The Rotman School Of Management Case Study
A. Introduction
Roger L. Maritin is an author, consultant, and professor. He is the Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Prior to Rotman, he was a Director of Monitor Company for thirteen years, a global strategy consulting firm. He is also an adviser to CEOs on strategy, design, innovation, and integrative thinking. He has written widely on these subjects and has published several books.
Sally R. Osberg is President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, which supports social entrepreneurs whose proven models are giving solutions to many of the world’s most compelling problems or issues. She is also a founding director of the Social Progress Imperative and serves on the Advisory …show more content…
These kinds of organizations and people are imperative to the well-being of the society. Social service providers take direct actions in a given situation. However, the leave the existing system in place while searching to reduce its negative effects. An example would be a food bank which works directly to alleviate the effects of poverty, giving food to families in desperate need. The food ease the family’s hunger for that period of time, but it does not certainly change the dynamic that leaves the family poor that it needs to use the food bank for the succeeding …show more content…
Unlike social providers, social entrepreneurs clearly aspire to definitely and systematically transform an unjust societal condition. In contrast to social advocates, social entrepreneurs act directly, creating products, services, or processes that motivate the transformation of the status quo. Moreover, social entrepreneurs work in "methods that do not fit neatly into the traditional modes of government and business." Whereas businesses are constrained by a need to earn profits, and government-led change efforts are designed to provide services to citizens rather than cultivate new customers, social entrepreneurs are able to "negotiate these constraints. The creative combination of elements from both poles...is what enables social entrepreneurs to build models designed for a particular
Roger L. Maritin is an author, consultant, and professor. He is the Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Prior to Rotman, he was a Director of Monitor Company for thirteen years, a global strategy consulting firm. He is also an adviser to CEOs on strategy, design, innovation, and integrative thinking. He has written widely on these subjects and has published several books.
Sally R. Osberg is President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, which supports social entrepreneurs whose proven models are giving solutions to many of the world’s most compelling problems or issues. She is also a founding director of the Social Progress Imperative and serves on the Advisory …show more content…
These kinds of organizations and people are imperative to the well-being of the society. Social service providers take direct actions in a given situation. However, the leave the existing system in place while searching to reduce its negative effects. An example would be a food bank which works directly to alleviate the effects of poverty, giving food to families in desperate need. The food ease the family’s hunger for that period of time, but it does not certainly change the dynamic that leaves the family poor that it needs to use the food bank for the succeeding …show more content…
Unlike social providers, social entrepreneurs clearly aspire to definitely and systematically transform an unjust societal condition. In contrast to social advocates, social entrepreneurs act directly, creating products, services, or processes that motivate the transformation of the status quo. Moreover, social entrepreneurs work in "methods that do not fit neatly into the traditional modes of government and business." Whereas businesses are constrained by a need to earn profits, and government-led change efforts are designed to provide services to citizens rather than cultivate new customers, social entrepreneurs are able to "negotiate these constraints. The creative combination of elements from both poles...is what enables social entrepreneurs to build models designed for a particular