New Venture Development and Planning (N1576)

15 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

This module will equip you with a good understanding of the strategic, operational, human capital and financial issues and theory central to developing an idea into a new business. You will develop your judgement in relation to which business ideas have competitive advantage.

Additionally, you will gain a clear understanding of the numbers in relation to growing an idea successfully into a new venture. You will develop your own business idea through the medium of a business plan, and receive feedback on this in a way that combines theory with a practical, applied perspective.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.