Postgraduate Course: The Entrepreneurial Challenge: Creating a New Venture (CMSE11159)
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 | 15 |
| Home subject area | Common Courses (Management School) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Student feedback from the Entrepreneurial Manager Course in 2011 was mixed, with a majority of respondents to feedback questionnaires students preferring a more practical course based on how to create a new business and plan a new business. This new more practical course, focused on how to start a new venture, addresses this need, with the proposed course being run as a core option in Semester 1 for the MSc in Management and MSc in IBEM. The current "Entrepreneurial Manager" course will then be run in Semester 2 instead as an ordinary option. In this way MSc students will have a basic practical grounding on the issues and skills involved in starting a new venture. They can then move on in the second semester to the "Entrepreneurial Manager" which will focus on how to create an entrepreneurial organisations within a large organizational context. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 19,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
120 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
90 %,
Practical Exam
10 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The aim of the course is to enhance participants' understanding of the role of the entrepreneur in the new venture creation process and develop their capabilities to recognise, assess and articulate new venture opportunities; to understand the resources required to underpin venture development and growth; and know from where and how to access these resources. The course also seeks to help participants to develop a greater awareness of their personal goals, motivations, strengths and limitations in the context of venture creation and growth, particularly in the context of forming new ventures or joining a new young venture.
The course will require students to work in groups to create a coherent and viable business concept which will be presented to an external panel in the last class session.
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Assessment Information
Individual essay assignment 40%
Group project written report 50%
Presentation of report 10%
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | MGMT-ECH |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Omaima Hatem
Tel: (0131 6)50 3815
Email: Omaima.Hatem@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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