MN50654: Entrepreneurship in action project
[Page last updated: 05 August 2021]
| Academic Year: | 2021/2 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Aims: | * To provide students with the opportunity to encounter the real-life process of launching an entrepreneurial enterprise with individuals who have launched or are in the process of launching a new venture; * To integrate the multi-disciplinary knowledge and insight gained from the taught programme and their personal experience; * To provide students with the opportunity and skills to develop, work within and manage international teams; * To embed enterprise skills along with an understanding of how high-performance and creative teams are developed and managed. |
| Learning Outcomes: | By the end of this programme, students will:
* be able to develop a professional, integrated and convincing new venture creation proposal; * have an understanding of how they can develop, work within and manage creative and effective teams; * have acquired and developed enterprise skills. |
| Skills: | Group work; analytical problem-solving; presentational skills; lateral integration of management activities.
Transferable/Key Skills * an ability to develop a holistic perspective on an organization and an understanding of how the different functions relate to one another; * an appreciation and in-depth understanding of the resources and competences required for successful cross-functional management in organisations including enterprise skills. Professional Practical Skills * deal with complex issues and make sound judgements in the absence of complete information, and to communicate their conclusions clearly and competently to a range of audiences; * operate effectively both independently as well as within teams and assume leadership roles where appropriate. Personal/Interpersonal * the facility to communicate including presenting and marketing themselves and their ideas; preparation and production of effective business plans and reports; * the ability to recognise intra/entrepreneurial risks and opportunities and to use their enterprise skills to the advantage of start-ups and firms in general. |
| Content: | Business Plan writing and presentation. |
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MN50654 is Compulsory on the following programmes:School of Management
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