PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Third Sector and the Social Economy
Civil Society and a Third System
Organizations of the Third Sector
Assessing Size, Scope and Contribution
The Development of Trusts and Charities
The Development of Co-Operatives and Mutual Societies
Secular Associations and a Voluntary Sector
The Modern Third Sector and Social Economy
Implications for Social Enterprise
New Public Management and the Private Sector
The End of the Post-War Consensus
The Effects of New Public Management
Advances in Employee and Community Ownership
Co-Operative Transformation of the Private Sector
Defining Social Enterprise
The Origins of the Language of Social Enterprise
Descriptions of Social Enterprise
Social Enterprise as a Spectrum of Options
Cross-Sector Models of Social Enterprise and Social Capital
Social Enterprise as an Activity
Social and Ethical Capital
Understanding Views on Social Capital
Values, Ethics and Sustainability
Ethical Capital as a Framework for Understanding Social
Enterprise
Globalization and International Perspectives
The Rise of Global Capital and International Markets
Social Enterprise as a Global Enterprise
Social Enterprise as Opposition to Globalization
PART TWO: THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Management Debates
Outlining a Perspective on Social Enterprise Education
Living the Management Debate
Comparing Key Texts on Social Enterprise Management
Identities and Legalities
Values, Identities and Social Practices
Old Legal Identities and Hegemonic Power
New Legal Identities and Social Power
Strategic Management and Planning
Conceptualizing Strategic Management
Operationalizing Strategic Management and Planning
Assessing Strategic Management Performance
Governance, HRM and Employee Relations
Discourses on Managing People
Shared Governance and HRM Concepts
Recruitment, Selection and Induction
Dispute Resolution
Discussion of Case Studies
Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship
Why Leadership Matters
Theories of Leadership
Perspectives on Entrepreneurship
Income Streams and Social Investment
Theorizing Income and Investment Activities
Income from Trading and Membership
Gifts and Donations
Loan and Equity Finance
Social Investment Funds
Measuring Outcomes and Impacts
Performance as a Concept
Social Accounting Practices
SAA and SROI: Similarities and Differences
Critical Perspectives on Social Accounting
Implications for Social Enterprises
Postscript - Social Enterprise in 2050
Dr Rory Ridley-Duff worked for 12 years as a director of the
workers co-operative Computercraft Ltd, and has built his academic
career through a PhD study of School Trends Ltd during its
conversion to a social enterprise. His primary research interest is
the process by which democratic relations develop in both informal
and formal organisations and affect governing processes.
He has now authored 35 scholarly papers, four books and two novels.
In addition to this book, he has published ‘The Case for
FairShares’ to articulate findings from a decade of action research
at Sheffield Business School, that explores social enterprise as a
route to solidarity between social entrepreneurs, producers,
consumers and small investors (see www.fairshares.coop). His
research has been published in Human Relations, Corporate
Governance: An International Review, the Industrial Relations
Journal, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and
Research, the Social Enterprise Journal and Journal of Cooperative
Studies with best paper awards from Emerald Publishing and the
Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
He remains connected to practice through directorships with Social
Enterprise Europe and the FairShares Association. His academic
leadership roles include Chair of the PRME Group at Sheffield
Business School and Acting Chair of the International Cooperative
Business Education Consortium (ICBEC).
Dr Mike Bull is a Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at Manchester
Metropolitan University Business School, recently completing his
PhD by publication, entitled ‘The Development of Social Enterprise
in the UK: Some Operational and Theoretical Contributions to
Knowledge’.
Mike has a decade of experience and knowledge of social enterprise,
having led several UK and European funded research projects. He
also developed one of the first undergraduate modules on social
enterprise in 2005. Mike has held two Directorships in social
enterprises during the past decade, as well as gaining industrial
expertise, having previously worked for 16 years in the printing
industry for private, public and third sector organisations.
Mike is an editorial board member of the Social Enterprise Journal.
He is Track Chair of Social Environmental and Ethical Enterprise of
the International Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference
(ISBE). Mike is also on the Programme Board of ‘Social Economy’
published by Cracow University of Economics.
′This book is a "must-read" for all those who are interested in
social enterprise - for academics, practitioners, but above all for
students - with its many ambitious and challenging exercises, plus
references to an extensive range of materials available on a
companion website at www.sagepub.co.uk/ridleyduff′ -
Peter Somerville
School of Social Sciences, University of Lincoln
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