Minority Entrepreneurship

Week 1: Introduction - Conditions, study material

Introduction and Condition of the course

Course Schedule

Minority Entrepreneurship (MiE)

Structure of Lessons – Summer Semester 2023/2024

Definitely will be set on the start of March (Erasmus group will arrive)

In case of very small group – individual study consultation, via MS teams)

 

lesson

Date

Lectures

lecturer

1

19.2.

Course conditions. Introduction lesson.

D/Z

2

26.2.

Definition of Minority Entrepreneurship. Key communities.

D/Z

3

4.3.

Identification of key characteristics of entrepreneurial opportunities and mapping those against values, skills, ethics and definitions of success; and planning for professional and personal development.

D/Z

4

11.3.

Minority Entry into Self Employment

Z

5

18.3.

Business model CANVAS  in Minority Entrepreneurship

D/Z

6

25.3.

The Role of Policy and Regulations in ME Measuring Success Among Minority Entrepreneurs

D/Z

7

1.4.

Public Holiday – Easter holiday

x

8

8.4.

Project progress discussion and development – practice lesson

D/Z

9

15.4.

Impacts of Employment Opportunities Generated by Minority-owned Businesses

D

10

22.4.

Social Entrepreneurship and the challenges of scale

D/Z

11

29.4

Discussion/homework on selected topic – activity with points (0-10 points)

x

12

6.5.

Project progress discussion and development – practice lesson

D/Z

13

13.5.

Presentation - feedback

D/Z

* D- Duháček Šebestová Jarmila, Z- Zakaria AKM

 

Content of lessons can be changed.

 

Conditions for credits to be granted:

 

Course 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 to help or include minority groups into entrepreneurship.

 

Compulsory Attendance at 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. (In online environment isn’t possible to divide those parts).

 

Conditions for credits to be granted:

Activity

Topic

Points

Deadline

Discussion on selected topic

 short feedback (min. 1 page)

0-10

03.05.2024, email – sebestova@opf.slu.cz

Course work – in groups

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

0-30

10.05.2023, text document – IS SU

Examination – written test  

Questions from weeks 2-13 based on textbook

0-60

After 13.5.2024

 

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