Social Entrepreneurship [Elektronisk resurs] Theory and Practice / Ryszard Praszkier, Andrzej Nowak.

• Cover; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF PHOTOS; PREFACE; FOR WHOM IS THIS BOOK INTENDED?; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SECTION I SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INTRODUCTION; 1 Defining Social Entrepreneurship:An Overview; THE ASHOKA DEFINITION; SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE DEFINITIONS; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS; 2 Dimensions of Social Entrepreneurship; SOCIAL MISSION; SOCIAL INNOVATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT; PERSONALITY: CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS; THE FIRST TAKE ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS AND OTHER EFFECTIVE LEADERS. 
• CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS3 Identifying Social Entrepreneurs in Practice; HOW TO FIND THEM; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR OR...; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, SECTION 1; SECTION 2 THE DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL CHANGE; INTRODUCTION; 4 Social-Change Theories and Dilemmas; DEFINING SOCIAL CHANGE FOSTERED BY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS; EXISTING THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE; Ancient Greeks and the Present Time; Sociological Change Theories; Evolutionary Theories; Conflict Theories; Structural-Functional Theories; Social-Psychological Theories; Psychological Change Theories; Historical Change: The Power of Ideas. 
• CRUCIAL DILEMMAS RELATED TO SOCIAL CHANGEIs Social Change Endogenous or Exogenous?; Is Social Change Inevitable or Contingent?; Individuals or Societies?; Materialism or Idealism?; A NEED FOR A NEW THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS; 5 Equilibrium and Complexity; KURT LEWIN'S FORCE-FIELD THEORY; HOMEOSTASIS, EQUILIBRIUM, AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; SELF-ORGANIZATION: SIMPLE RULES LEAD TO COMPLEX RESULTS; BUBBLES THEORY; SELF-ORGANIZATION; Chaos or Order?; Recapping Simple vs. Complex Systems; ATTRACTOR THEORY; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS; 6 Theory of Social Emergence; THE THEORY OF EMERGENCE. 
• SOCIAL EMERGENCESOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE CIRCLE OF EMERGENCE; Level 1. Individual; Level 2. Interactions; Level 3. Ephemeral Emergents; Level 4. Stable Emergents; Level 5. Structures; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, SECTION 2; SECTION 3 SOCIAL CAPITAL BUILT BY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS; INTRODUCTION; 7 Social Capital; DEFINING SOCIAL CAPITAL; THE SEVERAL DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL; IMPACT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL; Impact on Individuals; Impact on Groups and Societies; WHAT MAKES SOCIAL CAPITAL SO PROMISING?; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS. 
• 8 Social Networks: Bedrock of Social CapitalSOCIAL NETWORKS: WHAT ARE THEY?; SMALL NETWORKS; LARGE NETWORKS; VIBRANT NETWORKS; NETWORKS CREATED BY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS; CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS; 9 Personality Traits That Facilitate the Building of Social Capital; CREATIVITY; THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONALITY; MORE PERSONALITY TRAITS: WHAT ENSUES FROM THE DEFINITION?; Trust and Optimism; Cooperation; Individual Social Networks; Mechanisms for Coping with Adversity; Risk Taking; Belief in the Malleability of People and the World; VERIFYING THE HYPOTHESES. 
• SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS BEHIND CHANGE: IS THE PROCESS ENDOGENOUS OR EXOGENOUS?. 

• This book is about the creative ways in which social entrepreneurs solve pressing and insurmountable social problems. 

Ämnesord

Frivilligorganisationer  (sao)

Frivillig hjälpverksamhet  (sao)

Ledarskap  (sao)

Psychology / Social Psychology  (LCSH)

Social entrepreneurship. 

Voluntarism  (LCSH)

Non-governmental organizations  (LCSH)

Leadership  (LCSH)

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

HD60 .P727 2012 (LCC)

361.7 (DDC)

361.765068 (DDC)

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