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BU596H: NEW VENTURE CREATION (2024-2025)

Last modified: 12 Dec 2024 11:46


Course Overview

The aim of this course is to equip students with an understanding of key aspects of new venture creation, including business planning, pitching new ideas to investors and managing growth. This is a capstone course, by bringing together a range of different concepts.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Third Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Xiaohui Shi
  • John Storm

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of Master of Business Administration (P/T) or Master of Business Administration or Master of Business Administration (Human Resource Man't) or MSc International Business Management or Master Of Business Administration In Business Analytics
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Students will undertake sessions in: - Understanding and analysing business models - Investor perspectives - Market opportunity recognition and shaping Analysing organisational requirements and employment models - Business plan analysis - Pitching a business proposition - Presentation design, making professional presentations compelling.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Project Report/Dissertation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

4,000-word project report.

Feedback to be provided via marking rubric and short written summary.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Project Report/Dissertation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Resubmission of updated report.

Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

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