BUSI4R710: Entrepreneurship (CPD)

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• To provide students with a critical knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice of entrepreneurial management.

• The entrepreneurial and entrepreneuring individual
• Thinking about entrepreneurial management
• Managing environments entrepreneurially
• Managing entrepreneurial organisations
• Building and sustaining the innovative organisation

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Upon successful completion of the module, the students will:
• have a critical understanding of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial behaviour;
• have a critical understanding of the ways in which entrepreneurial activity in different organisational contexts can be supported;
• knowledge of how to manage the entrepreneurial task environment, particularly in terms of organising and resourcing entrepreneurship;
• be equipped with knowledge of how to manage networks and relationships for entrepreneurship;
• have a critical appreciation of opportunities and threats to entrepreneurial behaviours in modern business environments and ways to foster entrepreneurial responses in individuals and organisations to meet these changes;
• be aware of the key considerations in adopting and fostering entrepreneurial responses within different organisational contexts.

Subject-specific Skills:

• Upon successful completion of the module, the students will :
• have developed skills around opportunity identification and exploitation in the entrepreneurial and organisational contexts;
• have developed means to diagnose, assess, plan and implement change entrepreneurship in organisational contexts.

Key Skills:

• Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

• Learning outcomes are met through classroom-based workshops, supported by online resources. The workshops consist of a combination of taught input, groupwork, case studies and discussion. Online resources provide supplementary material for the workshops typically consisting of directed reading and video content.
• The formative assessment includes classroom-based exercises involving individual and group analyses of specific business situations/problems relevant to the learning outcomes of the module. Feedback will be given as appropriate.
• The summative assessment is designed to test students' understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply what they have learned through critical analysis of a particular organisation, focusing on the role of the individual, the organisation and the entrepreneurial task environment. The emphasis throughout will be on integrating theory with practice.

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