BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH (4 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of the course students will be able to: Identify, articulate and select relevant contemporary business sustainability strategies; Predict, evaluate and select emerging trends that may impact company growth; Identify core personal entrepreneurial traits and skills required to lead successful company growth and sustainability; Demonstrate entrepreneurial decision making and rationale to ensure the long-term growth and sustainability of a business; and Recommend an appropriate business exit strategy when given a business scenario.

Topics:

The topics in this course include the following: Theories and practice of business growth, key global trends and practices in business sustainability, entrepreneurial strategies, processes and techniques to pursue ongoing firm growth and success, including use of mergers and acquisitions, developing strategic relationships, securing finance and developing appropriate organisation structures, identifying and developing internal company benchmarks to manage growth and sustainability and therefore apply appropriate decision making strategies, identifying core entrepreneurial competencies required to lead company growth and sustainability, and exit strategies for the developed business.

Pre-requisite: None