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. En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:

• Apply relevant leadership theories and concepts to the development of social ventures
• Define the dimensions of Social Entrepreneurship
• Discuss the dynamics of social changes.
• Identify key competences required to lead social change
• Generate insightful and actionable solutions for a social business venture;
• Work in a multi-cultural team environment
• Communicate the thought verbally and in written form effectively;
• Evaluate own preferences in terms of leadership style, conflict resolution, and values.

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 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 a matching number of students from Johns Hopkins University and from DTU. 26. marts, 2021