Unit code: F/618/7057: Creating Futures: Sustainable Enterprise and Innovation

Learning Outcomes 

When awarded credit for this  unit, a student will: 

Assessment Criteria 

Assessment of this learning  outcome will require a student  to demonstrate that they can: 

1.1 Identify innovative and entrepreneurial ventures.

1.2 Analyse the strategy, process and operations of enterprises within the context of entrepreneurship and innovation.

1.3 Analyse the impact of ethics and sustainability on entrepreneurship and innovation.

1.4 Research, create and manage sustainable forms of innovative and entrepreneurial ventures.

1.5 Apply core theories, concepts and frameworks of innovation and entrepreneurship. 

• Entrepreneurship and innovation
• Introduced to the societal impacts of enterprise and innovation, and the tools and techniques that are needed to identify, analyse and manage them
• Key themes and concepts on ethics and sustainability as applied in entrepreneurship and innovation.

2.1 Gather information relating to the impact of innovation and entrepreneurship on society. at a conceptual and a practical level, including ethics and sustainability, economic and social benefits to you, the economy and local communities.

2.2 Assess the enterprise life cycle.

2.3 Analyse the impact on the economy and local communities. 

• Using entrepreneurship and innovation to solve societal problems in an ethical and sustainable manner 
• Enterprise life cycle.

3.1 Analyse the roles of stakeholders within sustainable enterprises.

3.2 Analyse the impact on these roles in driving the agenda.

3.3 Analyse the impact on societal challenges. 

• How entrepreneurship and innovation can be used to solve societal challenges (e.g. social inclusion, environmental protection, economic and community development).
• The significance of specialist sectors in society.