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Core Module Information
Module title: Exploring Entrepreneurship
SCQF level: 07:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: ENT07101
Module leader: Renata Osowska
School The Business School
Subject area group: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites required for this module.
Description of module content:

This module will cover the following:

-Theories of entrepreneurship and who are entrepreneurs
- Motivations for starting a business
- Personal characteristics of an entrepreneur
- The role and the importance of the entrepreneur for the economy
- The role of SME’s in the economy
- Business start-up issues and challenges
- Ethnic minority issues in entrepreneurship
- Issues in female entrepreneurship
- Issues in family businesses
- Serial and social entrepreneurs’ issues
Learning Outcomes for module:

LO1: Understand the range of entrepreneurial styles and behaviours
LO2: Identify the factors influencing successful small business start up
LO3: Explore the business start-up process
LO4: Understand the enterprise strategy in Scotland and the support available for entrepreneurs
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, Trimester 2, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 002
Primary mode of delivery: FACE-TO-FACE
Location of delivery: CRAIGLOCKHAR
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Renata Osowska
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Face To Face Practical classes and workshops 24 Contact Module Leader
Face To Face Lecture 12 Contact Module Leader
Independent Learning Guided independent study 164 Contact Module Leader
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Oral Presentation 20 1,2 7 HOURS= 00.10, WORDS= 0 Contact Module Leader
Report 80 1, 2, 3, 4 13 HOURS= 00.00, WORDS= 4000 Contact Module Leader
Component 1 subtotal: 20
Component 2 subtotal: 80
Module subtotal: 100

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:
ENT07101 - Exploring Entrepreneurship
 

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