Postgraduate Course: Innovation-driven Entrepreneurship (20 credits) (CMSE11201)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This introduction to entrepreneurship provides a fully-online enabled curriculum for students to explore entrepreneurship as a subject of study and as a practice. The course relies on video presentations, speaker events, and traditional content. There are no physical lectures.
Students work independently to learn about entrepreneurship theory. Students work in a group to evaluate an innovative opportunity. The course provides students a "sandpit" to explore the early stages of entrepreneurship.
This course teaches some of the generic and transferable skills required to become an entrepreneur. The course raises the student's awareness of the legal, business, managerial, creative, analytical and interpersonal skills relevant to setting up and running a new venture. The primary focus is on the development of an opportunity evaluation for a venture exploiting a novel idea or technology. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 30,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
166 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Group Coursework (40%)
Individual work (60%) |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship | 3:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
Subject specific knowledge and skills
By the end of the course, students will have had the opportunity to:
1. Reflect upon and theories and concepts underpinning entrepreneurship;
2. Understand the relationship between entrepreneurship and value creation and the unique role of the entrepreneurial managers in driving innovation and growth;
3. Work both independently and in a team-based environment to take on the role of entrepreneurial managers and critically assess and establish and develop an entrepreneurial opportunity.
4. Explore strengths and weaknesses of startup management teams, and identify areas for improvements
5. Employ a theoretical framework in analyzing a new business venture opportunity
Cognitive Skills
By the end of the course students will have developed or enhanced:
1. Scholarship and desk research skills;
2. The ability to assimilate, communicate and present critical evaluations of relevant sources of information; and
3. The application of entrepreneurial theory to real world organizations and opportunities.
Key transferable skills
On completion of the assessed course work, students should have enhanced their ability to:
1. Discover an opportunity in the ICT marketplace and conceive an innovative solution
2. Analyse and consider different business situations where entrepreneurial opportunities are present or possible;
3. Manage or advise on the key elements for identifying and exploiting an entrepreneurial opportunity;
4. Research a business startup opportunity and marketplace
5. Prepare a thorough written opportunity assessment to precede the writing of a business plan
6. Propose a plan for acquisition of further resources to launch a venture
7. Build interpersonal skills in networking and negotiations
8. Write clear and concise case study analyses and recommendations using the language of business
9. Cooperate in team environments and observe or acquire leadership skills
10. Present and communicate ideas and opportunities.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Adam Bock
Tel: (0131 6)50 8246
Email: Adam.J.Bock@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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