Module BUSI47H15: Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI47H15: Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To introduce students to the field of entrepreneurship, including the role it plays in modern economies and societies. To understand the different tools and approaches to the concept of entrepreneurship as applied in different contexts.

Content

• Understanding Entrepreneurship
• Exploiting opportunities
• Entrepreneurship and the economy
• Working entrepreneurially in business
• Organisation context: knowledge and technology-based firms
• Organisational context: corporate entrepreneurship
• Organisational context: family firms
• Organisational context: grand challenges
• Global perspectives of entrepreneurship

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module, students should have an advanced knowledge and critical appreciation of:
• the varying and pervasive role of entrepreneurship within the economy and society;
• the different contexts in which entrepreneurs operate, and of their activities in each;
• the approaches developed by researchers in attempting to understand entrepreneurship, the decision to engage in it, and the associated outcomes.

• By the end of the module, students should have:
• a firm understanding of the dimensions and role of entrepreneurship in a modern economy;
• the ability to interpret and contextualise commentary and analysis relating to the field.

• Written communication;
• Critical thinking
• Organising and time management;
• Identification/analysis of relevant information resources;
• Group working skills;
• Computer literacy.

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

• Learning outcomes will be met through a combination of taught input, groupwork and discussion, supported by guided reading.
• The summative assessment of the module, by individual written assignment, is designed to test the acquisition and articulation of knowledge and critical understanding, and skills of application and interpretation within the management context.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Individual written assignment (1500 words). Students also receive feedback on their contributions in class and on a group presentation.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University