NBS8617 : Theorising Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Available for Study Abroad and Exchange students, subject to proof of pre-requisite knowledge.
- Module Leader(s): Dr Paul Richter
- Owning School: Newcastle University Business School
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
This module is concerned to study enterprise and entrepreneurial behaviour in a holistic way; it is not directly about how to start up or run a business. It is, however, complementary to ‘how to’ modules focused on business start-up. The module is designed to provide students with a holistic view of enterprise/entrepreneurial behaviour and their role in society, encouraging students to engage critically with these concepts and to situate them in broader organizational and societal contexts.
More specifically, the module aims to:
• provide students with an understanding of enterprise and entrepreneurial behaviour and their role in contemporary society
• provide students with the skills to critically analyse notions of enterprise and entrepreneurship and to situate them within a broader historical, economic, social, political, and cultural context, emphasising themes of sustainability in the broadest sense
• develop creative and critical thinkers and leaders by nurturing students’ capacities to critically engage with the ways in which knowledge is generated, applied, contested and contextualised
Outline Of Syllabus
Lectures and class discussions will cover a wide range of historical and contemporary issues relating to the study of enterprise and entrepreneurship. These will include: the historical and political roots of enterprise; researching entrepreneurship from multiple levels of analysis; theoretical traditions in the study of entrepreneurship; economic, social, political and cultural contexts of enterprise and entrepreneurship with an emphasis on sustainability; entrepreneurial identity and leadership; and the dark side of entrepreneurship.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 9 | 2:00 | 18:00 | Planned as present-in-person interactive sessions |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 30:00 | 30:00 | Preparation/completion of module assessment |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 18:00 | 18:00 | Individual research/reading tasks to supplement lecture material |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 34:00 | 34:00 | Individual research/reading activities relevant to the module focus |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
The lectures, planned as present-in-person, combine the setting out of key ideas and concepts that underpin the module’s knowledge outcomes in lecture mode with a high level of interaction via practically-focused activities, giving students the opportunity to discuss in small and larger groups the module's themes, drawing on their own cultural experiences. Hence, these activities will support students in achieving the module’s skill (as well as knowledge) outcomes. Lectures also provide students with the opportunity to consider the relationship between the module material and the module assessment.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 1 | A | 100 | 2000 word individual assignment |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Presentation | 1 | M | Individual and small group assessment development activity |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The individual essay assignment will assess students’ ability to demonstrate an advanced, critical understanding of enterprise/entrepreneurship research and its relationship with wider cultural, economic, social, and political contexts.
The formative assessment involves class-based activities centring on how students might approach the formal module assessment with the use of, for example, dummy essay questions where students will share ideas with each other and the wider class.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- NBS8617's Timetable