Content
The purpose of the course in entrepreneurship is to learn about the entrepreneurial process through theories, reflection and practical exercises. By learning through entrepreneurship, you will able to be able to put theories and reflections into practice. The aim is to make the student aware that entrepreneurship is about ideas, resources and taking action. This requires an entrepreneurial mind-set, and therefore, involves professionalism, personality, identity and values whether you make changes in existing organizations (Intrapreneurship) or start a new business (Entrepreneurship)
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
- Obtain a profound understanding of how to use reflection in areas as innovation, entrepreneurship, establishing and qualifying a business identity
- Understanding complexity in business, leadership and projects generating value on entrepreneurial premises
Skills
- Ability to establish, identify and differentiate a business idea on practical as well as immaterial perspectives
- Ability to integrate the entrepreneurial way of working on personal-, team- and organizational level
- Ability to use many sources and perspectives for creating value in projects, idea generation etc.
Competences
- Acquired competencies to generate business ideas, qualify business ideas, reflect on operationalize business ideas
- Obtain a fundamental knowledge of how entrepreneurship differs from more traditional ways of thinking about business
- How to handle complexity in relation to business creation or change
- How to handle personal characteristics related to the student and business partners
Teaching methods and study activities
During the course, students must in groups develop, qualify, and concretize a business idea either as a start-up or in existing companies. At the same time, they will work on developing their own skills/competences. The teacher decides what the specific assignments are about. Both assignments result in reports that must be handed in. The course will comprise of lectures, company visits, group work and individual work related to the assignments. Other relevant types of teaching could also come in play. It is required and necessary for the student to prepare thoroughly by reading the specified literature and the tasks, which are specified in the plan of lectures.
Exam
Oral group examination consisting of a group presentation followed by a discussion between students and examinators. The duration of exam will be 60 minutes to groups of three to four people or 75 minutes to groups of five or six people. The examiner will be internal. Individual grade is based on overall assessment of written group report, presentation and discussion and individual report.