ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS PLANNING - 2023/4

Module code: MAN3083

Module Overview

This module is designed to provide students with an understanding of enterprise at the individual, firm and societal levels of inquiry.  The module will enable students to understand theories of entrepreneurship, innovation, opportunity recognition, entrepreneurial process and business venture creation, relating these to practice. They will also simulate the behaviours of an entrepreneur through producing a fully researched business plan for a new business venture. The purpose is to enable students to be aware of the role enterprise formation plays in the economy.

Module provider

Surrey Business School

Module Leader

MURZACHEVA Ekaterina (SBS)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 6

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Overall student workload

Independent Learning Hours: 106

Lecture Hours: 11

Seminar Hours: 11

Guided Learning: 11

Captured Content: 11

Module Availability

Semester 2

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

None

Module content

The content will comprise of the following: 


  • Introduction to the entrepreneurial process and role of entrepreneurship in new business venture creation;

  • Introduction to the opportunity recognition space and entrepreneurial market opportunity analysis;

  • Introduction to the role of innovation in new business venture creation.

  • The business planning process and new business venture creation:

    • Entrepreneurial products and service development  

    • Entrepreneurial pricing, distribution, and promotion

    • Customer and competitor analysis, team and operational plan   

    • Entrepreneurial financial planning




Assessment pattern

Assessment type Unit of assessment Weighting
Oral exam or presentation INDIVIDUAL VIDEO PRESENTATION 30
Coursework GROUP REPORT 70

Alternative Assessment

Individual report to assess the same learning outcomes as the group report. 

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their learning and meeting of the modules’ learning outcomes in terms of the key skills of critical discussion, debate, problem-solving and decision making. 

The assessment strategy is summative and formative and aligns with the learning outcomes. More specifically, assessment 1 facilitates students’ learning for outcome 1, 2, and 5 whereas assessment 2 is particularly suitable for learning outcome 3 and 4. There is also an element of peer assessment where students discuss and weigh the contribution, they have made to the group project.

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:


  • An individual Video Presentation

  • A fully researched group business plan for a new venture  



Formative assessment and feedback

Students will receive formative feedback in the form of verbal feedback in seminars and during office hours. 
 

Module aims

  • 1. Develop an understanding of entrepreneurship and new business venture creation;
  • 2. Critically assess and apply entrepreneurship theories/tools and models to new business venture creation
  • 3. Develop, design and build a fully research business plan for a new product or service

Learning outcomes

Attributes Developed
001 Develop an awareness and enthusiasm for new business venture creation KCT
002 Critically assess and evaluate entrepreneurship theories/tools/models to new business venture creation KCT
003 Design and build a business plan for a new product or service CT
004 Develop digital and information literacy skills, analytical and problem-solving skills PT
005 Reflect critically on your learning  CT

Attributes Developed

C - Cognitive/analytical

K - Subject knowledge

T - Transferable skills

P - Professional/Practical skills

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

Develop students’ awareness of entrepreneurship and enterprise both as a field of theoretical study and as an area of practice.
The learning and teaching methods are:

Designed to enhance understanding of theories/tools and models to new business venture creation, including creative techniques and strategies to develop solutions to real-life problems problems.

The Learning Outcomes are met through:




    • Lectures, seminars, class discussions and debates 

    • Case studies, guest lectures, and practical examples (to comprise part of the above contact teaching sessions) 

    • Multimedia resources e.g. audio podcasts (used both in class and as part of guided study/class preparation)

    • SurreyLearn VLE (used to support learning and teaching and communication with students)

    • Support materials

    • Reading and class preparation via directed learning and independent study

    • Individual work

    • Group discussions and debates 





In addition the module teaching team are accessible throughout the semester to address and clarify questions.  Office hours will be provided. Feedback given will be oral and written on an individual basis and summative.

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

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Programmes this module appears in

Programme Semester Classification Qualifying conditions
International Business Management (Dual degree with SII-DUFE) BSc (Hons) 2 Optional A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module
Business Management (Entrepreneurship) BSc (Hons) 2 Compulsory A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module
Business Management (HRM) BSc (Hons) 2 Optional A weighted aggregate of 40% overall and a pass on the pass/fail unit of assessment is required to pass the module
International Business Management BSc (Hons) 2 Optional A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module
Accounting and Finance (Dual degree with SII-DUFE ) BSc (Hons) 2 Optional A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module
Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) 2 Optional A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module
Business Management BSc (Hons) 2 Optional A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module
Business Management and Spanish BSc (Hons) 2 Optional A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module
Business Management and French BSc (Hons) 2 Optional A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2023/4 academic year.