Small Business Management

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Small Business Management
Leerdoelen	Upon completion of the course the student is able to: 1. Explain the nature and role of the major elements of small business management. 2. Summarize and critically evaluate recent academic research on small business management. 3. Develop and complete a small qualitative empirical study to study recent theory in a small business context.
Omschrijving	The SBM course is one of the obligatory courses of the SB&E track within the MScBA. The course content is aimed at providing students with knowledge needed to understand the essence of managing small businesses. This knowledge can also be applied to smaller independent parts of a large organization. Small companies have specific characteristics. Usually they are family businesses that go through different development phases. Growth, innovation, and change are themes that small businesses have to deal with. Also, ownership and management are intertwined, which has a major influence on the corporate governance of the firm. Such characteristics form the leitmotif of the different themes that will be dealt with in this course. This course will focus on the content as well as the process of managing SMEs. During the course, groups of students will do a small empirical research during which small business owners will be interviewed. Thus, students practice to apply theoretical knowledge to a real-life situation and develop their research skills.
Uren per week	3
Onderwijsvorm	-gastcollege ,  -hoorcollege ,  -werkcollege (also guest lectures)
Toetsvorm	-groepsopdracht,  -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) (individual and group assignment)
Vaksoort	master
Coördinator	dr. M.J. Brand
Docent(en)	dr. M.J. Brand ,dr. E.P.M. Croonen
Verplichte literatuur	Titel Auteur ISBN Prijs A reading list of academic articles and reports Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Financial Times Press, Pearson, 2010 (This book will also be used in one or more other courses of the MScBA SB&E programme) Storey, David J., Francis Greene 0273693476 ca. €  72,00
Entreevoorwaarden	Students have to meet the general master requirements to enroll for this course. The course is not open for students from other MSc programmes.
Opmerkingen	The first week of the course provides an introduction week specifically for SBE students.
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type MSc BA - Small Business & Entrepreneurship/SB&E  (basisprogramma SB&E) 1 semester I a verplicht