business management (enterpreneurship)
ASSESSMENT/PORTFOLIO
Gordon Ranking
Assessment/Portfolio
Coursework portfolio
3000 word
13th of December 2019
You need to come up with a business idea and develop a professional portfolio for it. Your portfolio should include a pre-plan where you explain your business idea (10% of the mark), and it’s execution (65%). The execution part needs to contain the application of models and framework from the course to justify your business idea, appropriate Marketing, Finance, Strategy and Human Resource Management Tools. And finally, your portfolio should provide Growth Strategies for your Business.
Assessment/Portfolio
Information to students:
Resources to help you develop your business plan for your 3,000 word coursework (carries 75% weighting). Please refer to the 2 elements in the assessment in handbook guidance.
An overall pass mark of 40% is required in order to pass this module.
| KIS category | Description of assessment task | Word count/length of presentation | Learning outcomes assessed | Weighting % |
| Coursework | Portfolio | 3000 words | 1,4,5,6 | 75% |
Assessment/Portfolio
Helpful Links for your coursework portfolio include:
https://www.sage.com/en-gb/blog/how-to-write-a-business-plan/
https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/help-for-young-people/tools-resources/business-tools/business-plans
http://www.greatbusiness.gov.uk/the-how-to-write-a-business-plan-guide/
https://www.virginstartup.org/how-to/virgin-startup-business-plan-template
https://www.barclays.co.uk/business-banking/business-insight/writing-a-business-plan/
The date for the portfolio is planned for 13th of December 2019.
Assessment/Portfolio – To do’s
Pre-plan
Briefly explain and justify your entrepreneurial start-up business. Provide evidence of original thinking supporting your new business venture.
Plan: Execute
Apply Theoretical and Conceptual Elements
Develop a sophisticated and intelligent argument based on theoretical and conceptual elements from the module to justify your business idea.
Apply Appropriate Marketing, Finance, Strategy and Human Resource Management Tools
Apply of relevant marketing Finance, Strategy and Human Resource Management tools, models, frameworks, techniques etc. applied to your entrepreneurial start-up business.
Examine Growth Strategies for your Business
Examine the ways how your business ensures growth in the long run.
Portfolio Presentation and Quality
Don’t forget about appropriate structure, writing style, referenced sources, tables and graphs.