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Title ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Code ULMS252
Coordinator Dr DC Heywood
Organisation and Management
D.Heywood@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2014-15 Level 5 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
ULMS151 None  

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
ULMS352 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
Programme:N121 Year:2 Programme:N501 Year:2 Programme:M102 Year:2 Programme:N101 Year:2 Programme:N12A Year:2 Programme:N100 Year:2 Programme:N500 Year:2

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
Programme:LN12 Year:2 Programme:NR13 Year:2 Programme:NR14 Year:2 Programme:PN91 Year:2 Programme:Y001 Year:2 Programme:BCG0 Year:2 Programme:L000 Year:2 Programme:LN11 Year:2 Programme:GN11 Year:2 Programme:NR11 Year:2 Programme:NR12 Year:2

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 12
Interactive learning with the objective of promoting critical thinking skills and progressive learning development.
  5
Tutorials are delivered by our partners Young Enterprise. Each student group business has a dedicated mentor assigned to them. During tutorials they discuss in depth the business ideas and practicalities of reaching successful goals.
      17
Timetable (if known) Some lectures are highly practical whereas others are more conceptual and theoretical in content and activity expectations.
  		           
Private Study 133
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
Coursework  5000 words  2  50  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 1 
Practical Assessment  15 minutes  2  25  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 2 
Coursework  1,500  2  25  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 3 Notes (applying to all assessments) Assessment 1: Group report 5000 words. Each Young Enterprise Business Group will submit a report. Resit via individual report Assessment 2: Trade Fair interview. Interview conducted with each Young Enterprise Business Group, with students assessed on their group's business performance. Resit via individual interview. Assessment 3: Employability skill development journal. 

Aims

The aims of the module are to:

  • provide an understanding of the nature of entrepreneurship
  • outline the challenges faced at each stage in the process of starting and building a business
  • examine the internal and external pressures on the contemporary entrepreneur
  • outline the ways business starters and owner managers can use the core business disciplines to tackle their challenges while outlining some limitations on these in the sme environment
  • outline the role of entrepreneurship for the individual, enterprise and community
  • provide knowledge of emerging issues in the entrepreneurial environment

Learning Outcomes

To define and understand the competences associated with entrepreneurship

To  develop an appreciation of the environment for entrepreneurship

To  understand the nature of entrepreneurial opportunities

To understand the links between entrepreneurial learning and business creation

To  understand the process of entrepreneurial business creation  

To  have insight into the challenges involved in starting and operating entrepreneurial new businesses


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lecture - Interactive learning with the objective of promoting critical thinking skills and progressive learning development.

Some lectures are highly practical whereas others are more conceptual and theoretical in content and activity expectations.

Tutorial - Tutorials are delivered by our partners Young Enterprise. Each student group business has a dedicated mentor assigned to them. During tutorials they discuss in depth the business ideas and practicalities of reaching successful goals.

Syllabus
1 

Introduction to module and to Young Enterprise

Young Enterprise -business start-up lecture

Entrepreneurial identity

Entrepreneurial learning 

Trade Fair preparation

Trade Fair 

Enterprise and employability skills journal


Recommended Texts
Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.
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