Entrepreneurship

Paper Code: 
25GBBA302A
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to

1.   Create understanding of the  nature and  forms  of entrepreneurial management.

    2. Develop  entrepreneurial skills and  competencies among students.

Course Outcomes: 

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Entrepreneurshi p

(Theory)

CO163.Identi fy  nature and forms             of entrepreneuri al management.

CO164.      Develop the     creativity    and ni novatoi n  skills   among students. CO165.Analyse social entrepreneurship

and    various business strategies to  apply  in real  life situations.

CO166.    Discuss about the   system and  functioning of family businesses. CO167.   Analyse diverse  sources of entrepreneurial financing          and apply             varied entrepreneurial skills  for  business success. CO168.Contribut

e     effectively     in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Reading assignments, Demonstratio n,

 

Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examination s, Quiz, Assignments

, Presentation

, Individual and  group projects

 

12.00
Unit I: 

Entrepreneurship:  Meaning,   Nature,   Benefits, Classification    of     Entrepreneurship,Evolution    of   the    Concept   of   Entrepreneurship,  Entrepreneurial  Process  Entrepreneur:

Competencies   of    an    Entrepreneur,   Types    of    Entrepreneur,   Role    and    Functions   of Entrepreneur

 

12.00
Unit II: 

Promotion of   a  New Venture:  Search for  a  Business Idea  –  Sources  of  Ideas,  Idea Processing  and   Selection;  Pre-start-up   Implementation  –   Assembling Necessary Inputs; Establishing the  Enterprise and   Start-up Stage –  Start-up  Operating objectives,  Positioning the  Enterprise Business Plan:  Concept, Characteristics, Steps in developing a  Business Plan, Need   and  Importance of  Business Plan,  Feasibility   Study   for  New  business, Valuation   of  a New Company

 

12.00
Unit III: 

Forms  of    Business  Ownership:   Sole    Proprietorship,   Partnership,   Limited    Liability partnership and  Corporation form,  Joint  Stock,   Co-operative  Venture,  Franchising Entrepreneurship,  Creativity   and   Innovation:  Meaning, Creativity   Vs  Innovation,  Creativity and    Innovation  Process,  Stimulating Creativity; Organizational actions  that enhance/hinder creativity, Sources of Innovation in Business

12.00
Unit IV: 

Role   of     Government   in     Entrepreneurial    Development:   Need;    Government Assistance, Incentives  and   Schemes for  Infrastructural facilities  Family  Business and Entrepreneurship:   Concept  of   Family   business,   Structure   and    Kinds   of   family   firms, Management   of   family    enterprises,   Conflict    and    conflict    resolution   in   family    firms, Encouraging Change in the  family business system

 

12.00
Unit V: 

Financing the  Entrepreneurial  Business:  Sources of  finance  –  Short-term  and   Long term; Loan  syndication,  Consortium finance,  Venture  capital,  Angel  Investors  Institutional Support to Entrepreneurs: SIDBI, IDBI, IFCI, FIWE.

 

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

1.  Burns,  P. (2001). Entrepreneurship and  small business. New Jersey:Palgrave.

2.   Drucker, P. F. (2006). Innovation and  entrepreneurship: Practice and  principles. USA: Elsevier.

3.   Gersick,  K. E., Davis,  J. A., Hampton, M. M., &Lansberg,  I.  (1997). Generation to  generation: Life cycles  of the  family business. Boston: Harvard Business School  Press.

4.   Hisrich, R., & Peters, M. (2002). Entrepreneurship. New Delhi: Tata  McGraw Hill.

5.   Holt, D. H. (2004). Entrepreneurship new  venture creation. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India.

6.   Kaplan,  J. (2004). Patterns of entrepreneurship, Wiley.

7.   Prahalad, C. K. (2006). Fortune at  the  bottom of the  pyramid, eradicating poverty through profits. Wharton school  Publishing.

 

REFERENCES: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

1.  Scarborough &Zimmerer, Effective  Small Business Management

2.  Stevenson, H. (Ed.).  (2007). Perspective on entrepreneurship. Boston:Harvard Business Press.

3.  G.S.Sudha, Fundamentals of entrepreneurship, RBD, Jaipur.

4.  S.S. Khanka, Entrepreneurship Development, S.Chand Publications, New Delhi.

5.  Nafees A. Khan, Fundamentals of entrepreneurship, Anmol Publications, New Delhi.

6.  E. Gordon  & K. Natarajan, Entrepreneurship Development, Himalaya  Publications.

7.  Vasant  Desai,   Fundamentals  of  Entrepreneurship  and   Small  Business Management,  Himalaya Publications

e-RESOURCES:

1. https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/

2. https://www.academia.edu/

3. https://www.slideshare.net/

JOURNALS:

1.          https://www.sciencegate.app/keyword/445436

 

Academic Year: 
2025-26
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