Overview

The main objective of this course is develop entrepreneurial abilities by providing background information about support systems , skill sets , financial and risk covering institutions and other for building an enterprise so that future budding entrepreneurs can make right decisions for starting and running a venture. With a solid introduction to the entrepreneurial process of creating new businesses, role of Creativity and innovation in Entrepreneurial start-ups, manage family-owned companies ,context of social innovation and social entrepreneurship and issues and practices of financing entrepreneurial businesses., and live cases of social , techno, women entrepreneurs along with visit and interaction with entrepreneurship development institutes in India, helps the participants in learning basic fundamentals of decision making towards establishing enterprises in real life situations. This course is intended to be a foundation course for those who plan to work and start a business enterprise.

Syllabus

Unit - 1:Entrepreneurial Management
Lecture 1:Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Its Evolution
Lecture 2:Roles of an Entrepreneur
Lecture 3:Idea Generation, Screening, Selection and Managing Resources

Unit - 1:Entrepreneurial Management

Lecture 4: Leading and Building the team in an enterprise
Lecture 5:Strategic Planning for Business
Lecture 6:Forms of Ownership (Part-1)

Unit– 1: Entrepreneurial Management
Lecture 7:Forms of Ownership(Part-2)
Lecture 8: Franchising - form of Business Ownership
Lecture 9:Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures

Unit– 1: Entrepreneurial Management
Lecture 10 Managing growth, expansion and winding up of business
Lecture 11:
Valuation of a new company
Lecture 12: Corporate entrepreneurship
Lecture 13:
Entrepreneurship in the era of Globalization: Environment and Strategy

Unit – 2:
Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation
Centre of Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship- An expert Interview
Lecture 14:
Entrepreneurship: Role of stimulating creativity
Lecture 15:
Creative teams and managerial responsibilities
Lecture16:
Innovation and entrepreneurship: types and sources of innovation
Creativity and Innovations in Start Ups : A case of Altmat

Unit – 3:
Social entrepreneurship

Lecture 17: Introduction to social entrepreneurship
Lecture 18:Innovation and entrepreneurship in social context
Lecture 19: Start-ups, early venture issues
Startups in India – Interviews of Founders and Supporters

Unit – 3:
Social entrepreneurship
Lecture 20:Sustainability of non-profit organizations
Lecture 21:Financing and risks in social enterprises
Lecture 22:Business Strategies and Scaling up

Unit – 4: Family business and entrepreneurship
Lecture 23:Family Business: Concept, Characteristics, and Kinds of family Business
Lecture 24:Conflict and Conflict resolution in Firm
Lecture 25:Managing leadership & succession planning in family business

Unit – 4: Family business and entrepreneurship
Lecture 26:SUCCESSION PLANNING
Lecture 27:Succession and Continuity
Lecture 28:Women entrepreneurship: issues, challenges
Lecture 29:Women issues and encouraging change in family business: A case analysis of Wastengage pvt. Ltd.

Unit – 5: FINANCING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS
Funding &
Start up and Entrepreneurship Councils in India
Lecture 30: Arrangement of funds
Lecture 31: Exercise on writing of project report
Lecture 32: Entrepreneurial Financing and Risk

Unit – 5: FINANCING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS
Lecture 33: Appraisal of loans by financial institutions
Lecture 34: Role of Commercial Banks in financing Business Entrepreneurs
Lecture 35: Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship Institutions in India - A Visit to EDII