The course examines the role that the small businesses play in the economy and society; and explores the management of small businesses in a wide variety of contexts and situations. It raises issues that are relevant to small organizations as opposed to large ones, focuses on "entrepreneurs", how he/she decides to start a business and the social factors that foster entrepreneurship. Furthermore the course considers the entrepreneurship experiences of various groups such as minority ethnic people and women. Students consider these issues through reading and discussion of the journal articles and/or book chapters of important authors, and case analysis involving successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs, class exercises and simulations.