Executive Summary
Transcript: References Executive Summary Social Impact Service, Marketing & Finance. Social Enterprise Business Plan LDRS 654N Zhan Shi. (Stan) March 16, 2014 Resources & Training Community Contribution Corporation All social impact collaborations between my business and the target population will be managed with the help of PHS, a community agency that runs multiple social housing projects, health clinic and social enterprises ranging from honey-making to laundry and chocolate-making operations. PHS also operates Onsite - safe injection sight. (Bula, 2014). All possible candidates, who must be residents of Downtown Eastside, for training and possible employment will be suggested by PHS. Vancouver Downtown Eastside residents will by the primary target population for my organization and whom I hope will get the most benefit. Just as important however will be all employees of the organization. Vancouver Downtown Eastside residents who underwent rehabilitation process and are looking for reintegration back into society and rebuilding of work skills will have the training available to them in one of the following areas: Human Resources agent Office assistant Operations assistant manager Basic IT operations technician All the above skills are easily trainable and learnable in environment where the trainee is partnered up with an existing employee of organization whose primary area of responsibility is one of the skills. Training will entail one week of theory, one week of practice and two weeks of follow up and adjustments. The next month both trainee and educator will work in pair for added support. For basic IT ops training, the time frame extended to three month. These skills can be applied with in any type of business or an organization with in Canada or United States. This provides flexibility of choice for the target pupulation, if they are not interested in IT based work environments. We are committed to development of employees. Ethics, courage, vision and adequate perception of reality are part of the formula that provides potential for greatness. Sustained initiative, with ability to act in uncomfortable or difficult situations according to uncompromised moral standards and ethical values is what we really can cultivate in our employees. (Koestenbaum, 2012). In turn it is our our employes who will work closely with the target population - trainees. Thus this organization will be able to provide much more then just skills, for the person looking to re-enter the society. Internal relationships need to be understood in order to create team’s cohesiveness. The relationships within the organization need to apply to current settings with current team. Each individual employee needs to feel part of the team, part of the decision-making organism. Respect is the premise of the culture with in the organization, all employees will undergo a training seminar of what is expected in the work place. Due to the nature of my organization, a select number of skills can and will be trained with in the facility, the rest of the employees will need to be computer science professionals. Thus to create the same outlook towards each other and to build up respect, team building events will take place. Social events will promote equality and friendlier, more welcome atmosphere. “A coherent set of beliefs, attitudes, and opinions” will help build up the ideology of this company (Clegg, 2011, p. 24). By letting our employees as well as our trainees know that their efforts matter, their opinions count and most importantly their personal goals and growth are taken into account, everyone will feel motivated to excel, be more open to identify mistakes and learn from them. Thus as a transformational servant leader, my social and environmental mission within this company is to ensure an environment of support (CSE, 2010, p.49). Leadership My choice to register this company as a Community Contribution Corporation is based on the expected commitment of the company, to invest 60% of its profits to designated community purposes. (Greens, 2013) The large chunk of the generated revenue being allocated to social needs will help with fostering the culture of care and support within the organization. In addition by registering as C3, if a company is to encounter critical financial situations, our eligibility to apply and be approved for financial support from other non-profits and social-purpose organizations is that much higher. Of course, to avoid such a possibility, the structure of the company is such that we sell, rather than buy services. We provide something that is vital to every business but not every company is able to have their own IT department and that's where we come in. Moreover, we can seek investments from independent stakeholders, who are interested in social support organizations but want guarantees that their money will go to where its designated - the people. Thus our commitment to investment rate of 60% will provide the necessary