COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND FUNDAMENTALS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IYO 5035 ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND FUNDAMENTALS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Management and Organization

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ETHEM DUYGULU

Offered to

Management and Organization

Course Objective

Explain theoretical development of entrepreneurship. Relate main variables of entrepreneurship in the management and organization literature with its results in the practice area.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define fundamental concepts, models and elements related to entrepreneurship theory.
2   Distinguish fundamental concepts and elements of entrepreneurship theory
3   Diagnose success and failure factors of entrepreneurs
4   Define fundamental variables and processes of corporate entrepreneurship
5   Relate results of managerial entrepreneurship to success or failure.
6   Explain individual, organizational and managerial differences of entrepreneur behavior
7   Necessitate information and acquire needed information.
8   Build, develop, apply and assess the results of a method to solve a problem within a scientific research context.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Reasons why entrepreneurship gains importance today, fundamental concepts, differences and its importance
2 Entrepreneurship in history of economic thoughts
3 Approaches that entrepreneurship thought is based upon, entrepreneurship schools
4 Entrepreneurship research (models)
5 Entrepreneurship behavior (individual)
6 Entrepreneurship as a firm behavior and performance relationship
7 The notion of intrapreneurship. (Midterm exam will also be held this week after course hour)
8 Corporate entrepreneurship and fundamental variables.
9 Entrepreneurship in management and organization theories (1)
10 Entrepreneurship in management and organization theories (national and international culture and comparative theory) (2)
11 Managerial entrepreneurship behavior and corporate impacts.
12 Effects of managerial entrepreneurship behavior on employees
13 The role of entrepreneurship in creating competitive advantage.
14 Overall evaluation and presentation of term projects.

Recomended or Required Reading

All kinds of scientific resources related to the course.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Topics will be analyzed and discussed both theoretically and by case studies. Field study results will be presented in the seminar in the final week of the semester.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment includes; case studies, role playing, discussion, team work, presentation and written examination besides theoretical analysis.

Assessment Criteria

Students will be assessed according to their midterm and final examinations, presentation of term projects and participation (Please see: Course Policies and Rules).

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Rules related to midterm and final exams are: Questions are not general but specific, case study analyses should be made by using of proper terminology. Following points will be considered on this matter. Ability to use terminology properly, degree of consistency between cause and effect relationships of concepts. The solution to the problems should be well grounded, scientific, logical and convincing. Readings related to the course and having a grasp of the topics are important.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ethem.duygulu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

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 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71
LO.81

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