ENT 3400 Introduction to entrepreneurship
ENT 3400 Introduction to entrepreneurship
The course will give the students an overview of the field of entrepreneurship and the role of entrepreneurial ventures in society. In addition to lectures, the students will meet entrepreneurs and other players with a role in entrepreneurial processes, and make reports and presentations of this. The business plan and the 'opportunity business model' will be introduced as tools for business development.
The course will go more in-depth on developing business ideas, with focus on conceptualization and commercialization. How business ideas and opportunities are found and developed into a company. A central topic in his course is commercialization, with a focus on how business ideas are conceptualized and transformed to demanded products. Design and ethics are included as elements in product development. Lastly, sales, organization of sales, and the problem of launching radically new products and participate in shaping new markets will be discussed.
It is a goal that the student achieve an overview of the field of entrepreneurship in theory and practice. It is a goal that the student will be capable of explaining central topics and concepts in entrepreneurship theory, with particular focus on the role of the entrepreneur, and on development and commercialization of business ideas. Furthermore, the students are supposed to gain knowledge about innovation systems (geographical, industrial, and cultural factors), and the role of the entrepreneur in these. The student will knowledge about central actors in entrepreneurial networks; sources of knowledge, financing, and realization of start-ups.
It is a goal that the students achieve basic skills in developing and evaluating business ideas and concepts, and in using the business plan and 'the opportunity business model' as tools in entrepreneurial processes.
During the course, the students are supposed to develop an understanding of entrepreneurship in society and in the economy; including economic development, welfare, and ethics. Furthermore, the students should develop their own reflection related to ethical sides of developing business ideas.
- Introduction to entrepreneurship
- Development and evaluation of business ideas
- Introduction to business plans and business models
- Pitching, theoretical and practical
- Resources, networks and management of team
- Commercialization, market adaptation and sales
- Key processes: operations and technologies
- Financing new ventures
- Players in the entrepreneurial process
- Introduction to Entrepreneurship vs Intrapreneurship
- Entrepreneurship and the role of small businesses in society. Economic, social, historical and political perspectives
- Social entrepreurship
- The entrepreneur: lonely hero or visionary teamwork?
The course consists a total of 27 hours of lectures. In addition, there are group discussions, business studies, and other student activities. The teaching will be put up with a high level of interactivity, through meetings with companies, group work, presentations and discussions. Through exchanges between lectures, discussions, and practical experiences, you will get a vivid picture of the subject's particularities and challenges.
The teaching is given with a number of lectures and guest lectures (entrepreneurs and assistants), while a substantial part of the teaching time will be work with the students' assignments: presentations, counseling, discussion, field work
Higher Education Entrance Qualification.
No particular prerequisites
| Assessments |
|---|
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 60 Grouping: Group/Individual (1 - 5) Duration: 1 Semester(s) Exam code: ENT34002 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination every semester |
Exam category: Activity Form of assessment: Presentation Weight: 40 Grouping: Group/Individual (1 - 5) Duration: 30 Minute(s) Comment: Oral exam, after the hand-in of the business plan Both written and oral exam must be passed to obtain final grade in the course. Exam code: ENT34003 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination every semester |
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
| Activity | Duration | Comment |
|---|---|---|
Teaching | 27 Hour(s) | |
Prepare for teaching | 45 Hour(s) | |
Group work / Assignments | 25 Hour(s) | Field work/report (groups) |
Group work / Assignments | 50 Hour(s) | Development of business plan/business model (groups) |
Group work / Assignments | 25 Hour(s) | Individual study and study groups |
Student's own work with learning resources | 28 Hour(s) |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.
-a business plan (12 pages)
-an interview of an entrepreneur with discussion of a theory question (5 pages)
Both written and oral exam must be passed to obtain final grade in the course.