MGT3424 Principles of Entrepreneurship

Part I

Course Duration: One semester
Credit Units: three
Level: B3
Medium of Instruction: English
Prerequisites: Nil
Precursors: Nil
Equivalent Courses: Nil
Exclusive Courses: Nil


Part II  

Course Aims:

  • Provide the student with an understanding of the various schools of thought on entrepreneurship developed across the past 100 years.
  • Enable the student to appreciate the processes through which entrepreneurs come to be.
  • Develop the student’s ability to situate the place entrepreneurs take in the larger world of business and management.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

No.

CILOs

Weighting
(if applicable)

1.

Describe the role of entrepreneurs, their sources of opportunity as well as understand economic and behavioural aspects of entrepreneurship

 

2.

Explain the process in building indigenous companies

 

3.

Distinguish between entrepreneurs as idea generators and capitalists as sources of funds

 

4.

Identify the factors that promote or inhibit entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial activity together with their accompanying resources and risks.

 

5.

Identify the conflicts that plague family business.

 

Teaching and learning Activities (TLAs)

(Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to facilitate students’ achievement of the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)

CILO No

TLAs

Hours/week
(if applicable)

CILO 1

Learning through lectures and assigned readings

 

CILO 2

Learning through case studies, group work, multi-country videolink classes , supplemented by lectures

 

CILO 3

Learning through guest speakers and lectures

 

CILO 4

Learning through company visits to real entrepreneurs and field trips

 

CILO 5

Learning through invited guest speakers supplemented by lectures

 

Assessment Tasks/Activities
(Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to assess how well the students achieve the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)
Coursework       :           50%
Examination      :           50% (2 hrs)

CILO No

Type of assessment tasks/activities

Weighting
(if applicable)

Remarks

CILO 1

Essay examination whereby the students answer three questions out of six.

 

 

CILO 2

Participation in group work discussion as well as individual participation in class

 

 

CILO 3

Performance in discussion in class during sessions with guest speakers

 

 

CILO 4

Participation in class discussion

 

 

CILO 5

Essay on a case study: examination

 

 

Grading of Student Achievement:
Refer to Grading of Courses in the Academic Regulations.


Part III 

Keyword Syllabus:
Importance of Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial process. Distinguished from Intrapreneurship. Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Managing the paradoxes in Entrepreneurship. The place of entrepreneurship among the ten roles of the manager.

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