This module will examine the entrepreneurial mindset and ways to bring creativity to bear in pursuit of new sources of value creation.

You’ll compare attitudes and practices across national and organisational cultures. Entrepreneurial Thinking and Practice may be delivered online or in-person depending on programme variant.

Class aims 

• To introduce students to the concepts of entrepreneurial thinking and mindset, contextualised in skill and competency development
• To provide students with the opportunity to appraise their own entrepreneurial skills and competencies, identifying areas for personal and professional development
• To facilitate students’ critical personal reflection on entrepreneurial skill and competency development linked to value creation, building their reflective practice through relevant experiences, tools and approaches

Learning objectives

• differentiate between traits and mindsets and recognise the role of growth mindsets in entrepreneurial thinking and action
• consider ambiguity and uncertainty in the entrepreneurial journey and examine your personal responses to these conditions
• identify your personal frames of reference and appraise the impact of these on your creative thinking and action
• assess your ability to communicate with empathy and consider how to foster trust and psychological safety to support entrepreneurial thinking and practice for yourself and those around you
• reflect on your entrepreneurial skills, competencies and linked behaviours and how these have developed over the course of the class