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BMGT3025D

Academic Year 2024/2025

Business and Social Enterprise (BMGT3025D)

Subject:
Business Management
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Fiona Rowley
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This course will examine and discuss the processes and the issues involved in new venture creation with a social impact. The course is based on the premise that there is a very identifiable process involved in setting up a new business, that it is possible to think your way through the process, to manage the process in an active way and to develop a firstclass Business Plan for a New Venture. The course will help you to explore your own entrepreneurial abilities and will encourage this entrepreneurial behaviour in your business career. The module providesfor the blending of its theory and practice contents with the collective workplace experiences of the participants, to this end participants will be expected to contribute critical reflection on their workplace experiences along with collaborative interpretation of such experiences in both classroom and study group settings. Advance preparation for classes and workshops will be an important feature, with readings and questions for reflection assigned at the commencement of the trimester.

Learning Outcomes:

Develop entrepreneurial potential and abilities.Demonstrate an ability to critically discuss contents of the module and yourworkplace experience.An understanding of the process of new venture creation.Knowledge and understanding of the requirements for successful business planning innew ventures.An appreciate of the management issues typically encountered by new firms duringthe early stages in their development.Preparation of a business plan.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12
Specified Learning Activities

100
Autonomous Student Learning

100
Online Learning

1
Total

213

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Students will attend classes for this module and have the opportunity to engage in active learning during these sessions. There will be in-class discussion and group work to analyse module concepts. Where appropriate, the module will incorporate case based learning

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

Students should have successfully completed stage 1 and stage 2 (or equivalent) of the Diploma/Bachelor of Business Studies


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Reflective Assignment: Reflection on the module and what you have learned from it Week 15 Graded No
10
 No
Report(s): Support docs from group project Week 9 Graded No
10
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): individual persona assignment Week 7 Graded No
50
 No
Group Work Assignment: group project and presentation Week 9 Graded No
30
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

General feedback is provided to students after assessments

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