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Basic Entrepreneurship and Idea Feasibility Analysis, 6 ECTS credits.
/Grundläggande entreprenörskap och idékvalificering/
For:
ED
KTS
SL
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112
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Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Industrial Engineering and Management
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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Aim:
The purpose of the course is for students to acquire knowledge and abilities within the field of entrepreneurship, with particular focus on formulation and evaluation/qualification of ideas for entrepreneurial ventures. The learning outcomes is that students after the course should
- be able to describe, compare and take a position on different perspectives on entrepreneurship
- be able to reflect on what entrepreneurship can be within their own technological field
- be able to give an account of critical factors for the establishment of an entrepreneurial venture
- be able to give an account of the information and analyses required to evaluate an idea for an entrepreneurial venture and have some ability to collect and analyse relevant information for that purpose
- have some ability to communicate a business idea proposal orally and in writing
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
The requirements for participating in lectures and examination in semester 5. Students are expected to be able to collect and structure information independently, communicate orally and in writing, plan and execute a project-based assignment in group and perform basic calculations. They are also expected to have some ability of creative and critical thinking.
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Supplementary courses:
Innovative entrepreneurship and business planning
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Organisation:
The course is organised in terms of lectures and seminars, where theories of entrepreneurship are mixed with, and illustrated by, practical examples, the experiences of our guest lecturers and student practices. Group assignments and individual assignments support learning. Driving force is an important aspect of entrepreneurship, and students' engagement will therefore be emphasized in the course; the course is to a large extent problem-based and students are required to take responsibility for their own learning, individually and in groups.
The course runs over the entire spring semester.
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Course contents:
The course is organised in three themes:
- What is entrepreneurship? Students are faced with different perspectives on entrepreneurship and are allowed to form their own opinion of what entrepreneurship may be.
- Entrepreneurship as the establishment of new ventures. What is an entrepreneurial venture? How is an idea, upon which a venture could be founded, formed and developed? What organisational forms can an entrepreneurial venture take? What is required for an entrepreneurial venture to stand on its own feet? How are entrepreneurial ventures financed?
- Idea feasibility analysis. The process from idea to business plan. The prestudy details (goal/vision, business idea, market and competitive strategy, marketing, business model, profitability and financing).
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Course literature:
Landström och Löwegren (2009) Entreprenörskap och företagsetablering, Studentlitteratur (main book)
McKinsey (1998): Från idé till företag. Affärsplanering för framgång. McKinsey & Company, Göteborg och Stockholm.
Vetenskapliga artiklar och bokkapitel, praktikfallsbeskrivningar och annat material som delges via kursens hemsida.
Scientific papers and book chapters, case descriptions and other material distributed throug the cource website.
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Examination: |
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Individual assignments and written test
Project work in group with oral and written presentation
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2 ECTS
4 ECTS
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The individual assignment and the individual written test serves to secure that every individual have reached the learning goals of the course, they thereby exam all three themes of the course. The group work consist of a feasibility analysis of a business idea and it examines in first hand the themes 2 and 3.
The grades on the individual assignments, the written test, the group work and the course as a whole will be based on an assessment of all included elements. |
Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Eva Lovén
Examiner: Charlotte Norrman
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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