- The contrast between managing in the Corporate and running an SME -`Big profits from Small Companies'; functional knowledge introduced previously will now be contextualised to the small business environment - form of the organisation, finance, marketing, operations, employees; Intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship
- The entrepreneurial personality vs. the entrepreneurial mindset (entrepreneurial traits and characteristics including attitude to risk, creativity and innovation, decisiveness, tenacity, perseverance, independence and personal goals, locus of control, nAch and other factors vs. entrepreneurial learning, reaction to `failure')
- Small business success and failure
- Entrepreneurial teams
- The UK business support environment and small business policy
- `Big Society' and social enterprise
- Managing growth and sustainability
- Experiencing business - (triple bottom line people, planet, profit)

Burns, P. (2011) Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 3rd Edition, Palgrave Macmillan
Deakins, D., Freel, M. (2009). Entrepreneurship and Small Firms, 5th Edition. McGraw Hill
Down, S. (2010) Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Small Business SAGE London

Libraries for textbooks and journals - specific enterprise journals to be indicated
Module website via Blackboard
Lecture notes and handouts
The Internet

Two activities:

Activity: 1 "An entrepreneur I know". Interview an entrepreneur, transcribe the interview and produce a report linking the interview to theory. 1000 word report (excluding transcription) (50%) (LO 1,2,3)

Activity 2: Source, cost and compare potential premises with associated overheads for a particular business activity. To critically reflect on what went well/what didn't go well and why. 1000 word research document (50%) (LO 1,2,3,4)

1. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF `SUCCESS', ENTREPRENEURIAL MOTIVES, OBJECTIVE/SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS OF PROGRESS AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS. (Analysis, Knowledge & Understanding)
2. TO EXPLAIN DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS AND THE TYPES OF CHARACTERISTICS APPLICABLE TO THOSE CONTEXTS; FOR EXAMPLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP VS. INTRAPRENEURSHIP; `FOR-PROFIT' VS. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE; INDIVIDUAL VS. TEAM ENTERPRISE. (Knowledge & Understanding, Learning)
3. COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY THE APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES LEARNT WITHIN A PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL FRAMEWORK PRODUCING AN APPROPRIATE REPORT. (Application, Communication, Reflection)
4. TO BE ABLE TO RESEARCH ASPECTS OF THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROCESS, WITHIN A PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL FRAMEWORK, CULMINATING IN A RESEARCH DOCUMENT. (Application, Learning, Reflection)

The learning strategy for this module is based around students committing a total of 150 hours of activities towards achieving the learning outcomes. These will be split between 39 hours of direct contact with a tutor and 111 hours of directed, guided and self-study, together with preparation for and completion of the assessment tasks. Learning support material will be provided for the module.
The module will draw upon a mixture of activities including lectures, web-based activities, case study analysis, relevant videos and in-class discussions, individual and group problem solving and self-directed learning.