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Postgraduate Course: The Entrepreneurial Challenge: Creating a New Venture (CMSE11159)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits15
Home subject areaCommon Courses (Management School) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionStudent 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 Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations 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-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 150 ( Lecture Hours 19, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 120 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 90 %, Practical Exam 10 %
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.
Assessment Information
Individual essay assignment 40%
Group project written report 50%
Presentation of report 10%
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsMGMT-ECH
Contacts
Course organiserDr Omaima Hatem
Tel: (0131 6)50 3815
Email: Omaima.Hatem@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk
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