Entrepreneurship Course Outline - Lecture

WEEK 1:       INTRODUCTION

§ Definitions of Concepts

§ Overview of Entrepreneurship

WEEK 2:       NATURE & ORIGIN OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

§ Definition

§ Theories about entrepreneurship

§ Roles and tasks of entrepreneurship

WEEK 3:       THE PERSONALITY OF AN ENTREPRENEUR

§ Entrepreneurial personality

§ Entrepreneurial skills

§ Entrepreneurship and culture

WEEK 4:       CREATIVITY, INNOVATION AND IDEA GENERATION

§ Creativity

§ Innovation

§ Idea generation

§ Opportunity analysis

§ Intellectual property right protection

§ Ethical issues.

WEEK 5:       BUSINESS PLANNING

§ Role and benefits

§ Components of a business planning

§ Presentation of a business plan

WEEK 6:       FINANCING BUSINESS VENTURE

§  Analysing financial requirements

§  Sources of finance for a business venture

§  Evaluating a business financing option

§  Venture capital opportunities

§  Managing Business  Growth

WEEK 7:       CAT

WEEK 8-9:    ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS

§  Sole proprietorship

§  Partnerships

§  Challenges of small scale business enterprises

WEEK 10:     Marketing

                        Public Relations

WEEK 11:     Production management of human resources

WEEK 12:     Project Planning

REFERENCE

1.      Kuratko D., and Hosgate M., (2003), Entrepreneurship Theory Process and Practice, Thompson, South Western Publishing Company.

2.      Drunker P.F. (1994) Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Oxford Butterworth Heinmann.

3.      Hisrich Robert D., Michael P. Peters and Dean A Shepherd, Entrepreneurship 6^th Edition, McGraw Hill 2007.

4.      Holt, David H. Entrepreneurship: New Venture Creation: Prentice Hall India, New Delhi 2002.

Important Journals Available on the web.

i).      Frontiers of entrepreneurship research

ii).    Entrepreneurship theory and practice

iii).  Journal of  entrepreneurship development

Course Evaluation

Assignment, CATs(2)             30%

Final Exam                              70%

Total                                        100