Undergraduate Course: Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurship (BUST10119)
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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Business Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will draw on theories of entrepreneurship and the growing academic literature on sustainable business, where enterprises seek to have little or no negative impact on the environment, community, society, or economy, to explore how effective individuals and organisations identify and pursue new opportunities with a focus on those related to green/clean and environmental aspects of the market.
The context of new venture creation will be explored as will the way in which existing business which previously lacked an explicitly green or environmentally-focussed agenda are increasingly looking to the potential that ¿greening¿ their business may offer.
The aim of the course is to enhance participants¿ capabilities to recognise, assess and articulate opportunities related to the green economy; to understand the resources required to underpin venture development and growth; and know from where and how to access these resources.
The course builds on knowledge and skills developed through the more generically-focused 3rd year Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation by focusing specifically on the opportunities, issues and challenges associated with venture creation and growth in the green and sustainable market space, where a range of internal and external drivers (including particular regulatory systems and regimes) help to shape the environment for venture creation and growth. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | A pass in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (BUST08015) AND Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation (BUST10117)
equivalents
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| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Subject specific knowledge and skills
By the end of the module students will have had the opportunity to:
- reflect upon and critically evaluate theories and concepts underpinning green and sustainable entrepreneurship and venture creation;
- understand the linkages between entrepreneurship and venture creation, development and growth within the context of green and sustainable opportunity exploitation in new and existing organisations;
- understand the issues which are relevant in the identification and screening of opportunities within the green and sustainable economy, for commercialisation and exploitation within new and existing ventures;
- recognise the key issues in presenting green opportunities within traditional business planning documents and the most effective ways of pitching such opportunities to different stakeholder groups;
- identify and then assess a range of possible green and sustainable market opportunities in a structured and systematic way, against a background of economic, social, political/legal and technological/environmental drivers;
- identify the resource requirements of green and sustainable businesses, the types of organisations and other sources likely to provide them, and under what conditions;
2. Cognitive and transferable skills
On completion of the course students should be able to:
- analyse different business situations where green and sustainable entrepreneurial opportunities are present or possible;
- appreciate the motivations of individuals in deciding to pursue new venture opportunities in the green and sustainable economy.
- generate and assess critically ideas for green and sustainable business ventures within new or existing businesses;
- assess the resources required to pursue an opportunity with this the green and sustainable market space;
- develop a business feasibility plan which can guide the exploitation of a green sustainable business opportunity and assist with the acquisition of resources from those interested in supporting ventures in the green and sustainable part of the market;
- locate and access materials/data drawn from multiple sources of information and assess its relevance to issues and problems at hand;
- work together in a team to deliver a multifaceted project to a tight deadline.
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Assessment Information
Group assignment:
Business plan for the venture idea developed during the course, to be no more than 25 pages (inc. appendices). Provisionally, due for submission in the week after the final meeting of class. Worth 40%.
Final group presentation:
The group¿s presentation of its business opportunity, pitched to a panel of ¿Dragons¿ during the final class of semester in Session 10. All students will be expected to attend presentation to present and/or answer questions. Worth 20%.
Case study:
Individuals to write a case study (3,000 words) on a green, sustainable business in the UK or overseas, exploring issues discussed during the course. Details to be given at beginning of the course. Provisionally, due for submission one week after the final meeting of class. Worth 40%.
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Special Arrangements
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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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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | GSE |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sarah Cooper
Tel:
Email: Sarah.Cooper@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Anne Cunningham
Tel: (0131 6)50 3827
Email: Anne.Cunningham@ed.ac.uk |
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