MGMT324-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013

International Entrepreneurship

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 19 May 2013

Description

International Entrepreneurship is a course designed for those interested in the practices of ‘the entrepreneur’, and who wish to build on their existing understanding of international business. The main focus of this course is the entrepreneur as an international business operative. The course discusses issues such as: the nature of entrepreneurship, the changing global environment, expansion through franchising, culture and the international environment, and the dark side of entrepreneurship. International case studies, local case studies and recent research findings are used extensively, and students will be encouraged to analyse these through the application of the theoretical material presented during lectures.

Learning Outcomes

  • The overarching learning goal for the course is the ability to apply entrepreneurial thinking and techniques to the international business environment. This includes the ability to:

  • Reflect upon the nature of entrepreneurship from both characteristic and process perspectives.
  • Analyse the global environment with the intent of indentifying international entrepreneurial opportunities.
  • Communicate logical and coherent written evaluations of international franchising opportunities.
  • Discuss the merits of entrepreneurship within a different cultural context.
  • Critically evaluate the ethical implications for international entrepreneurial activities.

    Course requirements, expectations and regulations:
    Students are expected to be conversant with all materials discussed in lectures and supplied or identified in course readings.

    The Department of Management assumes that students have read the relevant sections concerning course regulations and aegrotat applications in the UC Calendar: “General Course and Examination Regulations”. As marks may be scaled at the end of the semester, there is no set pass mark for each individual item of assessment. A passing mark will depend on your overall performance on all items of assessment compared with other members of the class.

Prerequisites

MGMT220 or MGMT221

Timetable Note

There will be 12 weeks of 1 x 2 hour lectures per week.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Herb de Vries

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Test 20 Mar 2013 25% Test (in-class)
Group Assignment 17 May 2013 35% Group Assignment
Final Examination 40% Final Examination


TEST (25%) Wednesday March 20, 2013 (In class) 10.15am to 11:45am
The term test will consist of short written essay questions. It will examine lecture material, and course readings covered in weeks 1, 2, & 3.

Please Note: The test will be undertaken in examination conditions. That is, only pencils, eraser, pen, student ID card and water bottle will be allowed on the desk during the test. No pencil cases, mobile phones, calculators or dictionaries.  Please don’t forget to bring your student ID card.

The mid-term test is designed to assess learning goals 1, and 2.

GROUP ASSIGNMENT (35%) Due Friday May17, 2013 4.30pm
Students will do an integrative case study which is to be completed in groups of three or four students. Requirements concerning the group assignment will be explained in class.

The group assignment is designed to assess learning goal 2 and 3.

FINAL EXAM (40%) Time TBA
The final exam will consist of multi-choice questions and short written essay questions, which will examine lecture material and course readings covered in weeks 4-12.

The final exam is designed to assess learning goals 3, 4 and 5.

Marks and Grades
Marks will be posted on the LEARN site as soon as possible after the assessments have been marked. You will be notified by email when the marks are available.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Hisrich, Robert D; International entrepreneurship : starting, developing, and managing a global venture ; SAGE, 2010 (This is an Optional Reading).

Judd, Richard J. , Justis, Robert T; Franchising : an entrepreneur's guide ; 4th ed; Thomson, 2008 (This is an Optional Reading).

No text required for this course.

Course reader available on LEARN and lecture handouts available in class.

Notes

Departmental Academic Policies
The Department assumes that you have read this document.

You should also read the General Course and Examination Regulations

Dishonest Practice
The University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty.  All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.

IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.

Coversheets - Group and Individual

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $682.00

International fee $3,000.00

* 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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