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Entrepreneurship
This is a participative course in which students are expected to contribute and take responsibility for their own learning. The learning environment will emphasise students working together to produce short essays (up to 1000 words) and case study reports for presentation in class. These presentations will be scheduled well in advance and the topics will be examples of the questions used in the final test. The essays will be critiqued by other students and then distributed to everyone in the class.
The aim is to introduce students to the content and methods of current research in the field of Entrepreneurship defined to include new venture formation, the growth of small businesses, and relatively new area of 'corporate' entrepreneurship. The objective is to make students conversant with the literature to the point where they could identify viable research opportunities that would advance understanding of the field.
Subject to approval of the Head of Department.
Bob Hamilton
Herb de Vries
Professor Ivan Light and Craig Rust
The assessment involves a choice of: (a) course work (30% compulsory) and either (b) the final test (70%) only or (c) the final test (40%) and an individual essay (30%). So, your choice is (a + b) or (a + c).The general essay topic is: “Identify key gaps in our knowledge of entrepreneurship and outline what further research is needed to address these.” Be selective – you are not expected to identify all gaps over the entire field. Individual variations to the topic are possible but must be agreed in advance with the course coordinator. A 3,000 word limit applies to the essay. The style must be academic and full referencing of the literature is essential. If you choose this option (a + c), the essay must be handed in at the beginning of the test on Tuesday 27 October. Otherwise the test will carry 70% weight (a + b).The test is on Tuesday 27 October in Room 340, from 9am-noon. There will be a choice of three questions out of nine, and no question(s) will be compulsory. The type of question will be similar to those used during the course as essay topics. The 2008 test paper is also attached.
Carter, Sara. , Jones-Evans, Dylan; Enterprise and small business : principles, practice and policy ; 2nd ed; FT Prentice Hall, 2006 (Course Readings MGMT 441 provide selected lecture topics).
Course website at Learn where lecture notes and other notices will be posted from time to time.
Relationship to Other Courses:This course is one of three that make up the Strategic Management/International Business core with the B.Com. (Hons) Programme. (The others are MGMT443 and MGMT422.)Grading:Marks are not normally standardised 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 372 of the Enrolment Handbook 2009 (also in UC Calendar under “General Course and Examination Regulations”).
Domestic fee $470.00
International Postgraduate fees
* 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.
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