2023/24 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS3306 Critical Perspective in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

20 creditsClass Size: 100

Module manager: Dr Lee Wainwright
Email: l.wainwright1@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2023/24

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This is a final year module that allows student to apply their learning in a discursive and interactive manner. It helps students to develop a critical awareness and understanding of key enterprise and entrepreneurship topics.

Objectives

This module explores cutting edge topics and practices in the Enterprise and Entrepreneurship field. It is suitable for final year students who wish to consider entrepreneurship through a critical and discursive lens. It is taught through an interactive workshop block every week.

Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
1. Critically analyse key aspects of current enterprise and entrepreneurship topics or practices
2. Assess and explain the role of different types of entrepreneurship in critical global issues
3. Investigate how entrepreneurial theories in current scholarship might be applied to evaluate opportunities and challenges for entrepreneurs and their enterprises

Skills outcomes
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

Transferable
- Apply critical thinking and critical awareness to different views on entrepreneurial contexts
- Development of understanding of commercial (business/customer) awareness in different entrepreneurial contexts, problem solving, team working and communication skills via verbal presentation and group interactions.

Subject specific
- To apply learning from this module to a case example and analyse in a discursive manner

Syllabus

This is an indicative syllabus. Please also see the module outline for more details.
- The role of entrepreneurship in meeting sustainable development goals
- Exploring entrepreneurship in challenging contexts
- What next after start up? Entrepreneurial growth and failure
- Using the digital world to support enterprises
- Surviving entrepreneurship

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Workshop	10	2.00	20.00
Lecture	1	2.00	2.00
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			168.00
Total Contact hours			32.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

This could include a variety of activities, such as reading, watching videos, question practice and exam preparation.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Formative feedback will be available through feedback on some of the workshop activities as well as a Q&A session related to coursework.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	3,000 words	80.00
Poster Presentation	Poster Presentation	20.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

The resit for this module will be 100% by 3,500 word essay.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 09/05/2024

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