| Unit name | Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise |
|---|---|
| Unit code | INOVM0015 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Mr. Sam Crawley |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
CENG20022 / MENG20008 Principles of Professional Practice, or MENG20006(7) Engineering Practice, or equivalent. |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | Centre for Innovation |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Why is this unit important?
The Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Enterprise (IEE) unit provides an unparalleled opportunity for you to prepare yourselves for the world beyond the University of Bristol.
The world of work is changing rapidly; new technologies are creating not only new companies but new ways of working. To succeed in this emerging economy, you’ll need to not only embrace technology but be enterprising and entrepreneurial in your behaviour to spot and seize opportunities for yourself and for the companies you’ll work for. Entrepreneurial thinking is not just the preserve of Silicon Valley, it’s a way of searching for and executing on ideas that is relevant to anyone trying to create value for themselves and others.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study
You will work in an assigned team to develop a business plan and communicate it to potential stakeholders. You will need to generate an idea that is economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable. The plan will make a case for a commercial or social venture at the start-up stage. The unit will give you a holistic view of being an entrepreneur and its context whilst at the same time developing teamwork and leadership skills.
Lectures and workshops will cover examples and latest thinking in several generic areas related to entrepreneurship. However, groups will be expected to identify and engage with a wider range of material, both of an academic and business nature, as required by their particular venture.
This unit therefore aims to develop your understanding, abilities and skills in all aspects that are essential to set up or be part of a successful entrepreneurial venture. You will find that this unit requires and rewards different approaches to study than other units you may have undertaken so far.
Students successfully completing the unit will be able to:
1. Analyse a market need and propose a viable entrepreneurial venture for an identified audience.
2.Develop and justify an appropriate and substantial business plan.
3.Effectively construct and communicate plan to a professional audience
4.Reflect critically on the process of working within a team to develop an entrepreneurial venture.
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of , including lectures, group meetings and workshops supported by collaborative and self-directed learning
Team business plan 70%. ILOs 1-3
Individual process reflection 30%. ILO 4
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. INOVM0015).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
