Whether you want to launch a business or save an entrepreneurial idea for later, working on your own business plan will help you to develop your problem-solving skills and demonstrate your overall business acumen – as well as potentially kick-start your future.
Utilising the knowledge and experience you have gained during your years at university and in industry, you'll produce a tailored business plan to a commercial standard. You'll gain an enhanced understanding of the issues that need to be addressed in setting up a new business, and develop the skills to create, run and pitch your own enterprise.
Your ability to think through the challenges of creating a new enterprise – and produce a coherent, convincing and commercial-ready plan – will showcase your value to potential employers and put you in the driving seat when launching your own business.
Private Study: 128
Contact Hours: 22
Total: 150
Main assessment methods:
Team case study analysis (2000 words) (15%)
Individual Business elevator Pitch (Presentation) (5 mins) (15%)
Individual Business Plan (3000 words) (70%)
Reassessment methods:
100% coursework
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The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the financial processes relevant to a new business venture and/or enterprise.
- Apply a critical understanding of the legal implications of developing a new business.
- Demonstrate through the production of a Business Plan/Presentation the understanding of the planning processes for implementing the proposed venture and/or enterprise.
- Apply established marketing processes relevant to a new business venture and/or enterprise.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
- Co-operate with others in the acquisition and application of useful information.
- Communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions effectively using appropriate media to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Demonstrate initiative and personal responsibility in working and studying independently.
- Apply the methods and techniques learned to review, consolidate, extend and apply their knowledge and understanding to initiate and carry out a project.
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