This document outlines a course on entrepreneurship for a Master of Business Administration program. The objectives are to motivate students towards entrepreneurship, develop entrepreneurial managers, and provide tools to make good decisions about entrepreneurship. The course is 36 sessions of 75 minutes each. It covers topics like concepts of entrepreneurship, setting up a small business, supporting institutions, MSME sector, turnaround strategies, government schemes, ease of doing business, and legal/tax compliance. Students will prepare a business plan, read entrepreneur profiles, study ease of doing business data, and meet a women entrepreneur. Evaluation includes assignments, presentations, case studies, mid-term exam, and end-term external exam.
This document outlines a course on entrepreneurship for a Master of Business Administration program. The objectives are to motivate students towards entrepreneurship, develop entrepreneurial managers, and provide tools to make good decisions about entrepreneurship. The course is 36 sessions of 75 minutes each. It covers topics like concepts of entrepreneurship, setting up a small business, supporting institutions, MSME sector, turnaround strategies, government schemes, ease of doing business, and legal/tax compliance. Students will prepare a business plan, read entrepreneur profiles, study ease of doing business data, and meet a women entrepreneur. Evaluation includes assignments, presentations, case studies, mid-term exam, and end-term external exam.
This document outlines a course on entrepreneurship for a Master of Business Administration program. The objectives are to motivate students towards entrepreneurship, develop entrepreneurial managers, and provide tools to make good decisions about entrepreneurship. The course is 36 sessions of 75 minutes each. It covers topics like concepts of entrepreneurship, setting up a small business, supporting institutions, MSME sector, turnaround strategies, government schemes, ease of doing business, and legal/tax compliance. Students will prepare a business plan, read entrepreneur profiles, study ease of doing business data, and meet a women entrepreneur. Evaluation includes assignments, presentations, case studies, mid-term exam, and end-term external exam.
This document outlines a course on entrepreneurship for a Master of Business Administration program. The objectives are to motivate students towards entrepreneurship, develop entrepreneurial managers, and provide tools to make good decisions about entrepreneurship. The course is 36 sessions of 75 minutes each. It covers topics like concepts of entrepreneurship, setting up a small business, supporting institutions, MSME sector, turnaround strategies, government schemes, ease of doing business, and legal/tax compliance. Students will prepare a business plan, read entrepreneur profiles, study ease of doing business data, and meet a women entrepreneur. Evaluation includes assignments, presentations, case studies, mid-term exam, and end-term external exam.
1. Course Objective: a) The prime motive of the course is to expose, excite and elevate the motivation of the students to the field of entrepreneurship. b) To create entrepreneurial managers for corporates to enhance business performance and create sustainable competitive advantage for the corporate. c) To provide conceptual theoretical frameworks and tools, to enable students to make good decisions and realistic action plans about entrepreneurship.
2. Course Duration: The course duration is of 36 sessions of 75 minutes each.
3. Course Contents: Module No. of Marks Modules with its Contents/Chapters No. Sessions (out of 70) Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Importance; Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur, Problems faced by Entrepreneurs, Myths and Mindset, Theories & Types of I Entrepreneur, Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 06 07 Gujarati Entrepreneur and Contribution to India and World Economy
Setting Up A Small Business Enterprise- Identifying The
Business Opportunity; Growth of a Business Idea; Business Opportunities In Various Sectors within Gujarat Sector to watch for 2020; Environment Pollution Related Clearances
Formalities For Setting Up of A Small Business
Enterprise Selection of a Project (Product/ Service II Selection, Location Selection, Project Feasibility Study, 10 21 Business Plan Preparation, Preparation of a Project Profile), Decide on the Constitution, Registration, Clearances from specific Departments, Arrange for Land, Arrange for Plant & Machinery, Arrange for Infrastructure, Prepare Project Report, Apply & Obtain Finance, Implement the Project & Obtain Final Clearances Institutions Supporting Business Enterprises: III 10 21 Introduction, Central level Institutions, State level Institutions, Other Institutions, Process of raising finance from Bank and Other Institutes
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME): Role
and Importance, Concepts and Definitions, The MSMED Act 2006, Growth & Development of MSME in India and Gujarat, Current Schemes for MSME of Gujarat, Problems facing the MSME Sector, Role of Clusters in Promoting MSME
Business Turnaround Strategies: Specific Management
Problems, Definition of Sickness, Industrial Sickness in India, Symptoms of Industrial Sickness, Rehabilitation of Sick Units Government of India / State Government Schemes: Initiatives for Start-up India, Stand up India and Skill India, Government of Gujarat schemes for promoting MSME and Start-up, Start-up ecosystem and start-up support at Gujarat, Stand-up India: Women and Minority Entrepreneurship
Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Overview, Ranking,
IV 10 21 Determinants of EoDB
Legal & Tax Compliances in doing Business in India
Tax related Issues in doing business in India, Corporate Tax, Profession Tax, Import Export Code (IE Code), Registering for a business number and Introduction to Goods & Services Tax (GST) (50 Marks PRACTICAL: of CEC Prepare a business plan of a venture of your choice. Internal Read the profile of successful Indian Entrepreneurs and Evaluation discuss in classroom. ) V Students may study last five years data on different parameters of Ease of Doing Business Try to have meeting with any women entrepreneur to know the challenges faced by her Identify key traits to be an entrepreneur
4. Case Studies: The pedagogical materials used in the course will familiarize student with the many dimensions of the venture creation process. The readings provide ideas and suggest ways of thinking about entrepreneurial challenges. Case discussions and assignments build the intuition for how entrepreneurs go about launching new markets and organizations, and what pitfalls they ought to watch out for.
Sr. No. Title of Case Study
1 R & R case study, Bob Reiss, HBS case study (1989) 2 EasyJet: The 'Easy' Way to Succeed, Nirmalya Kumar and Brian Rogers (2000), The Case Centre 3 Business Plan: Crystal Water Solutions 4 MyZus Infotech Ltd.: Pursuit of an Idea, Prof. Biju Varkkey and Ajay Pandey (2003), CIIE, IIM Ahmedabad
5. Teaching Methods: The course will use the following pedagogical tools: (a) Lectures and Discussions. (b) Assignments and Presentations. (c) Case Studies. 6. Evaluation: The evaluation of participants will be on continuous basis comprising of the following Elements: Continuous Evaluation Component A comprising of Practical activities related (Internal Assessment- 50 Marks) to entrpreneurship B Mid-Semester examination (Internal Assessment-30 Marks) C End Semester Examination (External Assessment-70 Marks)
7. Text Books: Sr. Author Name of the Book Publisher Year of No. Publication 1 Poornima M. Entrepreneurship Pearson Second Charantimath Development Small Edition Business Enterprises Entrepreneurship A Donald F Kuratko and Cengage 2 South-Asian 2016 T V Rao Learning Perspective Latest 3 Rajeev Roy Entrepreneurship Oxford Edition
8. Reference Books: Sr. Author Name of the Book Publisher Year of No. Publication Michael Schaper, 3rd Asia- Entrepreneurship and 4 Thierry Volery, Paull Wiley Pacific Small Business Weber and Kate Lewis Edition Latest 5 Alpana Trahan Entrepreneurship Dreamtech Press Edition Himalaya Latest 6 Dr. Achut P.Pednekar Entrepreneurship Publishing Edition House New Venture Robert J Adams Jr. and Creation : Tata McGraw Latest 7 Stephen Spinelli Jr. Entrepreneurship for Hill Edition the 21st Century 9. Session Plan: (36 Sessions of 75 Minutes)
Session No. Topics to be covered
Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Importance; Characteristics of a Successful
1-2 Entrepreneur Problems faced by Entrepreneurs, Myths and Mindset, Theories & Types of 3-4 Entrepreneur Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Gujarati Entrepreneur and 5-6 Contribution to India and World Economy Setting Up A Small Business Enterprise- Identifying The Business Opportunity; Growth of a Business Idea; Business Opportunities In Various 7-9 Sectors within Gujarat Sector to watch for 2020; Environment Pollution Related Clearances Formalities For Setting Up of A Small Business Enterprise Selection of a Project (Product/ Service Selection, Location Selection, Project Feasibility 10-13 Study, Business Plan Preparation, Preparation of a Project Profile), Decide on the Constitution, Registration Clearances from specific Departments, Arrange for Land, Arrange for Plant 14-16 & Machinery, Arrange for Infrastructure, Prepare Project Report, Apply & Obtain Finance, Implement the Project & Obtain Final Clearances Institutions Supporting Business Enterprises: Introduction, Central 17-18 level Institutions, State level Institutions, Other Institutions, Process of raising finance from Bank and Other Institutes Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME): Role and Importance, Concepts and Definitions, The MSMED Act 2006, Growth & Development 19-20 of MSME in India and Gujarat, Current Schemes for MSME of Gujarat, Problems facing the MSME Sector, Role of Clusters in Promoting MSME Business Turnaround Strategies: Specific Management Problems, 21-26 Definition of Sickness, Industrial Sickness in India, Symptoms of Industrial Sickness, Rehabilitation of Sick Units Government of India / State Government Schemes: Initiatives for Startup India, Stand up India and Skill India, Government of Gujarat schemes for 27-31 promoting MSME and Startup, Startup ecosystem and startup support at Gujarat, Stand-up India: Women and Minority Entrepreneurship Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Overview, Ranking, Determinants of 32-33 EoDB Legal Compliances in doing Business in India Tax related Issues in doing business in India, Corporate Tax, Profession Tax, Import Export Code (IE 34-36 Code), Registering for a business number and Introduction to Goods & Services Tax (GST)
