Objectives and competences
Course objectives are to:
• Raise awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship for the development of the economy,
• Raise the level of entrepreneurial intentions of the participating students,
Competencies that are gained by the students are:
• Learn about the concepts of solving complex business problems,
• The ability to develop useful solutions,
• Ability to quickly evaluate business ideas
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Understanding the role of enterpunership within the economy
• Understanding the specifics of enterpernureship
• Presentation of key entepernural characteristics
• Identification of entepernural opportunities
• Development of entepernural opportunities
• The use of designer approach for solwing problems and improving current solutions
• Development of business models
• Creating an economics business idea
Learning and teaching methods
• lectures
• solving problems presented by organizations,
• development of entrepreneurial idea,
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
• Students are aware of the entrepreneurial specification,
• Students recognize the entrepreneurial path as one of the possible career options,
• Students learn about methods for identifying, evaluating and developing business opportunities,
• Students develop the decency of empathic animation in target clients,
• Students learn about approaches to constantly improving products and solutions,
• Students develop the ability to develop customer oriented business models,
Readings
Osnovna literatura / Essential sources:
Maurya, A., Zrimec, A., & Ries, E. (2016). Delaj vitko: od načrta A do načrta, ki deluje. Pasadena.
BYGRAVE, W. & ZACHARAKIS, A: Entrepreneurship – 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011
OSTERWALDER, A. & PIGNEUR, Y. Business Model Generation. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2010
Priporočena dodatna literatura / Recommended additional literature:
Ries, E. (2011). The lean startup: How today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses. Crown Books.
Prerequisits
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Additional information on implementation and assessment Solving problems 40%
Elaborate – business plan 40%
Colloquium 20%
A student passes the course when each segment of the course is graded with a positive grade.