Module manager: George Zifkos
Email: G.Zifkos@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
LLLC0196 Innovation and Enterprise
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module will allow you to explore the nature and role of entrepreneurship and will encourage you to develop the skills and knowledge that you will need to apply innovative and creative problem-solving skills within an organisational context.
The objectives of this module are to:
1. Enable students to develop an understanding of entrepreneurship
2. Encourage students to develop an understanding of the theories and concepts related to innovation and creativity
3. Encourage students to develop the use of innovative and creative problem solving skills.
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Explain relevant concepts and theories relating to innovation
2. Explain the nature and role of entrepreneurship
3. Explain the role of creativity and innovation within a contemporary enterprise
4. Apply relevant processes and skills involved in creating and launching a new enterprise
Entrepreneurship and The Entrepreneur
Nurturing Creativity and Innovation
Enterprise contexts
New Venture Creation and Feasibility Study
Legal Considerations
The Business Plan
Financial Planning
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| Seminar | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Independent online learning hours | 88 | ||
| Private study hours | 79 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 33 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Independent online learning
Independent online preparation for class 33
Independent online learning/research 25
Reading and research for assignments 30
Private Study
Reading 39
Critical reflection on practice 10
Assignment writing 30
Through tutorials, monitoring of student contributions, formative feedback and staged submission of coursework. Drafts can be submitted in line with tutor deadlines. Peer feedback on in-class activities and online discussion.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 1,500 | 50 |
| Presentation | 45 minute group presentation | 50 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Resit Information For the Report the resubmission is a report ssay For the Group Presentation, if the group fails then the resit is another group presentation. If one individual fails, then the resit is an individual presentation.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 4/29/2024
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