Newcastle University

Aims

To introduce students to a broad range of debates, perspectives and practical issues in the nature of enterprise and entrepreneurship within the social sciences.
1)To provide students with an integrated framework for the analysis of enterprise and entrepreneurship.
2)To enable students to reflect on the practices of enterprise and entrepreneurship.
3)To situate enterpirse and entrepreneurship activity within its wider economic, social and political contexts.

Original Summary:
Enterprise and Entrepreneurship are becoming increasingly important to the economic well being of many nations. This module gives students an opportunity to develop an awareness of the role of enterprise in the economy and society, and the key factors involved in their management. The subject is oriented at the study of enterprise rather than training the student to start and manage a small firm itself.

Outline Of Syllabus

What is enterprise and entrepreneurship?
Context of enterprise and entrepreneurship 1: The economy
Context of enterprise and entrepreneurship 2: Society and the individual
Enterprise: people that run them, people who work in them
Forms of enterprise
Embeddedness of entrepreneurial behaviour
Social and business networks
The business of enterprise 1: strategy and the small firm
The business of enterprise 2: finance and the small firm
Enterprise and small business policy 1: Theory
Enterprise and small business policy 2: Practice
Revision session

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

1) This is one of the key compulsory modules for the MSc in Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise. It runs across two semester, and entails the development of increasingly sophisticated perspectives on entrepreneurship.

2)Lecture deliver the theoretical underpinning of the key themes enterprise and entrepreneurship, providing a framework for students-centred learning.

3)Seminars and visits to organisations will focus on the practical application of theoretical concepts through case studies an dgroup discussions and ground these in empirical reality.

4) Student's private study complements the above.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The exam assesses acquisition of the key outcomes; report and presentation assess knowledge & skills outcomes. For the Group assignments it will be possible, where appropriate, to allocate marks to individual contributions.