BUSMBA 770 : Managing Entrepreneurial Growth Project

Business and Economics

2022 Quarter Three (1226) (30 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Provides a practical opportunity for participants to work with a New Zealand or international business in an advisory capacity to develop strategic recommendations for growth locally and internationally. Develops a hands-on multi-disciplinary approach to recognising, assessing, and marketing entrepreneurial opportunities for new products and services. An overseas fieldtrip is required to complete the course.

Course Overview

The paper presents a fieldwork opportunity to apply skills gained during previous courses to a real New Zealand business.   The term real connotes a business with which participants will interact on a regular basis during the course.   Course participants will work in syndicates with an allocated organisation to address pathways to growth management in either a local or international context.  The project will be conducted following a systematic framework called the consulting process, like that used by the top consulting organisations.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: BUSMBA 760 and 90 points from BUSMBA 701-753

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Justify appropriate responses and recommendations to empirical situations relating to business growth for an actual firm (Capability 1, 2 and 4.3)
  2. Design appropriate strategic courses of actions at corporate, business unit, and functional levels to ensure sustainable local or international growth, given complex and dynamic environments (Capability 1, 3 and 5.1)
  3. Investigate a highly unstructured and uncertain management-related problem from the perspective of management theory, and formulate strategic recommendations by applying systematic analysis and evidence-based theory (Capability 1, 2 and 3)
  4. Evaluate personal reflective understanding of working under stress in a local or international context, while proactively managing team dynamics and maintaining positive intra-group, cooperative working relationships (Capability 4.3, 5.1 and 5.2)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Report Part A 35% Group & Individual Coursework
Report Part B 35% Group & Individual Coursework
Presentation to panel 5% Group Coursework
Final presentation 10% Group Coursework
Letter to my CEO 15% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4
Report Part A
Report Part B
Presentation to panel
Final presentation
Letter to my CEO

Workload Expectations

There will be three types of class sessions: formal lectures, syndicate presentations, and project review. Class sessions will serve many purposes – information dissemination is only one of them. The class is primarily a forum for the students and instructor to critically review and discuss the process and content of the allocated project. Participants need to become sufficiently self-aware as to how they might best exploit these different learning forms to their own benefit.  The first two sessions will provide participants with some basic tools to undertake fieldwork. In addition, an introduction to management frameworks will be provided to help participants with framing client problems within a holistic context. This is the “consulting content.”

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including classes/tutorials to complete components of the course.

Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including seminars, student presentations, workshops or tutorials will not be available as recordings.

The course will not include live online events such as group discussions/tutorials.

The activities for the course are scheduled as a block delivery.


Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. There is a web-based course page that you can access from Canvas. This course page will allow the instructor to link to readings of interest as we move through the course. You will also be expected to find material appropriate to your project from library databases, the web or elsewhere.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

The University of Auckland evaluates the quality of teaching and of courses by using the Summative Evaluation Tool, or SET. Summative evaluation is formal, summative evaluation of teaching undertaken according to University policy and is conducted at the end of a semester/quarter through the use of the formal University SET instruments.  Summative evaluation is used by teachers to reflect on their teaching practice, and is also used by the University for quality assurance of teaching and courses.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course students may be asked to submit coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.

Published on 13/06/2022 07:58 p.m.