Module Information
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 1 Hours Quiz The quiz will ask the students to look at different scenarios and evalute these either by calculations or through particular judgement outcomes. | 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment | 1 Hours Quiz The quiz will ask the students to look at different scenarios and evalute these either by calculations or through particular judgement outcomes. | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Compare the different methods used to analyse business risk and uncertainty
Identify an investment opportunity using a suitable technique.
Brief description
Students will first look at how business leaders can manage change in a business. Then they will look at two key skills required for the development of financial business plans for new ventures - judging risk and uncertainty, and investment appraisal. This course is part 3 of 4 on the Business Management for Rural Entrepreneurs microcredentials.
Aims
The aim of this course is to build on the skills and knowledge required by students to develop their own Business plan for a rural business.
Content
1) Managing Change
2) Risk and Uncertianty
3) Investment Appraisal
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Creative Problem Solving | The MCQ exam will pose theoretical problems for the students to solve. |
| Critical and analytical thinking | Students will be expected to synthesise complex information |
| Digital capability | Students will be required to examine and synthesize quantitative data from a range of publications and databases to develop answers for their MCQ exam |
| Real world sense | This module will provide the students with further analytical and management skills for the developemnbt of a venture plan; they will be assessed on their understanding of this information. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Types, benefits and challenges of different techniques in appraising and evaluating risk, uncertainty and future investments. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7