FP3112 - Introduction to Business and Entrepreneurship
FP3112
Introduction to Business and Entrepreneurship
3
20 CC 10 ECTS
Centre for Foundation Studies
N/A
Tutor contact: 60 hours
Self-directed study: 140 hours
Lectures, seminars, workshops
Scheduled hours
Placement Hours
Independent Guided study
60
0
140
Students are expected to attend all timetabled classes.
Introduction to business functions (including human resources management, operations, marketing & finance)
Examples of leadership and management
Corporate social responsibility
Understanding organisational structures and behaviour
Introduction to strategy
Influences on business (including contract law & the formation of contracts)
Introduction to entrepreneurship
To introduce students to a range of business functions.
To develop students' understanding of operational and strategic practices in the modern world of business.
To provide a foundation-level knowledge base of business and entrepreneurship.
Lectures accompanied by workshops, group work and in-class case study exercises. Formative assessment will be ongoing and will comprise activities that enable a student to appraise their own learning and guide them towards the development of self-study.
LO1 Explain a range of business functions.
LO2 Describe and discuss the difference between leadership and management, and identify styles of leadership and management.
LO3 Demonstrate knowledge of corporate social responsibility and how businesses engage with this.
LO4 Identify the core concepts of entrepreneurship, strategy, decision making, and leadership skills, and relate them to a given business scenario.
Component
Weighting %
Learning outcome(s) assessed
Assessment category
1
Case Study, 1200 words
50%
1 & 2
Coursework
2
Report, 1200 words
50%
3 & 4
Coursework
Reassessment will use the same mode of assessment.