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Title Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Code KMGT674
Coordinator Miss VK McCall
Marketing (ULMS)
V.Mccall@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 7 FHEQ Whole Session 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
 

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           50

100

 150
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 0
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Assessment 1 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole Session  Weeks 2-8 (approx. 5    35       
Assessment 2 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole session  Weeks 2,4 and 6-8* (    25       
Assessment 3 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole Session  Maximum of 3 in week    30       
Assessment 4 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole Session  Week 8* (approx. 1,0    10       

Aims

To introduces key concepts, theories and topics relating to entrepreneurship and innovation;

To consider emerging issues in the entrepreneurial environment grounded realistic view of change and innovation and reflect on the optimal conditions for innovation to take place;

Engage in the identification and development of opportunities, resource acquisition, creativity and innovation;

Develop the competences, skills, awareness and mind-set to become an effective entrepreneur, and to apply entrepreneurial behaviours in organisational environments.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Students will be able to coherently demonstrate and sustain their views on effective entrepreneurship by use of evidence and contemporary research

(LO2) Enable students to explore the relationship between entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and social entrepreneurship

(LO3) To enable students to identify the factors associated with good practices in developing and utilising appropriate entrepreneurial networks to access resources.

(LO4) Students to be abe to define the importance of the process of entrepreneurial business development and to consider the elements of a successful environment for entrepreneurship.

(LO5) Students will be familiar with the various options in terms of establishing an entrepreneurial organisation with particular emphasis on the virtues of the virtual business

(LO6) Enable students to understand the imperatives of innovative new technologies and demonstrate how they can form the basis of a sustainable new business

(S1) Communication Skills: Students will have opportunities to develop written communication skills through group discussions and assignments

(S2) Problem Solving and Decision Making: Students will be challenged to think critically about organisational issues and dilemmas. They will do this by gathering and synthesising information, analysing alternative perspectives and options and presenting a considered opinion or programme of action in their course assessment.

(S3) Information and Communication Technology Skills: Students will have opportunities to improve their ICT skills. Students will demonstrate skills in the use of software applications including word processing, visual presentations, data bases, spreadsheets and using the internet for information searches in the course.

(S4) Time management. This involves planning scheduled work and meeting assessment deadlines. This will be evident in the students’ independent management of their assignments and coursework and by meeting coursework deadlines.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Virtual classroom hours (for online modules)
Notes: Number of hours per week, per student expected in the virtual classroom in discussion, dedicated to group work and individual assessment is 7.

Teaching Method 2 - Non-classroom hours (for online modules)
Notes: Number of hours per week, per student expected for reading, research and other individual work to support engagement in the classroom is 13.

Syllabus
 

Indicative:
The Entrepreneurial Process; Entrepreneurial Skills, Behaviours and Attributes; Resource Requirements; The Entrepreneurial Manager; Crafting a Personal Entrepreneurial Strategy; Networks and Impression Management; The Concepts and Language of Organisational Change and Innovation; Business Planning and Growth.


Recommended Texts
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