ENT 2800 Managing and developing start up businesses and entrepreneurs - RE-SIT EXAMINATION

APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

ENT 2800 Managing and developing start up businesses and entrepreneurs - RE-SIT EXAMINATION

Responsible for the course
Elbjørg G Standal, Nils-Otto Ørjasæter

Department
Department of Innovation and Economic Organisation

Term
According to study plan

ECTS Credits
9

Language of instruction
Norwegian

Introduction
This final course focuses on developing and managing businesses in the start-up phase. Particular attention will be paid to management challenges in the different developmental phases of a start-up business. There will be frequent discussions and visits by experienced entrepreneurs and other experts. Students on the course will also evaluate themselves as entrepreneurs and discuss whether they believe they will run a business in all phases of development or whether they will change roles en route.

Objective
The course will provide the students with:
- Knowledge of management processes and challenges in start-up businesses
- Knowledge of the role and work of a board
- Knowledge about what hinders and what promotes scaling- up and supergrowth
- An understanding of how and why a business and entrepreneur often go separate ways
- A summary and synthesis of entrepreneurship as a management activity through synthesizing experiences and insights from the three years of the course
- A good foundation for writing good Bachelor dissertations.

Prerequisites
The course is based on knowledge students are expected to have attained in the previous semesters.

Compulsory reading
Books:
Bråthen, Tore. 2009. Styremedlem og aksjonær. 2. utg. Fagbokforlaget. Aksjonæravtaler (5 sider) og Del III: Styremedlemmer (36 sider)
Levorsen, Stein O. 2009. Styrearbeid i praksis : innføring i styrets hovedoppgaver og arbeidsform med eksempler og bedriftshistorier. 6. utg. Oslo : Universitetsforlaget. 92
Wickham, Philip A. 2010. Strategic entrepreneurship. 5th ed. Harlow : FT/Prentice Hall. Part 1, chapter 1-1.6; Part 2, chapter 9; Part 3, chapter 15; Part 5, chapter 25, 27. Total 75 p. Ny utgave ventes i desember 2010, men kan bli forsinket.
Zimmerer, Thomas W. and Norman M. Scarborough. 2010. Essentials of entrepreneurship and small business management. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall

Articles:
Akrich, M., M. Callon and B. Latour. 2002. The key to success in innovation. International Journal of Innovation Management. 6 (2). Part II: The art of chosing good spokespersons”
Akrich, M., M. Callon and B. Latour. 2002. The key to success in innovation. International Journal of Innovation Management. 6 (2). Part I: The art of interessement
Ørjasæter, Nils-Otto. 2005. Intraprenørskapsprosjekter – organisering og finansiering. Magma. 8 (nr. 4). s 60-72

Other:
AA: Utvalgte artikler


Recommended reading

Course outline
  • The entrepreneur’s motivation and vision
  • The business idea, business model and business strategy
  • Boosting a business and consolidating a business idea
  • Managing uncertainty and risk
  • The entrepreneur as a business manager
  • Recruitment and appointment of staff
  • Setting up a board, board composition
  • The work of a board
  • Management and follow-up of staff
  • Developing competencies
  • Ownership, financing and influence
  • Risk capital

Computer-based tools


Course structure
The course consists of 36 hours of lectures, group discussions and business studies. Meetings with entrepreneurs, group work, presentations and discussions will all ensure a high level of interactivity.


Examination
Course grades are based on the term paper.

Examination code(s)
ENT 2800 - Term paper. Counts 100% to obtain final grade in the course ENT 28001, 9 ECTS.

Examination support materials
All written aids allowed + calculator TEXAS INSTRUMENTS BA II Plus™.

Re-sit examination
This course was lectured for the last time spring 2011. Re-sit exam will be offered every term even spring 2013.

Additional information

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