Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship

Week 1: Introduction

21.09.2020

This is no lesson. I am presenting  conditions and schedule for whole semester. A copy of schedule is available below. A seminar paper we will  discuss in Week 3 (face to face). Studying materials will be available here.

Schedule

Small and Medium Sized Entrepreneurship (BAMSP)

Structure of Lessons – Winter Semester 2019/2020

 

Week

Date

Lecture (90 min)

tuesday08:05-09:40

Seminar (45 min)

tuesday9:45-10:30

1

21.9.

Introductory lesson, conditions

canceled

2

28.9.

CANCELLED, PUBLIC HOLIDAY

3

5.10.

Entrepreneurship as lifestyle,  Examples of successful SMEs

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

4

12.10.

Business model CANVAS

 

Project structure and outline. Types and Uses of Business Plans, Company Identification, Goals setting, Executive Summary

5

19.10.

Entrepreneurship Environment

Situation Analyses (SWOT, PEST) Market Environment

6

26.10.

Why SMEs are so important for regional development?

Typology of SMEs Strategies for Success

Life cycle of business

 

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

 

7

2.11.

Why SMEs are so important for regional development?

Typology of SMEs

Growth Plan, Investments,
Technology and Production, Innovation

8

9.11.

On-going reading test

canceled

9

16.11.

Financial sources for business Decision making,

Exit Planning

10

23.11.

Leadership in SMEs

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

11

30.11.

International Entrepreneurship

Human Resources, Personal skills

12

7.12.

Family business,

Risks
Finalization of BP Sections, Appendices

13

14.12.

Conclusion Lesson, discussion

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

·         EXAMINATION (voluntary, other possibilities in January), – 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 “minority 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 20.12.2020.

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

5.      Examination (theoretical knowledge from Textbook)

 

Semester work: Work groups  of 1 -4 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

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