Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation (BMGT4305)

Studying alongside business students on this course, this module would supplement the Professional Development MA/MSc with relevant and contemporary business insights.

Part of Worcester Business School MSc courses

This module is part of the Worcester Business School MSc courses. You will study alongside other Business School masters students. The module is also part of the Professional Development MA/MSc course - a flexible course that you help design to take your career to the next level.

Overview

Big organisations are only too aware of the challenges of dynamic and changing markets and the competitive challenge of small, entrepreneurial firms.

Entrepreneurship and innovation are at the core of wealth and social creation and continuous innovation, both incremental and radical, is increasingly seen as essential to maintain competitive advantage both for companies and for nations as a whole.

Innovation may be risky, but no innovation is riskier still. Whilst entrepreneurship is about self-development, corporate entrepreneurship is about organisational development.

This module takes an organisational design approach to the challenge of innovation, focusing upon the four pillars of organisational architecture in order to assess an organisation’s entrepreneurial orientation.

The module is taught via weekly, 2-hour sessions. Please contact wbs@worc.ac.uk to confirm times and dates for the next delivery of this module.

It is expected that all advertised modules will run, but there may be situations where there are insufficient students to make a particular module viable.

Career benefits

Entrepreneurship and innovation are essential in achieving growth and realising potential.

This module will enable students to develop vital skills which are sought after by employers such as: research skills, critical thinking and analytical skills.

In addition, the ability to work independently and discover how intrapreneurial skills can be operationalised within a larger organisation.

Module delivery

Lecture style presentations will be used to introduce students to relevant theories and models. These will be interspersed with small group or independent activities such as case study analysis, discussion, critical reviews of papers, simulations, and small group activities the results of which will be presented back to the whole group. These activities will develop critical understanding of the theories and their application.

The University VLE will be used to support students through the publishing of lecture notes and links to other relevant resources. Guest speakers from business are invited to speak at many of the lectures.

Assessment methods

This module is assessed by:

2,500-word written report

Entry Requirements

Admission to this modules typically requires:

A second class honours degree in any subject (or International students holding a qualification recognised as equivalent by the University).

Students whose first language is not English are required to demonstrate proficiency to a minimum level of 6.5 IELTS (and minimum of 5.5 in each element) or equivalent