Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Module description

What is the module about?

This second-year course provides students with a theoretical and practical understanding of entrepreneurship. Accordingly, the main goal of this course is to provide students with a broad picture of entrepreneurship means, with a special focus on the process of new venture creation and growth.

Also, the module is targeted at providing students with a solid conceptual and empirical understanding of entrepreneurship literature and new venture growth. Therefore, students will develop a critical view for the phenomenon, theoretical frameworks, methodologies, and real business cases within the field.

The module will combine theory-based lectures and practice-based tutorials. In the lectures, theories and cases will be presented. Furthermore, guest speakers will take part in some of the lectures as well. In the tutorials, students in groups (randomly assigned) will develop an idea for a new venture that will be pitched at the end of the semester.

 

Who should do this module?

Those who are seeking to understand entrepreneurship from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The course will also be useful if you are thinking of taking more entrepreneurship-related modules in the future. This is a module that aims at raising awareness about the importance of entrepreneurship not only for start-up commercial purposes but also to stimulate the entrepreneurial mindset for further professional endeavours.

Provisional Lecture Outline

Lecture 1: Welcome to the module! Introduction to entrepreneurship

Lecture 2: Entrepreneurial opportunities

Lecture 3: What makes an entrepreneur? The Psychology of Entrepreneurship

Lecture 4: Contextual factors impacting entrepreneurship

Lecture 5: Creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship

Lecture 6: Entrepreneurial strategy

Lecture 7: Entrepreneurial finance

Lecture 8: Venture growth

Lecture 9: Business exit

Lecture 10: Public policy and entrepreneurship

Lecture 11: Revision class

Assessment details

50% Group Presentation (recorded)

50% Coursework – Written Essay

 

Teaching pattern

Weekly lecture

Weekly tutorial

Suggested reading list

Hisrich, R.D., Peters, M.P., & Shepherd, D.A. (2020). Entrepreneurship. McGraw Hill Education.

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