1. General information
Course:
BUSINESS VENTURING
Code:
54354
Type:
ELECTIVE
ECTS credits:
6
Degree:
320 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION (CR)
Academic year:
2022-23
Center:
403 - FACULTY OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES OF C. REAL
Group(s):
20
29
Year:
4
Duration:
First semester
Main language:
English
Second language:
Use of additional languages:
English Friendly:
Y
Web site:
Bilingual:
N
Lecturer:
JORGE MUÑOZ CALERO
- Group(s):
20
29
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
ADMINISTRACIÓN DE EMPRESAS
Jorge.MCalero@uclm.es
Lecturer:
MANUEL VILLASALERO DIAZ
- Group(s):
20
29
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Paraninfo/Module D, Office 3
ADMINISTRACIÓN DE EMPRESAS
926052518
manuel.villasalero@uclm.es
Tutorials by appointment on request to the professors' emails.
2. Pre-Requisites
There are no mandatory prerequisites for the course entitled 'Business Venturing.' Still, it is recommended to have taken courses on strategic management, such as 'Strategic Management' and 'Growth Strategies.' They could be followed concurrently within the first semester of the same academic year. As a note on important related information, considering that these courses are taught in English, if the student passes at least two of the three, the B1 level of English will be recognized.
3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession
The justification for taking this course on 'Business Venturing' is motivated by the need to provide students with the knowledge and skills to design a business plan and to be able to implement it, taking into account its feasibility, its adaptation to market opportunities and its acceptability in terms of profitability, risk and ethical criteria. Self-employment is an alternative for the professional future of graduates and an option that implies that the student is willing to become an entrepreneur in the short to medium term and ready to take risks associated with doing so. Fostering an entrepreneurial culture consisting of the ongoing identification of business opportunities and the quick actions undertaken to exploit them is crucial for likely entrepreneurs and managers alike, especially for those serving in fast-changing, technological environments and dynamic, diversified, multinational companies.
4. Degree competences achieved in this course
| Course competences | |
|---|---|
| Code | Description |
| E01 | Develop the ability to manage and run a company or organization, understand their competitive and institutional position, and identify their strengths and weaknesses. |
| E02 | Develop and enhance entrepreneurship, adaptability to change and creativity in any functional area of ¿¿a company or organization. |
| E04 | Incorporate the ability to integrate into any functional area of ¿¿a business or organization to perform and be able to lead any given task. |
| G01 | Possession of the skills needed for continuous, self-led, independent learning, which will allow students to develop the learning abilities needed to undertake further study with a high degree of independence. |
| G02 | Ability to understand the ethical responsibility and the code of ethics of professionals working in the field of economics. To know and apply the legislation and recognition of human rights and questions of gender equality. |
| G03 | Develop oral and written communication skills in order to prepare reports, research projects and business projects and defend them before any commission or group of professionals (specialised or non-specialised) in more than one language, by collecting relevant evidence and interpreting it appropriately so as to reach conclusions. |
| G04 | Ability to use and develop information and communication technologies and to apply them to the corresponding business department by using specific programmes for these business areas. |
5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes
| Course learning outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Description | |
| Search for information in order to analyze it, interpret is meaning, synthesize it and communicate it to others. | |
| Work out problems in creative and innovative ways. | |
| Additional outcomes | |
| Description | |
| Develop a business project that includes planning its strategic, commercial, technical, human resource management and financial aspects. | |
| Expose clearly a business project synthesizing its strong points in terms of its strategic adequacy, feasibility and acceptability criteria. | |
| Develop skills to search for business opportunities and information to select the legal form, the types of contracts and the financing most in line with the idea chosen and the kind of activity to be carried out by the company. | |
6. Units / Contents
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Unit 1: Entrepreneurship and SMEs
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Unit 2: Business ideas
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Unit 3: Business models
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Unit 4: Business plan I
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Unit 5: Business plan II
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Unit 6: Business plan III
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Unit 7: Venture creation
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Unit 8: Venture growth
7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology
| Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
| Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | E01 G01 | 0.64 | 16 | N | N | ||
| Class Attendance (practical) [ON-SITE] | Guided or supervised work | E01 E02 G01 G03 | 0.64 | 16 | N | N | ||
| Project or Topic Presentations [ON-SITE] | Lectures | G03 | 0.64 | 16 | Y | Y | ||
| Final test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | 0.08 | 2 | Y | Y | |||
| Other off-site activity [OFF-SITE] | 0.4 | 10 | N | N | ||||
| Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | E01 E02 E04 G01 | 1 | 25 | N | N | ||
| Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | E01 E02 E04 G03 | 2.6 | 65 | Y | Y | ||
| Total: | 6 | 150 | ||||||
| Total credits of in-class work: 2 | Total class time hours: 50 | |||||||
| Total credits of out of class work: 4 | Total hours of out of class work: 100 | |||||||
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
| Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
| Other methods of assessment | 70.00% | 70.00% | Assignment consisting of a business plan that will have to be presented orally. |
| Final test | 30.00% | 30.00% | There will be a multiple-choice exam on the contents of this course. |
| Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).
Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
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Continuous assessment:Evaluation criteria not defined
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Non-continuous evaluation:Evaluation criteria not defined
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
Evaluation criteria not defined
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
Evaluation criteria not defined
9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates
| Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
|---|---|
| Hours | hours |
| Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 16 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 2 |
| Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][] | 10 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 25 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 65 |
| Unit 1 (de 8): Entrepreneurship and SMEs | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 2 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 2 |
| Unit 2 (de 8): Business ideas | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 2 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 2 |
| Unit 3 (de 8): Business models | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 2 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 2 |
| Unit 4 (de 8): Business plan I | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 2 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 2 |
| Unit 5 (de 8): Business plan II | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 2 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 2 |
| Unit 6 (de 8): Business plan III | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 2 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 2 |
| Unit 7 (de 8): Venture creation | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 2 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 2 |
| Unit 8 (de 8): Venture growth | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 2 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 2 |
| Global activity | |
|---|---|
| Activities | hours |