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Managing and assessing student enterprise projects

Managing and assessing student enterprise projects
Managing and assessing student enterprise projects
Discusses the problems associated with the successful organization of business start-up projects at undergraduate level, including teamwork, the involvement of mentors and assessment methods. Student business projects also involve the development of a highly demanding set of skills. The weaknesses of student projects are identified principally with respect to financial projections and marketing strategy. Concludes that these projects are a valuable means of reinforcing theoretical business studies principles and foster more realistic and mature expectations of enterprise.
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33-37
Macfarlane, Bruce
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Tomlinson, Kevin
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Macfarlane, Bruce
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Tomlinson, Kevin
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Macfarlane, Bruce and Tomlinson, Kevin (1993) Managing and assessing student enterprise projects. Education and Training, 35 (3), 33-37. (doi:10.1108/00400919310033494).

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Discusses the problems associated with the successful organization of business start-up projects at undergraduate level, including teamwork, the involvement of mentors and assessment methods. Student business projects also involve the development of a highly demanding set of skills. The weaknesses of student projects are identified principally with respect to financial projections and marketing strategy. Concludes that these projects are a valuable means of reinforcing theoretical business studies principles and foster more realistic and mature expectations of enterprise.

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Published date: 1993
Organisations: Southampton Education School

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Local EPrints ID: 374796
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/374796
ISSN: 0040-0912
PURE UUID: 0cbd0393-63aa-479a-897c-99ad7a2a88cf

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Author: Bruce Macfarlane
Author: Kevin Tomlinson

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