Managing High-Growth Businesses

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• evaluate the appropriateness of particular growth strategies.
• identify the roles of key internal and external stakeholders in facilitating business growth;
• self-manage the development of learning and study skills;
• communicate effectively, in both oral and written form, using and justifying argument within reports, presentations and debates;
• use a wide range of information sources requiring the development of bibliographic skills;
• understand the limitations of particular growth models in industry sectors;
• plan and control effectively for successful completion of a personal workload;
• diagnose national and global opportunities for growth, by evaluating the characteristics of economies and societies;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• use a wide range of information sources requiring the development of bibliographic skills;
• self-manage the development of learning and study skills;
• plan and control effectively for successful completion of a personal workload;
• communicate effectively, in both oral and written form, using and justifying argument within reports, presentations and debates.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the strategies and practices used by businesses to deliver growth;
• the internal and external barriers that can impair growth;
• interventions which can be successfully used to manage the growth process.
• the circumstances and reasons why businesses experience and/or seek high-growth;

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Class discussions

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Verbal feedback on the discussions in the class.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.