Entrepreneurship

week 1+2: Conditions, Text book, seminar paper


Schedule and Conditions

Entrepreneurship

Structure of Lessons – Winter Semester 2022/2023

 

Week

Date

Lecture (90 min)

 

Seminar (45 min)

 

1

20.9.

Introductory lesson, conditions

 canceled

2

27.9.


3

4.10.

Entrepreneurship as lifestyle,  Examples of successful SMEs

IKIGAI concept, mindmap

4

11.10.


 Business model CANVAS

 

  Creation of Work Groups, Initial Idea of Business, Company Name, type,competecies

5

18.10.

Entrepreneurship Environment

Situation Analyses (SWOT, PEST) Market Environment

6

25.10.

Why SMEs are so important for regional development?

Strategies for Success

Life cycle of business


 

Marketing Strategy, Plan of Operations/services, Time schedule,

 

7

1.11.

Why SMEs are so important for regional development?

Typology of SMEs

Growth Plan, Investments,
Technology and Production, Innovation

8

8.11.

On-going reading test

canceled

9

15.11.

Financial sources for business Decision making,

Exit Planning

10

22.11.

Leadership in SMEs

Financial Plans, Sources of Financing,
Financial Statements, BEP(Break-even-point)

11

29.11.

International Entrepreneurship

Human Resources, Personal skills

12

6.12.

Family business,

Risks
Finalization of BP Sections, Appendices

13

13.12.

Conclusion Lesson, discussion

·         Presentations of Semester Work – Students must present their projects prepared in groups (app. 15 min. each group)

·         EXAMINATION (voluntary, other possibilities in January), – students could get marks(when all parts are completed)

 

Content of lessons can be changed.

 

Conditions for credits to be granted:

1.      Compulsory Attendanceat least of 60% of seminars. Lectures are voluntary, however recommended because they introduce the theory needed in the seminar. Sometimes the topic is presented mainly as seminar than as lecture.

2.      On going test

3.      Semester (Course) work – Written Project “Start-up”based on CANVAS model to try “minority enterprise Start Up” (Word Document – min. 10 pages A4 per group, Times New Roman 12, spacing 1.5)Written projects (.docx format) will students email to: sebestova@opf.slu.cz till 20.12.2022.

4.      Project group presentation app. 15 min. as final of the project (PowerPoint – app. 10 slides)

5.      Examination (theoretical knowledge from Textbook)

 

Semester work: Work groups  of 2 -3 students per group will prepare one project, which should be constructed according standard structure and based upon realistic premises to meet the goals of the project based on case study.

 

Structure of a grade:

1.      On-going test – 20% (20 points)

2.      Project in paper form (document) -35% (35 points)

3.      Presentation – 20% (20 points)

4.      Exam  -  25%    (25 points)

Total 100%, 100 points

Grade Descriptors:

·         A(1) Excellent92-100

·         B (1,5) Very Good91-83

·         C(2) Good82-75

·         D (2,5) Satisfactory74-66

·         E (3) Sufficient 65-60

·         F (4)Unsatisfactory 0-59




Conditions for credits to be granted:

Activity

Topic

Points

Deadline

On going test

Based on chapters from textbook, will be set on 17.03.2021

0-20

8.11.2022

Course work – in groups

Written Project “Start-up based on CANVAS model” (Word Document – min. 10 pages)

0-35

20.12.2022, text document by email: sebestova@opf.slu.cz

Group presentation of your project

Based on previous course work – powerpoint presentation

0-20

13.12.2021

Exam

Questions from weeks 2-11

0-25

13.12.2021 and later on

 

Grade Descriptors:

·         A(1) Excellent92-100

·         B (1,5) Very Good91-83

·         C(2) Good82-75

·         D (2,5) Satisfactory74-66

·         E (3) Sufficient 65-60

·         F (4)Unsatisfactory 0-59