| In an attempt to enhance spiritual transformation and community development, microfinance services are combined with business training as a fundamental focus of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in developing economies, emerging markets, and base-of-the- pyramid (BoP) settings. A significant number of FBOs are involved in facilitating business enterprise formation and job creation, especially among Christian-based financial service facilitators and Islamic microfinance organizations. FBO participants in the global financial services sector include World Vision, World Relief, CRS (Catholic Relief Services), the Aga Khan Development Network, the Jewish Communal Fund, the Micro-Credit Clinic (Tel Aviv University), and Opportunity International. The financial services offered by FBOs include microloans and savings groups in an effort to address social business activities related to food, water, education, health care, and poverty concerns. In addition, FBOs place a strong emphasis on business training, agricultural productivity, and financial literacy for improved market development, value chain facilitation, and financial inclusion. These initiatives are creating improved community self-sufficiency and program sustainability. Vulnerable populations, such as women, people with special needs, the extreme poor, and youth, are a major emphasis of FBOs. Youth enterprise development and financial services for youth are also gaining increased attention. To extend the management curriculum and research agenda regarding these alternative financial service providers, a variety of resources and instructional strategies will be presented, discussed, and analyzed in this interactive workshop. |
Search Terms: Social business models | Faith-based organizations | Microfinance
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| Session Type: PDW Workshop
Program Session: 92 | Submission: 13129 | Sponsor(s): (MSR)
Scheduled: Friday, Aug 4 2017 11:15AM - 1:15PM at Hilton Atlanta in Galleria 4 | | | Bringing the 'Being' Dimension into the Classroom for a Sustainability Mindset
Sustainability mindset skills | |
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View Map | Organizer: Isabel Rimanoczy, PRME Working Group on the Sustainability Mindset
Presenter: Christof Miska, WU Vienna U. of Economics and Business
Presenter: Patricia G. Vidal, U. Presbiteriana MacKenzie
Presenter: Brian Martin Hanssen, New York U.
Presenter: Radha Rani Sharma, Management Development Institute
Presenter: Amelia N. Indrajaya, IPMI Business School, Jakarta, Indonesia
Presenter: Chulguen Yang, Southern Connecticut State U.
Presenter: Kerul Kassel, Fielding Graduate U.
Facilitator: Margaret Goralski, Quinnipiac U.
Presenter: Richard Peregoy, Satish & Yasmin College of Business; U. of Dallas
Presenter: Stacie Chappell, Western New England U.
Presenter: Alexander Tetteh Kwasi Nuer, Wageningen U.
Presenter: Judita Peterlin, U. of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics
Presenter: Priscila Borin De Oliveira Claro, Insper Institute of Education and Research
Presenter: Karthyeni Purushothaman, Monash U.
Participant: Marta Fabiano Sambiase, U. Presbiteriana MacKenzie
Presenter: Aixa Ritz, Fairleigh Dickinson U.
| | In 1916, John Dewey suggested that the purpose of education was to develop understanding of self. We seem to have come a long way away from that purpose. Management education particularly has shifted from initially developing skills and expertise, to later focus on research, theories and concept; only to get reoriented towards practicality, seeking applied knowledge in the 1970s. This trend continues to these days. A century after Dewey's suggestions, faced with the evident collapse of our ecosystem as we knew it, and tracing back the causes to our collective behaviors, educators are beginning to question themselves, wondering what they should be teaching, and how, in order to engage the techno-addicted Millennials. What skills, knowledge and competencies do we need to develop to optimally prepare the students for playing a meaningful role in society? While some answers have emerged about the knowledge and skills we need to develop, there is a lack of preparedness to address the 'being' side, which was found to be the foundation for the needed paradigm shift. In this interactive workshop, participants will meet colleagues from 9 different countries: Austria, Australia, China, Brazil, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Slovenia and USA, sharing stories, tools and exercises they have found powerful to bring the 'being' dimension into the classroom. | | Search Terms: Sustainability | Being dimension | exercises |
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