Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship

week 1+2: Conditions, Text book, seminar paper


Schedule and Conditions

Small and Medium Sized Entrepreneurship (BASME)

Structure of Lessons – Spring Semester 2021/2022

 

Week

Date

Lecture (90 min)

 

Seminar (45 min)

 

1

22.2.

Introductory lesson, conditions

  canceled

2

1.3.

 Entrepreneurship as lifestyle,  Examples of successful SMEs

Creation of Work Groups, Initial Idea of Business, Company Name, type,competecies

3

8.3.

Business model CANVAS

Project structure and outline. Types and Uses of Business Plans, Company Identification

4

15.3.

 

 Why SMEs are so important for regional development?Entrepreneurship Environment

5

22.3.

Self study


6

29.3.


Typology of SMEs Strategies for Success

Life cycle of business

 

Marketing Strategy, Plan of Operations/services, Time schedule,

 

7

4.4.

Why SMEs are so important for regional development?

Typology of SMEs

Growth Plan, Investments,
Technology and Production, Innovation

8

12.4.

On-going reading test

canceled

9

19.4.

Financial sources for business Decision making,

Exit Planning

10

26.4.

Leadership in SMEs

Financial Plans, Sources of Financing,
Financial Statements, BEP(Break-even-point)

11

3.5.

International Entrepreneurship

Human Resources, Personal skills

12

10.5.

Family business,

Risks
Finalization of BP Sections, Appendices

13

17.5.

Conclusion Lesson, discussion

·         Presentations of Semester Work – Students must present their projects prepared in groups (app. 15 min. each group)

·         EXAMINATION (voluntary, other possibilities in May), – students could get marks(when all parts are completed)

 

Content of lessons can be changed.

 

Conditions for credits to be granted:

1.      Compulsory Attendanceat least of 60% of seminars. Lectures are voluntary, however recommended because they introduce the theory needed in the seminar. Sometimes the topic is presented mainly as seminar than as lecture.

2.      On going test

3.      Semester (Course) work – Written Project “Start-up”based on CANVAS model to try “ enterprise Start Up” (Word Document – min. 10 pages A4per group, Times New Roman 12, spacing 1.5)Written projects (.docx format) will students email to: sebestova@opf.slu.cztill 17.05.2022.

4.      Project group presentation app. 15 min. as final of the project (PowerPoint – app. 10 slides)

5.      Examination (theoretical knowledge from Textbook)

 

Semester work: Work groups  of 2 -3 students per group will prepare one project, which should be constructed according standard structure and based upon realistic premises to meet the goals of the project based on case study.

 

Structure of a grade:

1.      On-going test – 20% (20 points)

2.      Project in paper form (document) -35% (35 points)

3.      Presentation – 20% (20 points)

4.      Exam  -  25%    (25 points)

Total 100%, 100 points


Conditions for credits to be granted:

Activity

Topic

Points

Deadline

On going test

Based on chapters from textbook, will be set on 15.03.2022

0-20

12.04.2022

Course work – in groups

Written Project “Start-up based on CANVAS model” (Word Document – min. 10 pages)

0-35

17.05.2022, text document by email: sebestova@opf.slu.cz

Group presentation of your project

Based on previous course work – powerpoint presentation

0-20

17.05.2022

Exam

Questions from weeks 2-11

0-25

 

Grade Descriptors:

·         A(1) Excellent92-100

·         B (1,5) Very Good91-83

·         C(2) Good82-75

·         D (2,5) Satisfactory74-66

·         E (3) Sufficient 65-60

·         F (4)Unsatisfactory 0-59