BUSI54615: Small Business Management (ONLINE)

• None.

• None

• Small Business Management (TAUGHT)

• To enable students to:
• Acquire and demonstrate a specialist knowledge and understanding of the literature on the management and economics of small business;
• Relate this specialist knowledge and understanding to the experience of developing and running a small business;
• Develop a critical understanding of issues surrounding the development and implementation of policy support for new and small businesses.

• Defining the small firm
• Start-up, growth and closure
• Small Firms and the economy
• Small firms and innovation
• The development of small firms
• Supporting small firms
• The relationship between small and large firms
• Entrepreneurship
• Intrapreneurship

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• By the end of the module students should have a critical knowledge and understanding of:
• the contribution of small businesses to the economy and different sectors;
• the role of the entrepreneur and entrepreneurship in small business;
• the growth, success and survival of small business;
• the financing of small businesses;
• the policy environment and factors influencing the success of policy measures.

Subject-specific Skills:

• By the end of the module students should:
• Be able to engage in the critical evaluation of policies towards small firms;
• Be better equipped to found and run a small business.

Key Skills:

• Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

• The module is delivered via online learning, divided up into study weeks with specially produced resources within each week. Resources vary according to the learning outcomes but normally include: video content, directed reading, reflection through activities, opportunities for self-assessment and peer-to-peer learning within a tutor-facilitated discussion board. Tutors provide feedback on formative work and facilitate discussion board communication as well as being available for individual consultation as necessary (usually by email and Skype).
• The summative assessment of the module is designed to test the acquisition and articulation of knowledge and critical understanding, and skills of application and interpretation within the business context.

If you have a question about Durham's modular degree programmes, please visit our Help page. If you have a question about modular programmes that is not covered by the Help page, or a query about the on-line Postgraduate Module Handbook, please contact us.

Prospective Students: If you have a query about a specific module or degree programme, please Ask Us.

Current Students: Please contact your department.