LO1: Critically appraise the forms and contexts of entrepreneurship with reference to theoretical concepts and contemporary thinking

Module code and title:

BAM7040 Entrepreneurship and Business Venturing

Assignment No. and type:

CW1 – Business Plan

Assessment weighting:

100%

Submission time and date:

13th September 2024 at 2:00 p.m.

Target feedback time and date:

4th October 2024

Assignment task

Using the module materials as a starting point, along with the evidence you have gathered from academic and professional sources, write a 3000-word business plan, justifying a proposed course of action and type of venture. Your chosen entrepreneurial venture must be agreed with your module tutor. Your business plan should critically appraise the forms and contexts of entrepreneurship, formulate approaches to removing barriers to entrepreneurial practice (i.e., the practice of setting up your own business) and propose an evidence-based course of action to achieve an entrepreneurial aim. The business plan should be completed as if being presented to a potential funder of your business venture.order now

Your business plan should be completed using the template available in the Assignment Brief Information folder on the BAM7040 Blackboard module shell, which provides the outline structure for the business plan.

Your business plan should include, as a minimum, the below sections:

1. A cover sheet

2. An executive summary

3. A table of contents

4. The company and its objectives

5. Legal structure

6. The product(s) or service(s) and descriptions

7. Comparison with competitors

8. Sources of supply

9. Customers

10. Market segments

11. Pricing policy and promotional plans

12. Choice of location and premises

13. Harvard Reference List

14. Appendices

Correct completion of 4 and 5, above, will enable you to meet learning outcome 1. Correct completion of 7, 10 and 11 will enable you to meet learning outcome 2. Correct completion of 6, 8, 9 and 12 will enable you to meet learning outcome 3.

If you are registered with the Disability and Inclusion Services or have a disability, please contact your module leader to discuss how your reasonable adjustments will be applied to this assignment.

This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:

LO1: Critically appraise the forms and contexts of entrepreneurship with reference to theoretical concepts and contemporary thinking

LO2: Formulate approaches to removing barriers to entrepreneurial practice using an evidence-based justification

LO3: Propose a course of action to achieve an entrepreneurial aim using an evidence-based justification

Practicalities: Referencing, presenting and submitting your work

Please see your programme handbook for information on the required referencing style, any presentational requirements and the process for submitting your work.

Confidentiality

LO1: Critically appraise the forms and contexts of entrepreneurship with reference to theoretical concepts and contemporary thinking

You should maintain and respect confidentiality in relation to the protection of personal, technical and/or commercial information of a sensitive nature in your assessed work.

For further information and guidance, please see your programme handbook.e

Academic integrity

Academic integrity means taking responsibility for your own work.

LO2: Formulate approaches to removing barriers to entrepreneurial practice using an evidence-based justification

When you submit an assignment, you are making a declaration that it is your own work and that you have acknowledged the contribution of others and their ideas in its development (for example, by referencing them appropriately).

For further information and guidance, please see the University website: https://www.bnu.ac.uk/current-students/registry-helpdesk-and-academic-advice/academic-integrity-and-misconduct