MGMT321-06S1 (U) Semester One 2006 (University Campus)

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development

28 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2006
End Date: Sunday, 2 July 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 May 2006

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

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 
Final Examination 50%
Case Study 1 10%
Case Study 2 10%
Business Plan 09 Jun 2006 30%


There will be four case studies in MGMT321 and you are required to do at least two.  If you hand in more than two, you will receive the two best marks.  The four 'due dates' are 10 March; 24 March; 7 April; and 26 May.

Textbooks / Resources

Lecture notes are posted on the K Drive in advance of each session.  Any textbook for 2005 has yet to be confirmed.

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 and Guidelines:
A summary of Departmental academic policies on course grading, aegrotat considerations, etc. is available under: http://www.mang.canterbury.ac.nz/courseinfo/acadpolicies.doc
If you want a hard copy of this document, please ask the course co-ordinator.  The Department assumes that you have read this document.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $925.00

International fee $3,779.00

* 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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