MGMT324-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

International Entrepreneurship

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

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 objectives of the course are:
1. Understand entrepreneurship theory in a global context
2. Analyse and apply business knowledge within a real-world environment
3. Apply critical judgement and initiative in displaying effective problem solving and decision making in the entrepreneurial context
4. Understand and analysis the environmental context in which entrepreneurs operate
5. Understand how the cultural and ethical perspectives can influence the understanding of a given entrepreneurial-related issues

Prerequisites

45 points at 200-level or above in MGMT or MKTG

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 12:00 - 14:00 E16 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Timetable Note

The first hour of each session of this course will be recorded using the ECHO360 lecture recording system. The second hour will be workshop based.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Herb de Vries

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Weekly Group Activity 25%
Mid Term Quiz 25 Aug 2024 25%
Final Exam 50% TBA


The ‘45% rule’ applies to this course. That is, student needs to reach 45% weighted average across invigilated assessments. Please refer here for further information.

Assessment in Te Reo Māori
In recognising that Te Reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand, the University provides for students who may wish to use Te Reo Māori in their assessment. If you intend to submit your work in Te Reo Māori you are required to do the following:

Read the Assessment in Te Reo Māori Policy and ensure that you meet the conditions set out in the policy. This includes, but is not limited to, informing the Course Coordinator 1) no later than 10 working days after the commencement of the course that you wish to use Te Reo Māori and 2) at least 15 working days before each assessment due date that you wish to use Te Reo Māori.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

De Vries, Huibert Peter; The global entrepreneur ; [Publisher not identified], 2021.

Additional reading materials will be posted on LEARN and lecture hand-outs will be available in class.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $893.00

International fee $4,200.00

* 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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