Undergraduate Course: Innovation and Entrepreneurship (BUST08015)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | All enterprises must innovate to respond to social changes, changes in technology and changes in their market. This course will provide you with both the skills and knowledge to lead enterprises in their development of new products and services, and in the introduction of new and better ways of working. These skills and this knowledge also are a foundation for turning your inchoate enterprise ideas into a successful new venture. These skills and this knowledge will build a platform that you may then extend in more specialised studies of innovation, entrepreneurship, and enterprise in the Schools excellent honours courses. |
| Course description |
The aim of this course is to give students an understanding of current concepts for understanding processes of innovation in new ventures and established organisations across all sectors.
The second aim of this course is to provide students with the skills to analyse innovation and work in a group to suggest how processes of innovation and improvement can themselves be improved.
Student Learning Experience
The course will be taught using two hours of lectures per week supplemented by background resources and guided learning exercises delivered through Learn.
The knowledge objectives of the course will be assessed in the end of course examination.
The context specific and general skills aims of the course will be assessed through the group exercises.
Students will be provided with mid-course formative feedback on a non-assessed mid-course submission.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students must have at least 1 introductory level Business Studies course at grade B or above for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a discerning understanding of a range of core theories, concepts, principles and terminology related to innovation in enterprises;
- Use a range of professional skills, techniques and practices associated with innovation in enterprises, a few of which are advanced and/or complex;
- Undertake critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis of ideas, concepts, information and issues that are within common understandings in the management of innovation in enterprises;
- Exercise autonomy and initiative in some activities at a professional level in the critical analysis of innovation in enteprises.
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Reading List
Core Text:
Becoming a Critical Thinker, S.Ivory,OUP,2021
Key Journals:
Harvard Business Review
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Cognitive/analytical skills/transferable skills
Through individual and group-work students will develop their ability to:
Gather and critically analyse data accessed from a range of sources, including electronic and web-based materials;
Work co-operatively to analyse business problems;
Develop and deliver effective presentations;
Write clear business reports;
Produce business plans.
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
2 x 1 hour lectures per week consisting of lectures and plenary class discussions.
1 tutorial per week for 7 weeks. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Ian Graham
Tel: (0131 6)50 3797
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Course secretary | Miss Anne Cunningham
Tel: (0131 6)50 3827
Email: |
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