| CODE | MGT5058 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Technology Entrepreneurship | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Business and Enterprise Management | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides participants from technology based backgrounds with the tools to maximize the probability of success for technology start up companies. The study-unit provides an understanding of entrepreneurship and prepares participants with business know how for launching successful ventures. Participants will learn that entrepreneurship is a manageable process. The main issues covered in this study-unit are the nature and context of entrepreneurship, the entrepreneurial mindset, the identification of technology opportunities, business model generation, innovation, evaluating the commercial viability of a new venture, challenges of the entrepreneurial start-up. Participants learn how to develop a new venture of their own and get to practice the entrepreneurial process using a case study approach. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to provide participants with the skills, knowledge and practical experience required to respond to the challenges involved in developing, commercializing and marketing innovative technology products. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Understand the process nature of entrepreneurship, and appreciate the role and importance of technology innovation in new business ventures. - Develop an integrated perspective of the process involved in creating a new technology enterprise. - Appraise the nature of creative new business ideas that can be commercialized into sustainable business ventures. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Recognize, interpret, and analyze their own creating potential. - Demonstrate critical analytical skills on business decision making, technology, and market strategies for new ventures. - Apply entrepreneurial concepts to real world organizations. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Barringer, B.R.; Ireland, R.D. (2011) Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures. Pearson Prentice-Hall. - Tidd,J.; Bessant, J. (2013) Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change. Wiley. Supplementary Texts: - Scarborough, N.M. (2014) Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. Pearson Education. - Heriot, K.C. (2006) Cases in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. Prentice Hall. - Baron, R.A.; Shane, S.A. (2008) Entrepreneurship: A Process Perspective. Thomson, South-Western. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Martin M. Zammit |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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