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Entrepreneurial Leadership - MAN00090M

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  • Department: The York Management School
  • Credit value: 15 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2025-26

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Online Teaching Period 2 2025-26
B Online Teaching Period 6 2025-26

Module aims

We will examine theory and practice which support the development of leadership skills and enterprising approaches in the development of new businesses, growing entrepreneurial organisations and operating entrepreneurially within established organisations. We will examine business venturing and intrapreneurship within existing organisations.

The module will examine entrepreneurial leadership across different types of organisations including large and small businesses, family businesses and social enterprises.

The module will emphasise developing knowledge and skills through work that will enable students to critically analyse entrepreneurial leadership in a variety of contexts and develop creative strategies for new ideas, procedures or products. Online group discussions and independent study will include practical activities designed to develop creativity and leadership skills plus case studies to develop analytical skills and understanding of the complexities of entrepreneurial leadership.

By the end of the module students should understand how to lead a complex entrepreneurial start-up in commercial and social enterprise contexts and how entrepreneurial leadership operates in existing large scale organisations.

Module learning outcomes

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

MO1: Critically evaluate the main debates in the subject area, comparing and contrasting recent research and popular commentaries.

MO2: Critically evaluate alternative values and approaches to entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in a range of real life situations and contexts

MO3: Integrate theory and practical experience to be applied in a variety of contexts, including business start-up and entrepreneurship in existing organisations

MO4: Critically analyse the challenges facing organisations moving from start-up to growth stage of organisational development

MO5: Understand how to successfully lead entrepreneurial teams in a range of organisational contexts to improve working practices and develop new ideas.

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Assignment - York Online Programmes 100.0

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

None

Module feedback

Feedback will be provided in accordance with the York Online Programme Handbook.

Indicative reading

Burns P. (2013) Corporate Entrepreneurship, third edition. Basingstoke, Palgrave McMillan.


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