MA in Entrepreneurial Management
Validated as MA Management – pathway in Entrepreneurial
Management
Overview
Entrepreneurship as a management style and set of competencies
is seen, by governments and businesses alike, as a key to change.
In a global economy where knowledge and service are the assets for
organisations and their economies, an entrepreneurial culture is
seen as the basis of being competitive and realising growth
potential through creativity and adaptability.
This programme recognises the existence of and necessity for
entrepreneurial capabilities in all organisations — public, private
and social. The focus is on Entrepreneurial Management as a
phenomenon that generates economic renewal for organisations of all
sizes and cultures.
Programme Aims
- Promote critical and reflective debate around the current
discourses in Entrepreneurial Management.
- Take a wide ranging view of entrepreneurship as a key focus in
organisational development.
- Focus on entrepreneurial management as a specific management
style, one relevant to organisations in a wide arena of
sizes, cultures and structures.
Programme Objectives
MA Entrepreneurial Management graduates will be able to:
- Demonstrate the skills needed for a wide variety of possible
careers, including starting small businesses of their own or
developing existing organisations.
- Convert theory into practice by presenting current empirical
research so as to enhance contemporary entrepreneurial knowledge
and skills in an integrated manner.
- Critically analyse complex situations, so they may take
effective and creative entrepreneurial decisions.
Programme Features
- A strong base of theoretical and conceptual frameworks built on
by application and interface with entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial
businesses through seminars, field and research-based
activities.
- Two semesters of core, specialist and elective
modules.
- A 15,000 word dissertation which provides a major opportunity
to extend the interest of the individual student by focusing
on one of the many exciting avenues of entrepreneurial
development.
- A strong focus on group-orientated teamwork to reach shared
objectives, supported by staff with extensive entrepreneurial
experience.
Programme Outline
The MA Entrepreneurial Management programme is made up
of core, specialist and elective modules and a dissertation.
Core Modules
- Strategy in Action
- Dissertation/Business Research Project
Specialist Modules
- Feasibility Studies and New Business Ventures
- Business Plan and Entrepreneurial Finance
- Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
- Finance for Entrepreneurial Business
- Entrepreneurship Research Methods
A choice between:
- Aesthetic Enterprise
- Technological Entrepreneurship
And a choice between:
- Family Business
- Emerging Economy Enterprise
- Green and Not For Profit Enterprise
Electives
To complement their respective core and specialist modules,
students choose up to four elective modules.
Off Campus Teaching
Students with long-term health conditions and
disabilities, please be aware this course includes off-campus teaching elements.
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Page last updated 8/22/2011
"I’m really glad that I did a semester in New York - I learnt so much from the people, the city, and the university. My expectation of living in the USA and discovering a new culture was met, and I expect to go back there after my studies."
Samuel Devyver
