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Semester 2
Innovation and Enterprise (BUST08053)
Subject
Business Studies
College
CAHSS
Credits
20
Normal Year Taken
2
Delivery Session Year
2023/2024
Pre-requisites
Visiting students must have completed at least 1 introductory level Business Studies course at grade B or above for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses.
Course Summary
All enterprises must innovate to respond to social changes, changes in technology and changes in their market. This course will provide you with both the skills and knowledge to lead enterprises in their development of new products and services, and in the introduction of new and better ways of working. These skills and this knowledge also are a foundation for turning your inchoate enterprise ideas into a successful new venture. These skills and this knowledge will build a platform that you may then extend in more specialised studies of innovation, entrepreneurship, and enterprise in the Schools excellent honours courses.
Course Description
The aim of this course is to give students an understanding of current concepts for understanding processes of innovation in new ventures and established organisations across all sectors. The second aim of this course is to provide students with the skills to analyse innovation and work in a group to suggest how processes of innovation and improvement can themselves be improved. Student Learning Experience The course will be taught using two hours of lectures per week supplemented by background resources and guided learning exercises delivered through Learn. The knowledge objectives of the course will be assessed in the end of course examination. The context specific and general skills aims of the course will be assessed through the group exercises. Students will be provided with mid-course formative feedback on a non-assessed mid-course submission.
Assessment Information
Written Exam 50%, Coursework 50%, Practical Exam 0%
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