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Entrepreneurship and Small

Business Ventures

Lecture 14

Revision and Assessment Support

Key Area

Idea

 Action

Business Plan

(Business

Model Canvas)

Strategy

Project

Management

Psychology of

Entrepreneur

Networking

Creativity,

Innovation &

Learning

Corporate

Social

Responsibility

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Sustainability

Role of

Government

Pitching &

Presentation

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Assessment

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Individual coursework (100%): 2000 Word Count (+/ – 10 %, excluding cover page, appendix and references)

PART I (50%): Using the Business Model Canvas to visualizing the resources

needed for a new business opportunity that you’ve identified to develop a new start – up venture based in the UK.

PART II (50%): Evaluate yourself and illustrate, to what extent, you enjoy being an entrepreneur.

Critical thinking and synthesis

** Your answer must support by relevant theories / frameworks / concepts and examples **

Submission deadline: by 12:00 noon Tuesday 26th April 2022

Key

The new business?

Resources needed  Business Model Canvas (canvas + articulations)

Self evaluation: enjoy being an entrepreneur?

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Marking Criteria Criteria Grade descriptors 70 and above 60-69 50-59 40-49

Shows an Clear demonstration of a Clear demonstration of a Demonstration of a critical Provides evidence of some understanding of sophisticated, critical and well-developed, critical and and substantial critical understanding of theory and concepts, thorough understanding of comprehensive understanding of business business opportunity and an ability to business opportunity understanding of business opportunity identification identification and the critically assess identification and the opportunity identification and the elements of business elements of business plan them.

elements of business plan and the elements of plan with appropriate with a few appropriate

Weighting 30% with substantial business plan with good references. references. references. references.

Critical Thinking, High degree of ability to Competent ability to Analysis is evident with some Mostly descriptive, with

Analysis and structure and synthesize systematically analyze and reliance on description. minimal analysis evident. Synthesis

Skills. information and argument synthesize information. Some confusion but most Limited coherent argument that provides

clarity Analysis is relevant and argument is relevant and that lacks focus and

Weighting 30%

throughout the work. effective. Argument is well adequate. direction.

Analysis is appropriate and sustained, structured and precise and supported by legitimate. original argument.

Supports arguments

Excellent relevant

Good relevant

examples are

Appropriate

relevant Some

relevant examples are

with clear, effective

examples are

evident, evident,

clearly articulated.

examples are

evident and evident.

examples.

exceptionally

clearly articulated.

articu

lated

and

evi

den

ced W

eighting 20% to the ques

tions.

Overall Structure Exceptionally competent Well expressed. Clear and Well expressed. Clear and Adequately

expressed but and Presentation and fluent use of appropriate use of appropriate use of language. some inconsistencies

expression. Confident and language. Appropriate Appropriate citation and apparent. Adequate use of Weighting 20%

excellent use of language. citation and references references format. language. Appropriate

Appropriate citation and format. citation and references references format. format.

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Work does demonstrate evidence a partial but uncritical understanding of business opportunity identification and the elements of business

plan and there is limit references.

Inadequate evidence of analysis and ability to develop an effective argument.

Limited evidence.

Deficiencies in expression.

Inconsistent and

inadequate use of

language. Inappropriate

citation and references

format.

29 and below

Work does not

demonstrate

understanding of business

opportunity identification

and the elements of

business plan and there is

absence of references.

No evidence of analysis

and ability to develop an

effective argument.

No evidence.

Very poor and mostly inarticulate and incomprehensible. Inappropriate citation and references format.

5

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Source Credibility

Academic journals in the ENT and SBM area  Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

 Entrepreneurship, Theory & Practice

 Journal of Business Venturing

 Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

 International Small Business Journal

 Small Business & Enterprise Development

 Journal of Small Business Management

 International Journal of Entrepreneurial & Behavioural

Research

 Family Business Review

** high rating journals in other subject area are also applicable **

 Databases / Reports (e.g. government, industry organisations, consultancy firms)

 Media

MG3009 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Ventures

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General

Reminder  Evidences (theories/framework, research findings,

statistics, consultancy/industry reports, market trench/analysis data/examples) must be presented to support your arguments

 BMC is mandatory in PART I. You can use the BMC template provided or draw your own one

 Introduction and conclusion is not a must

 The new venture must be based in the UK

 Appropriate citation and reference

 No standardised structure and format need to be followed  Please state your word count at the end of the references

 Will not comment on assignment draft but questions are always welcome

 Feedback is not always attached to a mark but receive in various formats: verbally or via written comments, provided to individuals or groups during lectures, seminars, office-hours, via assessment / coursework / exam feedback sheets,

assessment clinics and other interactions

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Assessment & Feedback Guide

Step 1

Setting assessment according to Higher Education Quality Assurance Standards

Step 2

Pre – assessment support lecture / (

seminar / office hours / Q&A session)

Step 3

Marking ( initial marking and scrutinizes)

Step 4

Post – assessment support

Step 5

Board of Examiners ratification

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