ADS722 - Private Sector Development: Corporations, Social-Enterprise and Microfinance
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Sandra Carrasco |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit explores a range of ‘private sector’ approaches to development. The ‘private sector’ is that part of the economy which is run by private individuals or groups, usually (but not always) as a means of enterprise for profit, and is not controlled by the State.
Private sector approaches explored in this unit include:
- corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate philanthropy
- social enterprise
- 'bottom of the pyramid' business
- inclusive business / shared value business
- microenterprise (including self-employed sole traders)
- microfinance for microenterprise/microentrepreneurs
This unit also considers NGO-government-corporate partnerships for development (such as public-private partnerships).
This unit will evaluate the scholarship and practice of each of these approaches to development, critically analysing them in the light of the known causes and drivers of poverty and inequality, the issues of entrenched disadvantage and structural barriers, and the principles/theories of development effectiveness and empowerment.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Evaluate scholarship and practice around private sector approaches to development | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO2 | Critically analyse the theories used to support these approaches to development | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Identify and utilise international studies assessing private sector/corporate approaches in development practice today, and critically evaluate these for effectiveness | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Case Study Evaluation | 2000 words or equivalent | 40% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2: Report | 3000 words or equivalent | 60% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ADS722 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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