MGMT641-13S2 (C) Semester Two 2013

Entrepreneurship

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 8 July 2013
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 21 July 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 6 October 2013

Description

The course introduces students to the content and methods of current research in the Entrepreneurship field.

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.

Along with MGMT643 Advanced Strategic Management, this paper makes up a specialisation in on strategy and entrepreneurship within the B.Com. (Hons) programme in Management.  (The others are MGMT643 and MGMT 622.)

Workload
In the 2012 CEM Course Survey, 100% of students either ‘agreed’ or ‘strongly agreed’ that the workload was ‘appropriate to my achieving the course aims’.  Students are encouraged to pursue depth rather than breadth of learning by focusing on topics of interest.

Learning Outcomes

The aim is to introduce students to advanced knowledge in the field by having them locate and use recent research in Entrepreneurship. The objective is to make students:
1. Conversant with the advanced academic literature.
2. Capable of identifying and communicating viable research opportunities.
3.  Able to design methodologies that would advance knowledge in this area.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department

Restrictions

MGMT441

Equivalent Courses

MGMT441

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Bob Hamilton

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Course Work 30% Course Work
Final Test OR Final Test & Individual Essay 70% Final Test OR Final Test & Individual Essay


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 a significant gap 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 date to be confirmed. Otherwise the test will carry 70% weight (a + b).

The test venue and time are to be confirmed. 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. Previous papers can be made available.

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

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Carter, Sara. , Jones-Evans, Dylan; Enterprise and small business : principles, practice and policy ; 3rd ed; Pearson, 2012.

Copies are in the bookshop and some are on reserve in the main library. Readings will be posted on the course’s LEARN2 website.

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.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $814.00

* 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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