, enfatizando-se o seu conceito, as suas diferencia??es do empreendedorismo de neg?cio e da responsabilidade social, al?m da caracteriza??o do empreendedor social; da educa??o popular, j? que para o desenvolvimento do empreendedorismo social h? a necessidade de uma nova forma de pensar e ver a realidade pelas pessoas; e do protagonismo juvenil, devido a import?ncia, no contexto de atua??o social, de se ter jovens buscando melhores condi??es de vida para suas comunidades. Da teoria abordada foram retiradas as categorias (capital social; empoderamento e protagonismo juvenil) e as subcategorias de an?lise (valor, atitude, comportamento; confian?a, coopera??o, participa??o c?vica) utilizadas neste trabalho. Diante das informa??es e an?lises das entrevistas realizadas e das observa??es feitas p?de-se perceber que a estrat?gia socioeducativa do Projeto OASIS promoveu mudan?as, ou mesmo a reafirma??o, de valores, resultando assim em novas atitudes e, consequentemente, em novos comportamentos nos alunos entrevistados. Foi identificado tamb?m neles o desenvolvimento da confian?a e da coopera??o. J? no aspecto da participa??o c?vica foi observado o despertar em alguns deles apenas. Em rela??o a atua??o juvenil foi percebido o desenvolvimento de a??es visando benef?cios sociais em todos os entrevistados. Assim, o Projeto de Interviv?ncia Universit?ria OASIS trouxe contribui??es para os jovens participantes da pesquisa no aspecto do empreendedorismo social, influenciando-os no desenvolvimento de atividades no ?mbito social nos munic?pios aos quais encontram-se inseridos

A questão da saúde é um problema central e ganha destaque na inédita onda de protestos ocorridos em 2013 no país. Isso é ocasionado pelas deficiências de atendimento do Sistema Único de Saúde, utilizado por cerca de 80% dos brasileiros, e pela regulação para soluções privadas. Entretanto, há iniciativas, chamadas de negócios sociais, que utilizam mecanismos de mercado para que as pessoas tenham acesso a medicamentos, tratamentos médicos e odontológicos. Esses empreendimentos atuam na busca por bons resultados financeiros e pelo atendimento de alta qualidade à população carente. Entretanto, os objetivos não são alcançados facilmente, principalmente pela necessidade de monitorar a geração de valor social. Este estudo tem o objetivo de identificar como os negócios sociais na área da saúde lidam com as métricas, principalmente em relação ao impacto social. Foram entrevistados quatro negócios sociais e duas organizações de apoio para entender como essa questão foi abordada e quais foram as principais barreiras. Foi constatado que pouco é feito na análise de impacto, uma vez que o foco das empresas está voltado para a sustentabilidade financeira. Por meio da pesquisa, fica clara a importância da interação com os atores do ecossistema, que contribuem na superação de barreiras e dificuldades na gestão de métricas e, assim, melhoram a avaliação de indicadores. Pelo estágio da gestão de indicadores e pela formação recente desse ecossistema, ainda é precipitado dizer quais serão as consequências da falta de atenção a essas métricas, além de precisar sobre como torná-las ferramentas efetivas de decisões estratégicas - ponto que deverá ser aprofundado em futuras pesquisas. / The health issue is a central problem and gain prominence in the unprecedent wave of 2013 protests around the country. This is caused by deficiencies in the Public Health Care System, used by about 80% of all Brazilians, and by the regulation for private solutions. However, there are initiatives, called social enterprises, which use market tools for people to have access to medicines, medical and dental care. These actions seek good financial results and provide high-quality care to the poor population. The goals are not easily achieved mainly by careful measurement and generation of social value. This study aims to identify how social businesses in healthcare deal with the metrics especially in related to social impact. Four social businesses and two social support organizations representatives were interviewed to understand how these issues were addressed and what the main barriers were. It was noted that little has been done on the impact analysis, since the focus of the companies is facing the financial sustainability. Through research, the interaction with the ecosystem performers is clearly important, contributing to overcoming barriers and difficulties in managing metrics and thus might improve the indicator evaluation. According to the pace of management indicators and the recent formation of this ecosystem it is still too early to say what could be the consequences of the lack of attention to these metrics, also about how to turn them into effective tools for strategic decisions. This topic should be better explored in future research.

This thesis argues that since the current global economic system contributes to the degradation of local economies and communities, alternative economic models based on multiple self-reliant economies led by community-based entrepreneurs could create a basis for a more sustainable global society. The research questions work to clarify how this vision of an alternate economic structure could become reality, and identify a gap in the skills base of current progressive entrepreneurs. Employing the method of backcasting and using an iterative research dynamic between the current reality of progressive entrepreneurs, as understood through case study interviews in four countries, and a vision of entrepreneurs as community-based change leaders, a new concept of entrepreneurship emerges in community sustainability entrepreneurship. The results point to four interactive skills for entrepreneurs, specifically that entrepreneurs a) hold and realize a vision of sustainable enterprise within sustainable community, b) support community needs through an ability to capitalize on community assets, c) develop competency in sustainable development and d) participate effectively in networks. Conclusions detail specific steps that can be taken by entrepreneurs, community development professionals and academics to realize the vision of entrepreneurs as community-based change leaders.

Traditional concepts in economic theory state that the sole purpose of a company is to make as much money for its owners (or shareholders). This paper explores discussions and theories regarding alternatives to this model, and in doing so examines whether a business can simultaneously contribute to social and/or environmental issues in a meaningful way or benefit a wider group of interested parties beyond the traditional definition of owners. The paper discusses traditional neo-liberal economic views of the company as well as various topics relating to Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainability, development and stakeholder theory. It then develops a condensed theory that the authors abstract from the literature on this subject, drawing on the similarities in theories developed by a range of theorists and academics. Once the theoretical framework is presented, the results of a number of interviews, questionnaires and surveys are analysed in order to discuss the applicability of theories regarding a Triple Bottom Line to real business cases. Yin’s (2009) Case Study Method is used to collect and analyse evidence drawn from the corporate sector, academia and social entrepreneurs. The Swedish cases; Ericsson, Tetra Pak, Max Hamburgers and Mitt Liv are analysed. They are three very different companies but to a certain extent alike when looking from a “Triple Bottom Line” view. Tetra Pak and Max are both private owned enterprise that do not have to struggle with myopic quarterly earnings to please the stock market and can therefore work with a longer time horizon in mind. Mitt Liv, which is a social enterprise and not a profit maximizing enterprise, on the other hand, has social issues as their core value proposition. The authors conclude that despite considerable scepticism from academics, business people and development practitioners, particularly in Sweden perhaps due to relying too much on “the Nordic model”, more and more organisations, though, (small and large) are working in ways which generate profit while benefiting the environment as well as societies or communities where the business activity is conducted. / Marie Thulesius +46-70-6637222

Le but de notre thèse est d'étudier l'émergence d'une vision partagée au sein des équipes entrepreneuriales associatives. Nous considérons tout d'abord l'approche traditionnelle militante qui met en avant des actions collectives des bénévoles et des salariés prenant part au développement de l'association. Nous intégrons ensuite la littérature sur l'entrepreneuriat social davantage orientée vers la réalisation efficace d'une finalité sociale. Nous considérons ces deux approches comme deux formes possibles de l'entrepreneuriat en association. Nous désignons en tant qu’équipe entrepreneuriale le groupe d'individus de taille variable, portant le projet et impulsant l'organisation vers sa réalisation. Nous étudions comment les membres de cette équipe se positionnent entre ces deux visions afin d'analyser les risques de divisions, mais aussi les possibilités d'émergence d'une vision partagée. Suivant une approche psychosociologique, nous conceptualisons la notion de vision en termes de représentation sociale. Nous analysons la confrontation entre ces deux représentations comme une étape d'un cycle à travers lequel les acteurs ajustent leur vision à la réalité. Nous expliquons ainsi comment des pratiques en provenance de l'entrepreneuriat social sont développées au sein des équipes entrepreneuriales associatives. Sur la base de 48 entretiens semi-directifs et d'une étude de cas complète, nos données permettent de comprendre les mécanismes suivant lesquels la vision émerge et évolue. Notre modèle de recherche part de l'écart existant entre l'idéal de la vision et la réalité des pratiques. Entre les deux, des mécanismes, à la fois opératoires et psychosociologiques, favorisent l'adaptation, autrement dit permettent « d'affronter » le réel à partir de l'idée. A partir des travaux de Weick (1979), nous montrons que face à des situations conflictuelles entre les membres porteurs des deux visions de l'association, la « rétention » de l'une ou de l'autre passe, au-delà des discussions, par leur « mise en acte » gestionnaire. / The purpose of this thesis is to study how a shared vision can emerge among the members of the entrepreneurial teams managing nonprofit organizations. We first examine the grassroots approach that emphasizes the collective action of volunteers and employees working together in the development of the association. We then consider social entrepreneurship literature focusing on the effective achievement of social goals. We integrate these two visions as two possible forms of entrepreneurship in nonprofit organizations. We identify the entrepreneurial team as a group of individuals working together toward the development of the objectives of the nonprofit organization and their achievement. We analyze how the different members of the team position themselves with regard to these two visions to analyze the risk of divisions, but also the possibility of the emergence of a shared vision. Adopting a socio-psychological approach, we conceptualize the notion of a shared vision in terms of social representations. We integrate the confrontation between these two representations as part of a cycle through which actors adjust their vision to fit reality. We then go on to study and explain how social entrepreneurship practices are introduced and develop within the entrepreneurial team of nonprofit organizations.Based on 48 semi-structured interviews and a full case study, the data collected contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms through which the shared vision emerges and evolves. Our research model highlights the distance between the ideal of the vision and the reality in practice. Between this ideal and the reality, operational and psychological processes are at work. Drawing on Weick (1979), when members of the entrepreneurial team are divided between two visions of their non-profit organization, the “retention” of one or the other is the consequence of managerial “enactment” rather than discussion.

Neoliberal globalization can threaten the growth of a global civil society that sanctions power-sharing arrangements. Yet, scholarship that focuses unidirectionally on global processes may in effect eviscerate the transformative power of the local. To counter this tendency, this dissertation examines the interrelationships between contextualized and historically-specific experiences in South Africa and transnational processes through a case study of social entrepreneurship, an emerging global justice movement. Drawing on a 12-months institutional ethnography of Sonke Gender Justice, a transnational social entrepreneurship NGO working to achieve gender equality, prevent gender-based violence and reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, this dissertation explores the gendered dimensions of identity construction under conditions of neoliberalism. I look at the ways in which a transnational discourse of masculinity unfolds and is confronted locally as an essential element of the neoliberal project. I argue that, in Africa, the developmentalist agenda of neoliberalism is integrally tied to the demonization of black masculinity, posed as a problem. This acts to elide the ways in which factors of oppression intersect in the manufacture of a patriarchal, sexist, racist and homophobic society, negating any effort to promote healthy gender relations. The dissertation concludes that global discourses and scholarship on African masculinity need to be informed by African women’s lived experiences, survival strategies, and aspirations for gender and racial democracy in order for the development of a truly transformative gendered democracy to occur. This can be accomplished by sound and detailed ethnographic work that engages with the messiness and fluidity of cultures, knowledges, and practices on the ground. This approach opens up spaces of possibilities and visibility for an array of local renegotiations, borrowings, and frank resistances. My conclusion acknowledges the potential for significant contributions to global civil society’s struggle for justice and for transformation when transnational solidarity projects are inserted into local formations. However, these goals can only be accomplished when there is acknowledgement and engagement of the practical ways in which local agents try to negotiate and reformulate transnational discourses and challenge neoliberal representations.

Los emprendimientos sociales son organizaciones con fines de lucro o sin ellos, los cuales buscan generar valor social al brindar soluciones innovadoras a problemáticas sociales o ambientales. Debido a su naturaleza de negocio, estos buscan obtener rentabilidad a través de la inversión de clientes y accionistas. Por ello, con la finalidad de obtener una mayor cantidad de ingresos, mediante la búsqueda de inversores, los emprendedores sociales emplean elementos de la comunicación corporativa, tales como la narrativa, identidad, comunidad e imagen, a través de sus canales de comunicación. No obstante, su uso y éxito se verá influenciado según su conocimiento de la materia. Por lo tanto, el presente trabajo expondrá cuál es el papel de la comunicación corporativa en los emprendimientos sociales peruanos en sus etapas de crecimiento y de madurez, en aras de contribuir con la escasa investigación de la temática. Con respecto a la metodología utilizada, el paradigma es naturalista, el enfoque es cualitativo, el diseño de estudio es por caso de tipo colectivo y la herramienta de recolección de información empleada son las entrevistas. / Social entrepreneurships are for-profit or nonprofit organizations, which seek to generate social value by providing innovative solutions to social or environmental problems. Due to their business nature, they seek to obtain profitability through the investment of customers and shareholders. Therefore, in order to obtain a greater amount of income, through the search for investors, social entrepreneurs use elements of corporate communication, such as narrative, identity, community and image, through their communication channels. However, its use and success will be influenced by your knowledge of the subject. Therefore, this paper will expose the role of corporate communication in Peruvian social entrepreneurships in their growth and maturity stages, in order to contribute to the scarce research on the subject. Regarding the methodology used, the paradigm is naturalistic, the approach is qualitative, the study design is by case of a collective type and the information gathering tool used are interviews. / Trabajo de investigación

Dissertation is concerned on sustainability of social enterprise, which has started its business thanks to EU funding during the period 2007 - 2013. Social enterprises as social economy subjects make up an important part of national economy and extend possibilities to obtain financial sources for nonprofit operation. EU funding reflects the importance of social enterprises in promoting level of employment. The aim of the research is to get a complex description of surveyed case with a special emphasis on social and financial sustainability in the the situation after project's completion date. Sustainability of the social enterprise is described with help of The SEED Initiative approach. The SEED Initiative has defined success factors and key indicators of performance of social enterprise sustainability. Dissertation is conceived as a single case study.

Cette recherche porte sur la gestion émancipatrice mise en œuvre par les entreprises sociales en vue de libérer leurs bénéficiaires –les populations «cibles » de leurs actions – de la pauvreté et de l’exclusion. Nous nous intéressons au cas particulier d’une entreprise sociale brésilienne, localisée dans la ville de São Paulo, dont la mission principale est de former des couturières et des artisans de quartiers populaires pour les intégrer au marché de la mode en tant qu’acteurs professionnels et autonomes. Reposant sur une étude ethnographique de près de dix-huit mois, cette thèse met en évidence la nature ambivalente des pratiques de gestion des entrepreneurs sociaux, en démontrant leurs effets à la fois libérateurs et oppressifs sur leurs bénéficiaires. En s’appuyant sur la théorie de l’émancipation développée par le pédagogue brésilien Paulo Freire, une référence décisive pour les entrepreneurs sociaux, cette thèse se propose de porter un regard critique sur le projet émancipatoire des entreprises sociales. Elle vise ainsi à apporter trois types de contribution à la littérature sur l’entrepreneuriat social. Sur le plan méthodologique, tout d’abord, cette étude met en avant la richesse d’une approche ethnographique interprétativiste et processuelle pour cerner toute la complexité des pratiques quotidiennes des entrepreneurs sociaux. Sur leplan théorique, ensuite, cette thèse replace au cœur du débat académique la question des relations entre entrepreneurs sociaux et populations locales, en faisant de ces dernières des acteurs centraux pour juger le potentiel émancipateur de l’entrepreneuriat social. Enfin, sur le plan de la pratique, cette étude propose de rénover la formation des entrepreneurs sociaux afin de redonner toute sa place aux thèmes du pouvoir et de ses déséquilibres, au sein du cursus des futurs praticiens de l’entrepreneuriat social / This research analyzes the emancipatory management implemented by social enterprises to free their beneficiaries – the “target” populations – from poverty and exclusion. This study focuses in particular on the case of a Brazilian social enterprise, located in the city of São Paulo, whose main mission is to train seamstresses and artisans from poor neighborhoods to integrate them into the fashion market as professional and autonomous actors. Based on an ethnographic study of nearly eighteen months, this thesis highlightsthe ambivalent nature of social entrepreneurs’ management practices, by demonstrating both their liberating and oppressive effects on beneficiaries. Based on the theory of emancipation developed by the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, an essential reference for social entrepreneurs, this thesis proposes to take a critical look at the emancipatory project of social enterprises. It thus aims to bring threetypes of contribution to the literature on social entrepreneurship. First, methodologically, this study highlights the benefits of an interpretivist and processual ethnographic approach to identify the complexity of social entrepreneurs’ everyday practices. Second, with regards to theory, this thesis puts the relations between social entrepreneurs and local populations back at the center of the academic debate, making the latter key actors to assessing the emancipatory potential of social entrepreneurship. Finally, in terms of practice, this study proposes to renew the training of social entrepreneurs in order to prioritize the issue of power imbalances in the curriculum of future social entrepreneurship practitioners.