MGMT321-09S2 (C) Semester Two 2009

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development

28 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2009
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 July 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 October 2009

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 venture opportunities.
2. Managing small business growth and development, including financing.
3. Conflict, maturity, and succession within the family business.
4. Preparation and critique of business plans.

Prerequisites

(1) ACIS102 or AFIS122 or AFIS188 or AFIS102; (2) 44 points from MGMT202, MGMT204, MGMT206, MGMT207, MGMT208, MGMT209, MGMT210, MGMT212, MGMT220, MSCI220, MSCI221.

Restrictions

BSAD305, BSAD314

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Bob Hamilton

Lecturer

Herb de Vries

Guest Lecturer

Glen Senior

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Case Study 1 10% Case Study
Case Study 2 10%
Business Plan 16 Oct 2009 40% Business Plan
Final Exam 40% Final Examination

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Carter, Sara. , Jones-Evans, Dylan; Enterprise and small business : principles, practice and policy ; 2nd ed; FT Prentice Hall, 2006.

Copies are in stock in the University Bookshop. It is essential that you have access to this book as it forms an integral part of the course. A few copies are on restricted loan from the Central Library. MGMT321 Course Readings provide further material and also the case studies used in the course.  All lecture notes, some audio lectures and other materials will be posted on to the course LEARN sites. Please get familiar with this and check it regularly.

Notes

Relationship to Other Courses:
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 the Honours course on Entrepreneurship (MGMT441).

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”).

Coversheets - Group and Individual

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,054.00

International fee $4,433.00

* 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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