Title: Social Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, and Social Value Creation: Relevance for Contemporary Social Work Practice. Monica Nandan, Tricia B. Bent-Goodley, & Gokul Mandayam (Editors)
Abstract: Due to the ever-changing needs of clients and communities, the social work profession must build on its strengths and foundation to move forward and solve our current problems. This book aims to debunk the misconception that social good and innovation are incompatible with entrepreneurialism by providing a framework for social work practice in the 21st century global landscape. This edited volume uses a progressive approach by applying the concepts of social entrepreneurship and social innovation to social work practice perspectives, areas, and strategies. The book is divided into two parts. In the first part, conceptual definitions and principles of social value creation, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, and social intrapreneurship are provided along with a discussion of their connection to ethics and practice in social work. The second part uses a global perspective by providing examples of social workers around the world engaged in intrapreneurship, innovation, and social entrepreneurship. Part 1 is broken down into five chapters. The first chapter gives an overview and detailed explanation of all the key concepts. Before defining the concepts, it is important to understand that social value creation and social innovation are key components of the intrapreneurship and social entrepreneurship (SE) processes. The editors do an excellent job of walking the reader through their approach by defining the concept, linking it to social work, providing evidence to support their application, identifying skills needed by social workers, and highlighting how the approach abides by the social work code of ethics. For example, the book defines SE as “the creation of institutions through entrepreneurial thinking that are guided by social work ethics and based on the integration of social service, business and public relation skills” (Bent-Goodley, 2002, p. 291). SE can be seen as behaviors to help carry out the agency’s mission by establishing relationships with both public-sector and for-profit organizations. Specific skills such as administrative, social, policy advocacy, and community development are needed to help achieve this process. These skills are also connected to the code of ethics, particularly standard 3.07, “Administration,” which calls on social workers to build organizations that advocate resource allocation that is rooted in fairness and equity and to create environments where social workers can optimally engage in practice. This is one example of the connection between defining, applying, identifying, and connecting these key concepts within the social work field. The remaining chapters in Part 1 build on this foundation by addressing the following topics: innovation and creativity in nonprofits, social innovation and social work practice, financial inclusion and social entrepreneurship, and macropractice and its relationship to social innovation.
Publication Year: 2021
Publication Date: 2021-08-04
Language: en
Type: article
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