Managing New Ventures

Course aim

To explore the theories used and the latest developments in the field of entrepreneurship and apply them in analysing and critiquing a case situation.

Course content

Entrepreneurial leaders and their environments; conceptual foundations of entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial characteristics and the entrepreneurial process; creativity, innovation and opportunity recognition; mobilising resources and writing business plans; financing entrepreneurial ventures; managing rapid growth; harvesting a business; corporate entrepreneurship.

Textbook(s)

Naumes W & Naumes, M 2006, The Art and Craft of Case Writing, 2nd, M.E. Sharpe, New York.

Leenders, M, Mauffette-Leenders, L & Erskine, J 2001, Writing Cases, 4th, Richard Ivey, London, Ontario.

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BUSS 6009	Qualitative Research and Case Studies

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	8 hours x 3 sessions
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - HONG KONG
Seminar	8 hours x 3 sessions
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - SINGAPORE
Seminar	8 hours x 3 sessions

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Group assignment, Individual Case development, Individual Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
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