Overordnede kursusmål
The purpose of the course is to help students learn to combine
insights about real-world management and leadership issues with
practical consulting experience. The course consists of scheduled
class meetings, client meetings, a class presentation and final
individual report related to the consulting experience.
DTU students will work together with visiting students from Johns
Hopkins University to develop solutions for a specific client, and
have the opportunity to interact with its stakeholders such as
clients and managers in the Copenhagen area, reflect on
organizational processes, and receive on-going guidance and formal
end-of-experience feedback.
Læringsmål
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
- Frame problems faced by clients (social ventures);
- Understand the context in the commercial, organizational,
strategic and societal situation of the client’s business;
- Communicate with various stakeholders of the clients;
- Identify the interests and unsatisfied needs of the client and
the organization’s stakeholders;
- Generate insightful and actionable solutions for a social
business venture;
- Work in a multi-cultural team environment ;
- Effectively communicate the thought verbally and in written
form;
- Deliver quality consulting work products.
Kursusindhold
1. Relationship Building
2. Dimensions of Social Entrepreneurship
3. Identification of Social Entrepreneurs (Characteristics &
Skills)
4. Building Resiliency
5. The Dynamics of Social Change
6. Leading Social Change – required competencies
7. Using technology to create social values
8. Business planning for social ventures
9. Social/Innovation site visit
10. Team work - working in cross cultural or cross disciplinary
teams
Bemærkninger
The course is developed and taught by Johns Hopkins University’s
Whiting School of Engineering especially for visiting students from
Johns Hopkins University but is open to all DTU students.
Participation is limited to 7 students from Johns Hopkins
University and 11 students from DTU. Within the course period,
students will also go to visit Danfoss headquarters in
Nordborg/Sonderborg and stay there overnight.
Sidst opdateret
08. november, 2019
