COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SYB 4001 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 2 4 0 5

Offered By

Department of Sport Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR IPEK AYDIN

Offered to

Department of Sport Management

Course Objective

The course aims to introduce students to the processes of identifying new business opportunities, making business plans within the framework of these opportunities, and researching and business planning processes for new initiatives, as well as discussing innovation management at the level of expertise in an organizational context with a strategic and operational perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Working in teams of participants from multiple academic disciplines, applying their critical thinking and problem solving skills, negotiating, communicating and contributing to the development of the joint project while working in this team.
2   Feasibility study for new business ventures through research using primary and secondary sources
3   Prepare solid and realistic financial projections for new ventures
4   To discuss different financing ways and their applications for new initiatives
5   To develop insights into legal issues related to new initiatives, including the choice of appropriate legal structures.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship and planning new initiatives and entrepreneurship in Turkey
2 Legal structures and Legal issues related to innovation management and entrepreneurship
3 New product and service development and market research
4 Entrepreneurial skills
5 Organizational innovativeness: Potentials, needs and process
6 Competitive advantage, innovation and entrepreneurship relationship
7 Competitive advantage, innovation and entrepreneurship relationship
8 Strategies for innovation
9 Case Study: Organizational innovation process
10 Case Studies: simulation of the key steps of starting a new business
11 Combining potentials for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
12 Real-life examples and discussion
13 Teamwork presentations
14 Teamwork presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Foss, N. J., Pedersen, T., Pyndt, J. & Schultz, M. (2012). Innovating Organization and Management: New Sources of Competitive Advantage. Cambridge University Press.
Chesbrough, H. (2006). Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape. Harvard Business School Press.
Chesbourgh, H. (2003). Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology. Harvard Business School Press.
Barringer, B. R. and Ireland, D. 2010. Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures, 4th Edition. Prentice Hall.
Burns, Paul. 2010. Entrepreneurship and Small Business: Start-up, Growth and Maturity. 3rd Ed. Palgrave Macmillan
Hisrich, R. D., Peters, M. P. and Shepherd, D. A. 2008. Entrepreneurship, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill International Edition
Kuratko, D.F.. and Hodgetts, RM. 2009. Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice, 8th ed., South-Western.
Steyaert, C. ve Hjort, D., 2003, New Movements in Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, research, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Class participation, exams, homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The policies and rules regarding the course will be announced at the beginning of each semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Necat Hepkon Faculty of Sport Sciences
Seferihisar

Office Hours

Meeting days vary according to the individual program prepared for each semester.
Students can reach the course coordinator on the day and time they want via e-mail.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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