BE884-7-SL-CA:
Business Planning
2020/21
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus & Apprenticeship Location
Summer & Long Vacation
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 26 April 2021
Friday 02 July 2021
20
09 June 2020
Requisites for this module
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This capstone business planning and management module provides opportunities for consolidation of MBA learning by bringing together knowledge acquired in Strategy, Marketing, Accounting, and Entrepreneurship and challenging the students to create and implement a plan for their own business while operating in a simulated environment.
Working in groups, students will prepare a business plan, present the plan and seek funding by a making pitch for funding. Taking on roles such as those of Finance or Marketing Director students will implement their business proposal, devising marketing plans and operating models. By doing so, they are given a platform on which to put into practice many taught elements of the course.
The aim of the module is to confirm the learning of previous modules by putting them into practice in a simulated business environment.
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. Evaluate a business opportunity and propose a solution.
2. Construct an initial business plan, including strategy, marketing, finances and accounts
3. Adapt the initial business plan in line with changing events.
Skills for Your Professional Life (Transferable Skills)
1. Team working
2. Communication skills (oral and written)
3. Presentation skills
4. Critical Thinking
5. Innovation and Curiosity
This is a simulation based exercise that allows students to apply learnings from previous modules. There will be briefings which may recap previous modules but the majority of the learning will be through discussion in groups and the application of prior knowledge to the simulated environment. There will be a mixture of lectures, seminars and workshops that together constitute 30 contact hours.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Individual Contribution |
|
5% |
| Coursework |
Group Business Plan |
|
25% |
| Coursework |
Individual Presentation |
|
10% |
| Coursework |
Individual Essay |
|
60% |
Additional coursework information
45% - work during the module based on business planning documents submitted during the week, individual contributions and an individual presentation.
55% - Reflective Essay (Individual submission)
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Nicolas Forsans, email: n.forsans@essex.ac.uk.
Nicolas Forsans
n.forsans@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Bidit Dey
Brunel University London
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 458 hours, 105 (22.9%) hours available to students:
353 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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