Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the business venture process;
- the criteria for the development of a successful business plan.
- entrepreneurship and the relationship between entrepreneurs, owner-managers; Inventors and innovators;
- the rise and development of the concept of business venturing;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- utilise standard office IT software packages effectively;
- synthesise, analyse, interpret and evaluate information from a range of sources.
- contribute successfully to group work;
- self-manage the development of learning and study skills, both individually and as part of a collaborative learning group;
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- understand opportunity recognition, development and evaluation of business ventures in a variety of contexts.
- analyse and interpret approaches and attitudes to enterprise, entrepreneurship, and business venturing;
- evaluate, analyse, understand and interpret the activities involved in business venturing;
- converse with key stakeholders about issues relevant to the development of a new Venture;
- develop evaluative, research and investigative skills;
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 24 |
Independent Study | 126 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Barringer, B.R. and Ireland, R.D. (2010). Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures.
Wickham, P. A. (2006). Strategic Entrepreneurship. Harlow: FT Prentice Hall.
Spinelli Jr., S. and Adams, R (2012). New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship in 21st Century. McGraw-Hill.
Chell E (2001). Entrepreneurship: Globalisation, Innovation and Development. London: Thompson Learning.
Kuratko & Hodges (2001). Entrepreneurship: A Contemporary Approach. London: Southwestern Thompson Learning.
Bridge, S., O'Neill, K. and Cromie, S. (2003). Understanding Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Palgrave Macmillan.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Group presentation | 30% |
Individual essay | 70% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Individual essay | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Individual essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External