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GSB717 Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Updated: 02 June 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites GSB701 or GSB702 and GSB731 and candidature in GradCertMgt or GradDipMgt or MBA or MBusRes or MBusResHons or MCom
Co-requisites None
Restrictions MBA717 or AFM424
Notes

Quotas apply to this unit: Trimester 2: 21 off-campus
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Bernice Kotey (bkotey@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit provides an overview of managing small enterprises, covering such topics as startup or purchase decision; entrepreneurial characteristics, importance of small enterprise to the economy and society; sources of finance; legal requirements; management; marketing; operations management; human resource management; family business; and avoiding failure.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Effective Small Business Management: An Entrepreneurial Approach
ISBN: 9780136152705
Scarborough, N.M., Wilson, D.L. and Zimmerer, T.W., Prentice Hall 9th ed. 2008
Text refers to: Trimester 2 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 60% 4000
Assessment Notes
Business Plan
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1,2,3 & 4 GA: 1,2,3,4,6 & 7
Final Examination 2 hrs 40%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1,2,3, 4 GA: 1,2,3,4,6, 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. recognise and screen business opportunities;
  2. develop a business strategy and action plans for its implementation;
  3. develop a financial plan and assess financial performance of a business;
  4. demonstrate knowledge of the legal issuess associated with starting, operating and exiting a business;

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
 True True True
2 Communication Skills
 True True True
3 Global Perspectives
 True True
4 Information Literacy
 True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
 True
6 Problem Solving
 True True True
7 Social Responsibility
 True True
   

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