Description

This course provides technology-savvy students, preferably at senior undergraduate level, with a set of strategy-innovation-entrepreneurship concepts from social science and management (including fundamentals of corporate strategy, social context, design thinking, blue ocean strategy) to support idea generation for Social Technopreneurship: application of technology to serve social outcomes and in an entrepreneurial manner (proposed startup can be tech, non tech business, social enterprises or even non-profit enterprise). This course has an Asian focus for learning of best practices from Asia (with emphasis on Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand) on how they applied technology towards social outcomes yet practically relevant to apply and adapt overseas practices to Singapore’s context in social technopreneurship. Student will be empowered to work on their choice problem statements in a coached environment. The final pitch will be in Singapore and could be floated to relevant organisations for possible funding after the course.

Learning Outcomes