Module BUSI48Q15: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND VENTURE GROWTH (TAUGHT)

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI48Q15: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND VENTURE GROWTH (TAUGHT)

Tied To

• N1N107: Entrepreneurship (for students entering in April 2014 only) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2017-2018 for details)
• N2K507: Management (for students entering between Oct 2013 - Oct 2014) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2018-2019 for details)
• N5K507: Marketing (for students entering from April 2014) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2016-2017 for details)
• N6K207: Human Resource Management (for students entering from October 2013) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2016-2017 for details)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To explore venture growth, including the barriers, challenges, and its transforming effect upon the firm and the entrepreneur’s role.

Content

• Venture growth patterns and explanations
• Processes of venture growth
• Sources of growth
• Organisational and Leadership Dimensions
• Female Entrepreneurship and Growth
• Supporting High Growth Ventures

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module, students should have:
• an understanding of the role of entrepreneurship in the process of growth;
• an in-depth understanding of the factors associated with growing a venture;
• understanding of the principles of planning growth in a business venture;
• a nuanced awareness of the challenges involved in achieving both venture growth and sustainability; and
• a critical appreciation of the ways in which stakeholders other than entrepreneurs can support venture growth (government policy, banks, consultants etc.)

• On completion of the module students should have:
• the ability to apply a range of advanced techniques, analytical tools and skills to practical aspects of business planning for early and on-going growth stages.

• In addition, students will have had the opportunity to further develop the following key skills:
• Written communication skills
• Practical planning processes
• Organising and time management
• Identification/analysis of relevant information resources
• Computer literacy
• Case study building

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Delivery is through Workshops, which include a combination of lectures, class discussion and individual work undertaken by students in advance of the sessions, used to explore the themes. Lectures will be used in the workshop sessions to identify and set the main issues in their theoretical and empirical context, and also provide a basis for informed discussion. Emphasis is placed upon the development of practical perspectives and understanding drawn from selected case studies and from the individual’s own case study developed through direct contact with a suitable business. Imaginative presentation of ideas and findings is encouraged in the report.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Written assignment (1,000 words max.) focused around the broad characteristics of the selected growth firm, and the structure of the interview schedule to be used. Students receive individual written feedback on their assignment.