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This course is designed to highlight the development and application of the ideas and concepts of entrepreneurship and small business.

2hrs x 10 weeks (including student presentations) (Please refer to MyCampus for timetable)

Entry to an Honours programme in Business and Management or a minimum grade D3 (average) in the following courses MGT2010, MGT2011, MGT2012 and MGT2014 with an overall average of C3 and GPA of 12 with no course below a D3, and this must be at a first sitting.

This course uses a mixture of assessment methods including group and individual assignments and group presentations. The proposed assessment will be:-

· Assessment of other teams ideas (20%)

· Written business plan (70%)

· Analysis of own achievement against learning outcomes and contribution to teamwork (10%)

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. Where, exceptionally, reassessment on Honours courses is required to satisfy professional/accreditation requirements, only the overall course grade achieved at the first attempt will contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

This course is designed to develop the concepts of how businesses grow via entrepreneurial planning and through the use of the business plan. The course is also designed to enable students to describe and evaluate the issues crucial to the development of smaller firms, the role and personality of the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial team, and the relationship of the smaller firm to its environment. The course will draw on the growing body of research and literature related to the development of smaller companies.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Criticise and contrast theories and concepts of entrepreneurship and the role of the entrepreneur.

2. Recognise and evaluate the importance of entrepreneurship in a variety of profit and non-profit contexts, including inside established organisations.

3. Collaborate in a group to create a business plan for a new venture, drawing on relevant theory and case examples.

4. Identify and explain the risks associated with new ventures.

5. Discuss why new ventures are successful and why they fail.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.