Structure of Lessons – Winter Semester 2023/2024
|
Week |
Date |
Lecture
(90 min) |
Seminar
(45 min) |
|
1 |
25.9. |
Introductory lesson, conditions |
|
|
2 |
2.10. |
Entrepreneurship as
lifestyle, Examples of successful SMEs
|
IKIGAI concept, mindmap |
|
3 |
9.10. |
Business model CANVAS
|
Creation of Work Groups, Initial Idea of
Business,
|
|
4 |
16.10. |
|
Company Name, type,competecies
|
|
5 |
23.10. |
Why SMEs are so important for regional development? |
Situation Analyses (SWOT, PEST) Market Environment |
|
6 |
30.10. |
Strategies
for Success |
Marketing Strategy, Plan of Operations/services, Time schedule, |
|
7 |
6.11. |
Why SMEs are so important
for regional development? Typology of SMEs |
Growth Plan, Investments, |
|
8 |
13.11. |
On-going reading test |
canceled |
|
9 |
20.11. |
Financial sources for
business Decision making, |
Exit Planning |
|
10 |
27.11. |
Leadership in SMEs |
Financial Plans,
Sources of Financing, |
|
11 |
4.12. |
International Entrepreneurship |
Human Resources,
Personal skills |
|
12 |
11.12. |
Family business, |
Risks |
|
13 |
18.12. |
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 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 A4 per group, Times New Roman 12,
spacing 1.5)Written projects (.docx
format) will students email to: sebestova@opf.slu.cz and zakaria@opf.slu.cz till 20.12.2022.
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. Two compulsory consultations of the paper/project with AKM Zakaria (2x10 points) - 20%, short written feedback
3. Project in paper form
(document) -25% (25 points)
4. Presentation – 10% (10 points)
5. 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
Conditions for credits to be granted:
|
Activity |
Topic |
Points |
Deadline |
|
On going test |
Based on chapters from textbook, will be set on 30.10.2023 |
0-20 |
13.11.2023 |
|
Course work – in groups |
Written Project “Start-up based on CANVAS model” (Word Document – min.
10 pages) |
0-25 |
20.12.2023, final text document by
email: sebestova@opf.slu.cz and zakaria@opf.slu.cz |
| Compulsory consultations | short written feedback (1 paragraph by AKM to evaluate your progress | 0-20 | zakaria@opf.slu.cz |
|
Group presentation of your
project |
Based on previous course work – powerpoint presentation |
0-20 |
18.12.2023 |
|
Exam |
Questions from weeks 2-11 |
0-25 |
18.12.2023 and later on |
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