MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP - KEY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Level 1

KL 1020 / KL 1520 - FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT

KL 1020 / KL 1520 - FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT

Credit Points: 20
Course Coordinator: Ms Fiona Faulds

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

This course is offered as a Web-based course and it is available each session, in the second half-session as KL 1520.

Overview

This course focuses on the inter-relationship between the key functional areas of management and how these impact on the overall performance of the operation. Specific areas addressed are: human resource management, operations management and information systems. The course concludes with an examination of the generation evaluation and implementation of strategic plans.
Students wishing to take this course require to have appropriate keyboard skills, use of a PC with Internet access and experience of using the Internet.
Ongoing tutorial support online.
Coursework (20%) and examination (80%).

Level 2

KL 2020 / KL 2520 - MANAGERIAL ENVIRONMENT

KL 2020 / KL 2520 - MANAGERIAL ENVIRONMENT

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Ms Fiona Faulds

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

This course is offered as a Web-based course. It is available each session, in the second half-session as KL 2520.

Overview

Managers today face an operational environment characterised by increasing complexity and turbulence. This course will provide students with an understanding of the external market environment within which managers operate. Within this, specific emphasis will be placed on the impact of the European Union on both public and private sector organisations.
Students wishing to take this course require to have appropriate keyboard skills, use of a PC with Internet access and experience of using the Internet.
Ongoing tutorial support online.
Coursework (20%) and examination (80%).

Level 3

KL 3020 / KL 3520 - CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO ENTERPRISE

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Ms Fiona Faulds

Pre-requisites

35 credit points in Management Studies courses.

Notes

This course is offered as a Web-based course. It is available each session, in the second half-session as KL 3520.

Overview

This course introduces students to theories of entrepreneurial development, concentrating on the four main contemporary schools of thought: sociological, trait theories, business process approaches, and business population theories.
Students wishing to take this course require to have appropriate keyboard skills, use of a PC with Internet access and experience of using the Internet.
Ongoing tutorial support online.
Coursework (20%) and examination (80%).

KL 3021 / KL 3521 - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Ms Fiona Faulds

Pre-requisites

35 credit points in Management Studies courses.

Notes

This course is offered as a Web-based course. It is available each session, in the second half-session as KL 3521.

Overview

This course will provide students with a knowledge and understanding of business development from the start-up stages, through growth and internationalisation. A combination of case studies, group activities and presented material will be used. The case studies will involve looking at real business situations and how companies have developed. The importance of personal, cultural and environmental factors and their interactions will be assessed.
Students wishing to take this course require to have appropriate keyboard skills, use of a PC with Internet access and experience of using the Internet.
Ongoing tutorial support online.
Coursework (20%) and examination (80%).

KL 3022 / KL 3522 - SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE CREATION

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Ms Fiona Faulds

Pre-requisites

35 credit points in Management Studies courses.

Notes

This course is offered as a Web-based course. It is available each session, in the second half-session as KL 3522.

Overview

Using a variety of ways of presenting material, case studies and project work, students will learn to understand the process through which ideas become viable business opportunities. This instrumental learning will be placed in the context of the wider small firms’ research and policy literature to encourage students to cast a more critical eye upon their own projects and the small firm sector generally.
Students wishing to take this course require to have appropriate keyboard skills, use of a PC with Internet access and experience of using the Internet.
Ongoing tutorial support online.
Coursework (20%) and examination (80%).