Higher Nationals

Assignment Brief – BTEC (RQF)

Higher National Certificate in Business

Student Name/ID Number

Unit Number and Title 9 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

AcademicYear 2019-2020

Unit Assessor S Mustafa

Assignment Title Entrepreneurial Ventures

Issue Date 01/10/2019

Submission Date 22/11/2019

IV Name N Naqvi

Date 01/10/2019

Submission Format:

The submission is in the form of a built webpage to be presented to your colleagues as a 10-
minute presentation. A link to your webpage should be provided and the submission should be in
the form a screenshot with additional speaker notes for the presentation and a bibliography using
the Harvard referencing system.

The submission could also be in the form of a PDF brochure guide to small businesses. You are
required to make use of headings, paragraphs, subsections and illustrations as appropriate and all
work must be supported with research and referenced using the Harvard referencing system.
Please also provide a bibliography using the Harvard referencing system. The recommended
word limit is 1,000–1,500 words, although you will not be penalised for exceeding the total word
limit.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1 Explore and illustrate the range of venture types that might be considered entrepreneurial.
LO2 Assess the impact of small businesses on the economy.

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

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 You currently work for a consultancy firm that provides advice and market intelligence to small
businesses and entrepreneurs. As part of updating the new website you have been tasked with
investigating different types of ventures and their impact upon the economy to put on a webpage.
This is a mini research project that is based on a range of different examples, one of which
should be a local business.

You should choose one example of each type of entrepreneurship, at least one of which should
be a local business. You must describe and compare different environments for each of your
examples and evaluate their impact on the economy at different levels.

Primary research could be conducted for your choice of local business. Primary research may
include the use of interviews, existing videos or questionnaires completed by practicing
entrepreneurs.

To present your findings you can either :

1. Create a webpage that provides the information and present this to your colleagues,

Or

2. Design a short PDF brochure guide to link to the webpage.

*Please access HN Global for additional resources support and reading for this unit. For further
guidance and support on effective research please refer to the Study Skills Unit on HN Global.
Link to www.highernationals.com

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 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

LearningOutcome Pass Merit Distinction

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 LO1 Explore and P1 Examine different M1 Investigate a D1 Critically examine
illustrate the range of types of entrepreneurial diverse range of the scope, development
venture types that ventures and explain entrepreneurial and growth of
might be considered how they relate to the ventures to entrepreneurial
entrepreneurial. typology of demonstrate an ventures.
entrepreneurship. understanding of
entrepreneurship in
P2 Explore the both the public and
similarities and corporate sector.
differences between
entrepreneurial
ventures.

LO2 Assess the P3 Interpret and assess

impact of small relevant data and M2 Evaluate the D2 Critically examine
businesses on the statistics to illustrate how differences that small, how small businesses
economy. micro and small medium and large have an impact on
businesses impact on businesses make to the different levels of the
the economy. economy, applying economy in a local,
relevant data and regional, national and
P4 Explain the statistics. international
importance of small
businesses and
business start-ups to the
growth of the social
economy.

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