Core Module Information
Module title: Growing a Business

SCQF level: 10:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10

Module code: ENT10102
Module leader: Chris Cramphorn
School The Business School
Subject area group: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Prerequisites

Requisites: Pre-requisite: [Module ENT09101] Starting a New Business

Description of module content:

Growing a business is a central challenge for many entrepreneurs, leaders, and organisations. This module is designed to help you understand what sustainable growth looks like in practice, why it matters to the wider economy, and how you can recognise and influence growth within real businesses.Throughout the module you will work with practical tools, case studies, and live examples to explore how organisations evolve over time. Rather than simply learning models, you will apply them directly to real companies—identifying growth opportunities, evaluating leadership decisions, and considering how strategy, resources, and capabilities interact as firms scale.Our workshops follow an active learning approach. You will regularly work in small groups, analyse cases, evaluate growth scenarios, and draw on your own experiences from employment or study. Guest speakers and applied exercises will help you understand how growth actually happens and what challenges entrepreneurs, managers, and employees face at different stages of development.By the end of the module, you will not only be able to evaluate growth models, but you will also have developed practical skills in diagnosing business challenges, evaluating strategic options, and recommending credible paths to sustainable expansion.

Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Critically evaluate the importance of growth businesses to the economy.

LO2: Analyse and predict the growth potential of a business.

LO3: Discuss and identify the characteristics of the growth stages of a developing business.

LO4: Compare and contrast the management skills needed at each stage of the growth process.

LO5: Analyse and recommend growth strategies for the business.

LO6: Meet organisational professional practice expectations including teamworking and oral & written communication standards (including referencing, grammar and spelling)

Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2025/6, Trimester 2, In Person,
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Occurrence: 002
Primary mode of delivery: In Person
Location of delivery: CRAIGLOCKHAR
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Chris Cramphorn
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Online Guided independent study 176 Guided independent study is an essential part of this module and helps you deepen your understanding beyond the workshop activities. You will be expected to engage with recommended readings, review case materials, explore growth models, and apply these to organisations of your choice in preparation for class discussions and assessments. This independent work supports your ability to analyse businesses critically, build your own evidence base, and develop well-justified insights.
Face To Face Practical classes and workshops 24 Learning takes place through workshops that combine short lecture inputs with active, applied learning. Each session introduces key growth concepts and theories, followed by interactive group activities where you will analyse case studies, work through real business examples, and discuss strategic option. This blended approach encourages participation, supports deeper understanding, and helps you develop the practical analytical and strategic skills needed to evaluate & influence business growth
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 25 1~2~3~4~6 Week 9 HOURS= 15 minutes This 15 minute group based narrated presentation introduces your Growth Analysis and forms the foundation for your later written report. It focuses on the NOW and VISION components of the growth process, drawing on the growth models covered in Unit 3. You will analyse the organisation’s current position through a deep SWOT supported by strategic tools and growth stage models, and evaluate the entrepreneur’s role, skills, attitudes, and aspirations. The presentation should clearly connect your analysis of the present to a credible future vision, demonstrating how strategy and action can bridge the gap between the organisation’s current reality and its growth ambitions.All group members must complete the individual contributions form as part of the peer review process - this is a compulsory condition of submission for the assessment and non-compliant individuals will receive 0% if this is not completed.In agreement with the module leader, you may undertake an individual version of the assessment. For Individual presentations, the length of the assessment is 75% of that identified for group presentations. No peer review submission is required for individual presentations..
Report 75 2~3~4~5~6 Week 13 , WORDS= 4000 words The group based Growth Report builds on and extends your narrated presentation, developing a triangulated deep SWOT and a fuller analysis of the organisation’s growth process. The report should introduce the firm and justify its selection, analyse the entrepreneur’s vision, skills, attitude to growth, and influence on the business, and present a detailed SWOT supported by appropriate growth models. You will then triangulate insights from the entrepreneur analysis and the deep SWOT to identify the one to three most significant growth enablers or inhibitors. These consolidated findings should form the basis of a well-justified growth strategy and a recommended implementation approach that demonstrates clear, evidence-driven reasoning.All group members must complete the individual contributions form as part of the peer review process - this is a compulsory condition of submission for the assessment and non-compliant individuals will receive 0% if this is not completed.In agreement with the module leader, you may undertake an individual version of the assessment. For Individual reports, the length of the assessment is 75% of that identified for group report. No peer review submission is required for individual reports..
Component 1 subtotal: 25
Component 2 subtotal: 75
Module subtotal: 100

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:
Business Growth