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The Centre for Social Impact (WA)Thought leader in social investment and sustainable communities

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Gain an understanding o social investment and innovation

with a Graduate Certifcate in Social Impact.

Delivered in partnership with the Centre or Social Impact, this

certifcate degree ocuses on building the proessional capacity

o social managers and entrepreneurs o the uture, across

the corporate, government and third (not-or-proft) sectors.

You will graduate with the critical leadership skills to manage

organisations leading social innovation and creating social

value. All courses are available as electives or students in the

Master o Business Administration.

Course Structure

The Graduate Certifcate is designed to be completed in a

minimum o one year and a maximum o two years. The course

consists o units to the total value o 24 points. Students must

complete the introductory course and three additional courses,

two or three rom the Graduate Certifcate suite, with the option

to select a fnal unit rom the existing UWABS MBA program.

Unit options

MGMT8516 Social Impact: Entrepreneurs and Social Innovation

(Core unit). This course examines the accelerating economic

relationship between government, business and the third sector

to deliver social and environmental value in communities and

the way in which this drives social innovation.

MGMT8615 Demonstrating Social Impact (Selected Topics

in Management) . Provides an overview and introduction to

evaluation and social impact assessment, the underpinning

principles o evaluation and social impact assessment and

examines some o the key social impact measurementapproaches increasingly used by leading Third sector

organisations in Australia and internationally, including Logic

Models such as LogFrame; Social Return on Investment

(SROI); and Social Accounting and Audit (SAA).

MGMT8518 Social Investment and Philanthropy (Essential unit).

Examines the major changes reshaping the role o philanthropy

internationally and in the Australian context: global economic

realignments, the privatisation o community services; new

patterns o wealth distribution and o inter-generational

wealth transer; greater expectations o the role o corporate

citizenship and o corporate philanthropy.

MGMT8517 Leadership for Social Impact (Essential unit).

Provides students with an introduction to the challenges

and opportunities o leading organisations with the purpose

o improving social outcomes. This unit examines current

challenges in achieving social beneft, leadership in the

social economy, leadership ocused on identiying adaptive

challenges, new orms o organising and collective intelligence,

and new governance systems and demands.

MGMT 8506 Ethical Dimensions of Organisational Management

and Leadership is oered every semester and can be taken as

the ourth course.

Timetable

2011

MGMT8516 Social Impact: Entrepreneurs

and Social Innovation

Teaching dates: 18, 19 March, 1, 2 and 8 April, 2011

(9.00am 5.00pm)

MGMT8615 Demonstrating Social Impact

(Selected Topics in Management)

Teaching dates: 20, 21 and 27 May, 3 and 4 June, 2011

(9.00am 5.00pm)

MGMT8518 Social Investment and Philanthropy

Teaching dates: Trimester 3, 2011 (Dates TBA)

Admission requirements

Domestic students

1. A bachelors degree o this University, or equivalent as

recognised by the Faculty, and at least fve years relevant

work experience, or

2. At least eight years relevant experience.

All UWA coursework programs: English Language

Competence.

Course enquiries

Postgraduate ProgramsUWA Business School

The University o Western Australia

M404, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth

Western Australia 6009

Tel +61 8 6488 3980

Fax +61 8 6488 1072

Email postgrads-business@uwa.edu.au

CRICOS Provider Code: 00126G

Graduate Certicate in Social Impact