BMGT44300 Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Academic Year 2023/2024

Creativity and innovation are essential for the development of successful new ventures, and critical to the survival of existing organizations, especially in competitive contexts. This module is designed to introduce participants to the use of creativity and design thinking in the new venture creation process to help them develop innovative businesses. The material covered will be research and theory based but the module will be practice-oriented, with much of the term spent developing participant-generated new venture ideas that can be launched in the marketplace. Although the focus is on starting new commercial ventures it will also be relevant to starting social enterprises and new lines of business in existing companies (intrapreneurship).

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Curricular information is subject to change

What will I learn?

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Apply creativity and design thinking concepts to the identification and development of new business ideas
• Deal with uncertainty, risk and failure – and grow from the experience
• Work in teams to forge ideas into workable business concepts and test them in the marketplace
• Synthesise main theories, principles and concepts from entrepreneurship literature with your own experiences and insights and observations of entrepreneurship in your environment

Indicative Module Content:

Topics will be discussed in class during Week 1

How will I learn?

Student Effort Type	Hours
Specified Learning Activities	100
Autonomous Student Learning	65
Lectures	36
Total	201

Am I eligible to take this module?

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.

How will I be assessed?

Assessment Strategy

Description	Timing	Open Book Exam	Component Scale	Must Pass Component	% of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: New venture creation project (group)	Unspecified	n/a	Graded	Yes	60
Continuous Assessment: Individual assignment	Unspecified	n/a	Graded	Yes	40

Carry forward of passed components
No

What happens if I fail?

Resit In	Terminal Exam
Autumn	No

Assessment feedback

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Formative feedback is given to students on an ongoing basis throughout the module.

When is this module offered?


Spring
Lecture	Offering 1	Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33	Thurs 10:00 - 12:50