Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Off Site
Online
Seminar
Module Offerings
7510ECBM-SEP_NS-PAR
Aims
To develop skills in leadership, business innovation and financial management that underpin the successful start-up. To embed entrepreneurship skills through working as a team on an industry linked business proposal.
The module takes a multi-disciplinary approach to managing the resources needed for launching a fashion or media start-up, whilst also developing and enabling the students’ ability to acquire new areas of knowledge and skills.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically evaluate innovation and creative thinking to identify new business opportunities
2.
Evaluate and explain financial decision-making, using appropriate techniques; identify and evaluate sources of finance for entrepreneurial entities
3.
Explore and analyse strategic priorities and strategic options, understand the
purpose and components of a business plan.
4.
Critically explore the role of entrepreneurial leaders in identifying opportunities and dealing with change, and to understand the strategies for creating an innovative team
5.
Work as part of a team to deliver a group presentation to a client organisation on an team project
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Identifying new business opportunities, including consultancy skills financial decision-making, the importance of the entrepreneur (traits and characteristics) and leadership and teamwork attributes
Financial management skills, including using spreadsheet modelling, accounting for risk and uncertainty, identify and evaluate sources of finance for entrepreneurial entities
Development of a business plan
Understanding leadership skills and how to build a creative and innovative team in the fashion/media sector
Additional Information:The module is designed to give students an insight into the management of resources within international fashion and media businesses, and to enable them to plan a new business in this sector. There will be a variety of input methods (directed tasks, presentations, seminars and lecture – but all based on student-centred case study-based approaches). The students will be assessed informally throughout the module using case-study materials, question and answer sessions and summative through the coursework. A thorough briefing regarding each of the assessment methods will be given in the corresponding teaching sessions.