This course will enable the students to -
• Create understanding of the nature and forms of entrepreneurial management.
• Develop entrepreneurial skills and competencies among students.
Course Outcomes (COs):
Course |
Learning outcomes (at course level) |
Learning and teaching strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
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GBBA 302A |
Entrepreneurship
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CO 145: Recognize the nature and forms of entrepreneurial management. CO 146: Develop the creativity and innovation skills among students. CO 147: Analyses social entrepreneurship and various business strategies to apply in real life situations. CO 148: Discuss about the system and functioning of family businesses. CO 149: Review the sources of financing the entrepreneurial business. CO 150: Develop different entrepreneurial skills for successful business. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Hours, Group discussions, problem solving sessions.
Learning activities for the students: Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Chart preparation. |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Entrepreneurship: Meaning, Nature, Benefits, Classification of Entrepreneurship, Evolution of the Concept of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Process
Entrepreneur: Competencies of an Entrepreneur, Types of Entrepreneur, Role and Functions of Entrepreneur
Promotion of a New Venture: Search for a Business Idea – Sources of Ideas, Idea Processing and Selection; Pre-start-up Implementation – Assembling Necessary Inputs; Establishing the Enterprise and Start-up Stage – Start-up Operating objectives, Positioning the Enterprise
Business Plan: Concept, Characteristics, Steps in developing a Business Plan, Need and Importance of Business Plan, Feasibility Study for New business, Valuation of a New Company
Forms of Business Ownership: Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Limited Liability partnership and Corporation form, Joint Stock, Co-operative Venture, Franchising
Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation: Meaning, Creativity Vs Innovation, Creativity and Innovation Process, Stimulating Creativity; Organizational actions that enhance/hinder creativity, Sources of Innovation in Business
Role of Government in Entrepreneurial Development: Need; Government Assistance, Incentives and Schemes for Infrastructural facilities
Family Business and Entrepreneurship: Concept of Family business, Structure and Kinds of family firms, Management of family enterprises, Conflict and conflict resolution in family firms, Encouraging Change in the family business system
Financing the Entrepreneurial Business: Sources of finance – Short-term and Long-term; Loan syndication, Consortium finance, Venture capital, Angel Investors
Institutional Support to Entrepreneurs: SIDBI, IDBI, IFCI, FIWE
• Burns, P., Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Palgrave, New Jersey
• Drucker, P. F., Innovation and entrepreneurship: Practice and principles, Elsevier, USA
• Hisrich, R., & Peters, M., Entrepreneurship, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi
• Holt, D. H., Entrepreneurship new venture creation, Prentice Hall India, New Delhi
• Kaplan, J., Patterns of entrepreneurship, Wiley
• G.S Sudha, Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship, R.B.D Publications Jaipur
• Vasant Desai, Entrepreneurial Development, Himalaya Publishing House
• Roy Rajeev, Entrepreneurship, Oxford Higher Education
E-resources:
•https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Entrepreneurial_Development/uUdLA...
• https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Oxford_Handbook_of_Entreprene...
• https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Innovation_and_Entrepreneurship/O...
Journals:
• Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies
• Business Perspective and Research
• Gyan Management
• IIS Journal of Commerce & Management
• Indian Journal of Marketing