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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS IKD 7051 GIRIşIMCILIK VE ISTIHDAM ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Employment and Career Consultancy Non-thesis (evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BARIŞ SEÇER

Offered to

Employment and Career Consultancy Non-thesis (evening)

Course Objective

The main objective of this course is to give an overview of main theoretical aspects of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial process. After taking this course the student understands the theoretical evolution of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial process and entrepreneurial behaviour.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Generalize the meaning of the concepts entrepreneur and entrepreneurship 2   Identify the various steps in the entrepreneurial process 3   Reflect on the characteristics of the entrepreneur 4   Identify entrepreneurial characteristics of their clients 5   Lead their clients to entrepreneurial process

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 What is entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneur 2 Theories of entrepreneurship The occupational choice model of entrepreneurship I: homogeneous agents The occupational choice model II: heterogeneous ability the Lucas (1978) model The occupational choice model III: heterogeneous risk attitudes the Kihlstrom and Laffont (1979) model 3 The entrepreneurial process Critical Factors for Starting a New Enterprise Personal Attributes Environmental Factors Other Sociological Factors 4 The entrepreneurial process Evaluating Opportunities for New Businesses 5 The entrepreneurial process The Business Planning Process 6 The social psychology of entrepreneurial Behavior 1 7 The social psychology of entrepreneurial Behavior 2 8 The Role of Emotions and Cognitions in Entrepreneurial Decision-Making 9 Entrepreneurship education 10 The role of mentoring for entrepreneurship 11 Intrapreneurship for career development 12 Entrepreneurship and Employment 13 Entrepreneurship in Turkey 14 Entrepreneurship Studies

Recomended or Required Reading

Alan L. Carsrud , Malin Brännback (2009), Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mind, Springer. Boris Urban (2010), Frontiers in Entrepreneurship, Springer.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER) 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: baris.secer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday-Wednesday 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Preparing presentations 1 2 2 Preparing assignments 1 15 15 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 LO.1 1 LO.2 1 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1 1 1 1