Open AccessInclusion of Social Economy Topics into the Higher Education Business Study Programmes in Slovenia
Author(s) -
Karolina Babič
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mednarodno inovativno poslovanje
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1855-6175
DOI - 10.32015/jibm/2021.13.1.1-11
Subject(s) - inclusion (mineral) , social economy , accreditation , higher education , value (mathematics) , political science , knowledge economy , business sector , economy , national economy , economic growth , public relations , economic system , sociology , economics , social science , machine learning , computer science , law
The author is addressing the problem of systematic inclusion of the topics of social economy into the accredited higher education study programmes in Slovenia. To support the actuality of the research problem, education in social economy is shown as public policies priority on national and European level. The paper aims to answers the question of existence of social economy courses in the study programmes on business (and business-related management) and the question about correspondence of the content of these courses to the needs for competences of actors in the sector of social economy. The paper also presents different types of inclusion of the topics of social economy into the systems of higher education in Europe with the purpose to show possible directions for further development of social economy education in higher education system in Slovenia. The results of the research aim to have didactical, developmental and advocacy value and applicability.