Title: Community practice social entrepreneurship: an interdisciplinary approach to graduate education

Authors: Monica Nandan; Manuel London; Terry C. Blum

Addresses: Department of Social Work and Human Services, Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Road, Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591, USA ' College of Business, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 306 Harriman Hall, SUNY-Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3775, USA ' Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, 800 West Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30650, USA

Abstract: The rapidly changing global environment for community practice social workers (CPSWs) has challenged these practitioners to devise innovative intervention strategies. Some practitioners are utilising community organising, community planning, community development and policy practice intervention strategies simultaneously to create sustainable changes and are unwittingly, or purposefully, acting as social entrepreneurs. This article delineates similarities between community practice social work and social entrepreneurship - orientation and behaviours - and introduces the concept of community practice social entrepreneurship (CPSE). The authors propose interdisciplinary venues to teach graduate students in social work and in other disciplines skills for practicing as community practice social entrepreneurs.

Keywords: social entrepreneurship; interdisciplinary education; community practice social work; intervention strategies; graduate education.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064106

International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 2014 Vol.3 No.1, pp.51 - 70

Received: 26 Feb 2014
Accepted: 08 Apr 2014

Published online: 30 Aug 2014 *

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