Module Descriptors
ENTERPRISE AND SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
XXFO60010
Key Facts
Faculty of Business, Education and Law
Level 6
15 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 30
Independent Study Hours: 120
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Texts
Carter S and Jones-Evans D (2000) Enterprise and Small Business Management: Principles, Practice and Policy.Financial Times/Prentice Hall. Harlow
Hendry J (2004) Between Enterprise and Ethics: Business Management in a Bimoral Society. Oxford University Press Oxford
Hendry J (2004) Between Enterprise and Ethics: Business Management in a Bimoral Society. Oxford University Press Oxford
Module Resources
Library
Video
Video
Module Learning Strategies
The learning strategy for the module requires students to commit 150 learning hours (including assessment) of this there will be 30 hours of class support and 120 hours of independent and self directed study. Support will also be given by access to Scheduled Tutor Office Hours to support the module.
6 hours of lectures/large group based activity
12 hours of formal lectures
12 hours of tutor led activity - workshops and case study activity
Learning support material will be provided for the module.
The lecture/tutorial pattern will vary with some tutorial activities taking place in small sized work groups.
6 hours of lectures/large group based activity
12 hours of formal lectures
12 hours of tutor led activity - workshops and case study activity
Learning support material will be provided for the module.
The lecture/tutorial pattern will vary with some tutorial activities taking place in small sized work groups.
Module Additional Assessment Details
2500 Word Assignment - 100% (Tests All Learning Outcomes)
Module Indicative Content
AIMS
Psychology and the socio-economic context are considered by recent research to be the most appropriate means through which enterprise and small business management may be best understood. The aims of this module are to engage the student with this debate. To gain knowledge of the advantages of understanding entrepreneurship as a process that may be promoted from a psychological perspective. To develop an understanding of the importance of the socio economic context in terms of the dynamics of family, gender and ethnicity in the advancement of the culture of enterprise.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
Explanation of why trait theory has failed to provide appropriate understanding of entrepreneurial behaviour.
Establishment of a deeper understanding of the relationship between enterprise and culture.
Exploration of the major theoretical schools of psychology of the entrepreneur.
Consideration of the practical as well as the theoretical advantages of promoting entrepreneurship through a psychological perspective.
An exploration of the relationship between family, gender and ethnicity in understanding the entrepreneurial process. Consideration of the importance of these factors in networking and the small firm.
The influence of networks in the dynamics of internationalisation of small and medium enterprises.
Psychology and the socio-economic context are considered by recent research to be the most appropriate means through which enterprise and small business management may be best understood. The aims of this module are to engage the student with this debate. To gain knowledge of the advantages of understanding entrepreneurship as a process that may be promoted from a psychological perspective. To develop an understanding of the importance of the socio economic context in terms of the dynamics of family, gender and ethnicity in the advancement of the culture of enterprise.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
Explanation of why trait theory has failed to provide appropriate understanding of entrepreneurial behaviour.
Establishment of a deeper understanding of the relationship between enterprise and culture.
Exploration of the major theoretical schools of psychology of the entrepreneur.
Consideration of the practical as well as the theoretical advantages of promoting entrepreneurship through a psychological perspective.
An exploration of the relationship between family, gender and ethnicity in understanding the entrepreneurial process. Consideration of the importance of these factors in networking and the small firm.
The influence of networks in the dynamics of internationalisation of small and medium enterprises.