MBA - Master of Business Administration with Social Entrepreneurship Emphasis

Southern Arkansas University - Main Campus

The MBA is offered by the Rankin College of Business at SAU and is fully accredited by AACSB, International, the premier accrediting body for colleges and schools of business. Fewer than 5% of all business programs worldwide are accredited by AACSB, which indicates the quality of our program.Social Entrepreneurship is defined as ''the process of pursuing business-led solutions to achieve social aims, and the reinvestment of surplus for community benefit.'' Social Entrepreneurship strategies began to emerge about the time of the new millennium. Many business organizations have adopted some form of social responsibility strategy since that time. It is the goal of the MBA/SE emphasis to provide graduates with the skills and knowledge necessary to support innovative efforts to successfully implement social entrepreneurship strategies. Students will be exposed to new knowledge in the following areas: creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, international business, sustainable supply chain practices, and project management with additional options in community development, community organizing, non-profit fundraising, and social activism.Social Entrepreneurship is limited only by the ability to see a need and the creativity to respond.Students today want to make a difference in the world around them. An emphasis in Social Entrepreneurship (either MBA or MPA) is a 36-hour program that will prepare graduates to be entrepreneurial in ways that help solve societal problems.

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