MBM9010 - SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Module Identifier	MBM9010
Module Title	SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Academic Year	2002/2003
Co-ordinator	Mrs Nerys Fuller-Love
Semester	Semester 2
Course delivery	Lecture	Tutorials are incorporated into lectures on a weekly basis. Attendance at lectures and preparation of set work is compulsory.
Assessment	Semester Exam	2 Hours The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) prize of #100 will be awarded to the student producing the best overall assessment.	80%
	Semester Assessment	One piece of assessed work for each group to be submitted in the week prior to the business simulation game.	10%
	Semester Assessment	One piece of individual assessed work of between 1,600 and 2,000 words to be submitted by the end of the first term.	10%

Aims

By the end of this course the students will be able to:

Assess the importance of small businesses in the wider economy.
Discuss the main problems associated with running a small business in terms of employee relations, marketing and financial control.
Identify the causes and extent of small business failure.
Plan for a new business start-up and be aware of the government and other incentives to assist such ventures.

Content

The economic context of the small firm.
Entrepreneurship.
Marketing management.
Financial management.
Sources of external finance.
Small business failure.
Small business simulation game.

Reading Lists

Books
Reid, G. Storey, DJ.. Fast Growing Small Entrepreneurial Firms and their Venture Capital.
Storey, DJ.. Entrepreneurship and the Small Firm.
Stanworth and Gray.. Bolton 20 Years On. Paul Chapman Publishing.
Storey, DJ.. Understanding the Small Business Sector. Routledge Press.
Brown, R.. Marketing for the Small Firm.
Dewhurst, J and Burns, P.. Small Business: Finance and Control.
Hughes, A and Storey, DJ.. Job Generation and Small Firm Policy in Britain.
Keasey, K. Small Firm Management.