MGMT321-07S1 (C) Semester One 2007

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development

28 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 26 February 2007
End Date: Sunday, 1 July 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 11 March 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 May 2007

Description

This course is concerned with the nature of entrepreneurs; the entrepreneurial process; and the development and growth of small and medium-sized businesses.

The main focus of this course is the independent entrepreneur as business founder.  The course covers the nature of entrepreneurs; how and why they start businesses; why many fail; why sustained growth is so rare; how new and small businesses are financed; the management of smaller firms; special features of family firms.  Recent research findings will be incorporated.  Case studies are used extensively and students must also produce their own business plan.

Learning Outcomes

This is an integrative course that will apply knowledge from the main functional areas of Management and also from MGMT320.  It also prepares students for Honours course on Entrepreneurship (MGMT441).

The capability to advise and/or act appropriately with regard to:
1.Identification and evaluation of new ventures
2.Preparation and critique of business plans
3.Managing small business growth and development
4.Conflict, maturity, and succession within the family business.

Prerequisites

(1) AFIS122 or AFIS188; (2) 44 points from MGMT202, MGMT204, MGMT206, MGMT207, MGMT208, MSCI220, MSCI221

Restrictions

BSAD305, BSAD314

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Bob Hamilton

Guest Lecturer

Glen Senior

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Case Study 1 10% Case Study
Case Study 2 10%
Business Plan 08 Jun 2007 30% Business Plan
Final Exam 50%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

MGMT 321 course readings ; (Medium: Readings).

Course Readings MGMT321 provide readings on each lecture topics and the case studies used in the course.  There is no specified text for 2007.  Lecture notes will be on the k-drive, normally in advance of each session.

Course links

Library portal

Notes

Grading:
Marks are not normally scaled in this course. Grading follows the Department of Management's Academic Policies for Undergraduate Courses. Cut-points used to convert marks to final grades may vary slightly and therefore 50% may not translate into a passing grade.

Departmental Academic Policies
If you want a hard copy of this document, please ask the course co-ordinator. The Department assumes that you have read this document. You should also read the “Information related to courses and assessment” on page 350 of the Enrolment Handbook 2007 (also in UC Calendar under “General Course and Examination Regulations”).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $971.00

International fee $3,966.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Management, Marketing and Tourism .

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