BE884-7-SU-CO:
Business Planning
2023/24
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Summer
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 22 April 2024
Friday 28 June 2024
20
20 July 2023
Requisites for this module
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MBA N20012 The Essex MBA,
MBA N20E24 The Essex MBA,
MBA N20E36 The Essex MBA
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.
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 expected to be able to:
- Evaluate a business opportunity and propose a solution.
- Construct an initial business plan, including strategy, marketing, finances and accounts
- Adapt the initial business plan in line with changing events.
Skills for Your Professional Life (Transferable Skills)
By the end of this module, students will be expected to develop the following transferable skills:
- Communication skills (oral and written).
- Presentation skills.
- Critical thinking.
- Innovation and curiosity.
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.
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 for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Business Plan Individual Contribution |
|
15% |
| Coursework |
Consultancy Plan Individual Contribution |
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| Coursework |
Group Consultancy Plan |
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| Coursework |
Consultancy Plan Individual Essay |
|
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| Coursework |
Group Business Plan |
|
20% |
| Coursework |
Business Plan Individual Essay |
|
65% |
Additional coursework information
- Individual reflective essay, 2,500 words.
- Oral presentation of group business plan.
- Individual contribution (assessed during the module) – comprising individual participation in plenary sessions, problem solving tasks during mentoring sessions and individual presentations during the course of the module .
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 & Dr James Fowler
ebsmba@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Jessica Andrea Chelekis
Brunel University London
Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and Global Value Chains
Available via Moodle
Of 43.9 hours, 43.9 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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