Organizational characteristics and entrepreneurial logics
| Organizational characteristics | Social business | Non-profit enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Aims, Goals and Mission | Causation: Clear long-term goal of opportunity identification (gap in the market). Use of existing learning objectives and experts to develop pedagogy | Effectuation: Assessed the needs of the target demographic. Goals evolved through a process of opportunity creation, use of existing resources, network and identity |
| Effectuation: Public institutions brought new means and helped distribute risk during scaling | Bricolage: Transformation through exposure to culturally relevant and inclusive learning activities; teaching pupils to use digital tools in creative ways | |
| Program Design | Causation: Incorporated feedback from pedagogists and tech industry professionals in the program design | Effectuation: Exposure to experiential learning, brainstorming, pitching, & networking opportunities with real-world assignments |
| Effectuation: Encouraged openness, discovery, and experimentation through experiential learning | ||
| Learning Environment | Causation: Made pre-commitments with schools and libraries to host the programs | Effectuation: Provision of role models and culturally relevant subject matter through entrepreneur's network. Introduced pupils to tech industry careers through donors |
| Effectuation: Emphasized iterative and collaborative learning with low-cost materials | ||
| Stakeholder Engagement | Causation: Created feedback channels, newsletter, social media to keep parents up to date | Effectuation: Partnered with local institutions in low-income and migrant neighborhoods to develop programs for the target demographic. Incorporated donors in the activities through site visits |
| Effectuation: Used network to develop pedagogy, continuous improvement through iterative design | ||
| Leadership/ Managerial Practices | Causation: Provided structured frameworks for safe, deliberate learning processes | Effectuation: Developed interactive exercises that reflected real-world problems. Introduced discussions of equality into the programs |
| Effectuation: Began from a personal concern and made use of identity, knowledge and network | ||
| Evaluation | Causation: Specified the objective of a scalable program over ten years | Causation: Board requires financial accountability |
| Effectuation: Assessed the outcomes through feedback and formative assessment | Effectuation: Qualitative feedback from partners provided the basis for evaluation |
| Organizational characteristics | Social business | Non-profit enterprise |
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| Aims, Goals and Mission | ||
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| Evaluation | ||
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