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BUSI48Q15: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND VENTURE GROWTH (TAUGHT)

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Type	Tied
Level	4
Credits	15
Availability	Not available in 2023/24
Module Cap	None.
Location	Durham
Department	Management and Marketing

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Excluded Combinations of Modules

None

Aims

To explore venture growth, including the barriers, challenges, and its transforming effect upon the firm and the entrepreneurs role.

Content

Venture growth patterns and explanations
Processes of venture growth
Sources of growth
Organisational and Leadership Dimensions
Female Entrepreneurship and Growth
Supporting High Growth Ventures

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

By the end of the module, students should have:
an understanding of the role of entrepreneurship in the process of growth;
an in-depth understanding of the factors associated with growing a venture;
understanding of the principles of planning growth in a business venture;
a nuanced awareness of the challenges involved in achieving both venture growth and sustainability; and
a critical appreciation of the ways in which stakeholders other than entrepreneurs can support venture growth (government policy, banks, consultants etc.)

Subject-specific Skills:

On completion of the module students should have:
the ability to apply a range of advanced techniques, analytical tools and skills to practical aspects of business planning for early and on-going growth stages.

Key Skills:

In addition, students will have had the opportunity to further develop the following key skills:
Written communication skills
Practical planning processes
Organising and time management
Identification/analysis of relevant information resources
Computer literacy
Case study building

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Delivery is through Workshops, which include a combination of lectures, class discussion and individual work undertaken by students in advance of the sessions, used to explore the themes. Lectures will be used in the workshop sessions to identify and set the main issues in their theoretical and empirical context, and also provide a basis for informed discussion. Emphasis is placed upon the development of practical perspectives and understanding drawn from selected case studies and from the individuals own case study developed through direct contact with a suitable business. Imaginative presentation of ideas and findings is encouraged in the report.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total	Monitored
Workshops (a combination of taught input, exercises, group work, case studies and discussion) timetabled in blocks				24
Preparation and reading				126
Total				150

Summative Assessment

Component: Assignment		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
A report on the individual students case study firm, focused upon its growth ambitions and experience, analysing how it overcame barriers, and reflections on emerging lessons	3,000 words	100	Same

Formative Assessment

Written assignment (1,000 words max.) focused around the broad characteristics of the selected growth firm, and the structure of the interview schedule to be used. Students receive individual written feedback on their assignment.

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