The module descriptors for our undergraduate courses can be found below:
- Four year Aeronautical Engineering degree (H401)
- Four year Aeronautical Engineering with a Year Abroad stream (H410)
Students on our H420 programme follow the same programme as the H401 spending fourth year in industry.
The descriptors for all programmes are the same (including H411).
H401
Entrepreneurship
Module aims
Module outline:
Reading list
Week 01
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The smart entrepreneur how to build for a successful business
Elliott & Thompson
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The upside of uncertainty : a guide to finding possibility in the unknown
Harvard Business Review Press
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The Discipline of Innovation
Harvard Business Publishing
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Technology ventures : from idea to enterprise
Fifth edition, international student edition., New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education
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The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
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Craig, N and Snook, S (2014). From Purpose to Impact. Harvard Business Review.
Week 02
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The lean startup : how constant innovation creates radically successful businesses
Portfolio Penguin
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Running Lean.
3rd ed., O'Reilly Media Incorporated
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The unicorn's shadow : combating the dangerous myths that hold back startups, founders, and investors
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Wharton School Press
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The Business Model Book: Design, build and adapt business ideas that drive business growth
Pearson Education Limited
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Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model
Harvard Business Publishing
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Bring Your Breakthrough Ideas to Life
Harvard business review Harvard Business Review
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Disciplined entrepreneurship : 24 steps to a successful startup
Wiley
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Creativity Rules : Get Ideas Out of Your Head and into the World
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What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 - 10th Anniversary Edition : A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World
Week 03
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Running Lean.
3rd ed., O'Reilly Media Incorporated
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The mom test : how to talk to customers and learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
California : Createspace Independent Learning Platform
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The smart entrepreneur how to build for a successful business
Elliott & Thompson
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Where to play : 3 steps for discovering your most valuable market opportunities
Harlow, England : Pearson
Week 04
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The smart entrepreneur how to build for a successful business
Elliott & Thompson
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The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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The four steps to the epiphany : successful strategies for products that win
Fifth edition., Wiley
Week 05
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The unicorn's shadow : combating the dangerous myths that hold back startups, founders, and investors
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Wharton School Press
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Running Lean.
3rd ed., O'Reilly Media Incorporated
Week 06
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The right it : why so many ideas fail and how to make sure yours succeed
First edition., New York, NY : HarperOne
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Testing Business Ideas: A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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The smart entrepreneur how to build for a successful business
Elliott & Thompson
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Lean startup and the business model: Experimentation revisited
Long range planning Elsevier BV
Week 08
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The smart entrepreneur how to build for a successful business
Elliott & Thompson
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New venture creation : entrepreneurship for the 21st century
9th ed., International ed., McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Blank, S. (2018). Why Tech Founders Need a Moral Compass. eCorner
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Essentials of entrepreneurship and small business management / Norman M. Scarborough, Jeffrey R. Cornwall
9th ed.,
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12 Books That Every Leader Should Read: Updated
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Technology ventures : from idea to enterprise
Fifth edition, international student edition., New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education
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Quincy
Netflix
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The hard thing about hard things : building a business when there are no easy answers
HarperCollins Publishers
Week 09
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Technology ventures : from idea to enterprise
Fifth edition, international student edition., McGraw-Hill Education
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The unicorn's shadow : combating the dangerous myths that hold back startups, founders, and investors
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Wharton School Press
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An entrepreneur's guide to the venture capital galaxy
Academy of Management Perspectives Academy of Management
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Venture deals : be smarter than your lawyer and venture capitalist /
Fourth edition., John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
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Technology ventures : from idea to enterprise
Fifth edition, international student edition., McGraw-Hill Education
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New venture creation : entrepreneurship for the 21st century
Tenth edition.; International student edition., McGraw-Hill Education; McGraw-Hill Education
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The smart entrepreneur how to build for a successful business
Elliott & Thompson
Week 10
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Whistleblower Shook Theranos And His Family --- Tyler Shultz wanted to shield reputation of grandfather George Shultz, a Theranos director
The Wall Street journal. Eastern edition Eastern edition, Dow Jones & Company Inc
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The Ethical Engineer: Contemporary Concepts and Cases
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The unique vulnerabilities of entrepreneurial ventures to misconduct
Emerald