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MN52085: Entrepreneurial project

[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]

Academic Year: 2023/24
Owning Department/School: School of Management
Credits: 30 [equivalent to 60 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 600
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Dissertation period
Assessment Summary: CWPF 40%, CWRI 60%
Assessment Detail:
  • Crowdfunding pitch (CWPF 40%)
  • Entrepreneurial Development Reflection (CWRI 60%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes:
  • Identify, synthesise, and analyse data from various sources to inform entrepreneurial decision making under conditions of uncertainty
  • Design and evaluate critical analytical assumptions and hypotheses regarding a practical entrepreneurial problem
  • Demonstrate self-direction and creativity in tackling and solving problems in a variety of contexts
  • Leverage group dynamics and use networking skills to engage with a multitude of stakeholders to build and validate entrepreneurial ideas
  • Communicate entrepreneurial ideas in an eloquent manner and persuade others about the desirability, feasibility, and viability of those ideas
  • Identify your entrepreneurial self and understand what skills are required to develop an entrepreneurial mindset



Synopsis: Work in a group to develop an entrepreneurial project within one of 4 settings: - independent venture - corporate venture at an existing company - venture at a family business - social venture You will learn to: - identify an opportunity and exploit it innovatively - evaluate assumptions and uncertainties affecting the business model or problem - collect and analyse data to test these assumptions - incorporate the results into an innovative business model or solution

Content: The unit is designed to allow students to develop an entrepreneurial project in a variety of entrepreneurial settings. Students will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge and competences acquired during their MSc to a practical project where they will need to address a specific entrepreneurial problem. In addition, students are required to reflect on their experience on the group project and relate this to entrepreneurial literature and consider the impact on their personal development and what it means to their own entrepreneurial self.

Course availability:

MN52085 is Optional on the following courses:

School of Management

Notes:

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