Postgraduate Course: Emerging Entrepreneurship in Africa: Opportunities and Obstacles (BUST11193)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Business Studies |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The aim of this course is to examine the nature of new business opportunities in Africa, to gain insights on how a new generation of African entrepreneurs are exploiting these opportunities and meeting the increasingly complex entrepreneurial challenges as Africa merges into the mainstream of world commerce.
Students will examine the nature and diversity of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs in Africa, and will analyse emerging business opportunties. How different are these opportunities from those found elsewhere? What kinds of competencies and skills are necessary to succeed in an African business context? Are they the same competencies that are needed to exploitt more global opportunties? From these analyses students will split into groups and develop either (a) an assessed business proposal and plan located in a specific African context; OR (b) an assessed growth plan for an existing African business OR (c) a research report on a specific topic.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Knowledge and Understanding:
On completion of the course students will be aware of the following issues:
* Theory and principles of entrepreneurship and its applicability in the Africa context;
* The special qualities of entrepreneurs and the characteristics of African entrepreneurs;
* The nature of business opportunities in Africa, in particular which sectors and regions are registering the highest growth;
* How African entrepreneurs are exploiting these opportunities, the nature of barriers and difficulties and how they are being overcome;
* Awareness of future trends of development and growth and the role of entrepreneurs in this process.
* Special problems and constraints of developing business in Africa
* The ability to construct a realistic business plan or growth plan in the African business context
2. Cognitive Skills:
Cognitive skills to be developed are the ability to
understand key concepts in the area of entrepreneurship and African development, to reflect upon them, and to apply them in the future to real world business situations.
3. Key Skills:
Key skills to be enhanced are:
* the ability to research African entrepreneurship using secondary sources, to apply that knowledge to the analysis of business opportunity in Africa;
* to increase abilities to work in groups;
* to improve analytical research skills;
* to improve oral and written communication skills.
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Assessment Information
* Individual assignment 1 - 2000 words (20%).
* Individual assignment 2 - 2000 words (20%).
* Group paper of 4000 words including presentation (60%):
- written plan, 80% of Group assignment
- presentation, 20% of Group assignment
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Peter Rosa
Tel: (0131 6)50 3798
Email: peter.rosa@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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