Entrepreneurship

Scholar Year: 2018/2019 - 2S

Courses

Head Teacher Responsability Maria Teresa Gomes Valente da Costa Head

Weekly workload Hours/week T TP P PL L TC E OT OT/PL TPL O S Type of classes 2 3 Lectures Type Teacher Classes Hours Theoretical Totals 1 2,00 Teresa Costa   2,00 Practices Totals 2 6,00 Fernando Angelino   6,00

Teaching language

Portuguese

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

• Transmit knowledge about entrepreneurship, innovation, economic growth and competitiveness;
• Introduce the contemporary themes of intrapreneurship, social entrepreneurship, young entrepreneurship.
• Analyze and evaluate the stages of the entrepreneurial process
• Identify business areas and promote the creation of self-employment
• Develop capacity to generate self-employment and / or improve employability and proactivity in organizations
• Develop creativity, innovation and autonomy
• Develop a critical spirit and responsibility

Syllabus

1- A global perspective on entrepreneurship
1.1. Entrepreneurship and innovation: theories and perspectives
2. Entrepreneurship: the role of the entrepreneur
3. Environments favoring entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development
3.1. Entrepreneurship and economic development
3.2. Innovation: an imperative for long-term entrepreneurship
3.3. Environment favorable to entrepreneurship
3.4. Public policies to promote entrepreneurship
3.5. Entrepreneurship and innovation metrics
4. Social Entrepreneurship
4.1. Social Entrepreneurship Approaches
4.2. The role of the social entrepreneur
4.3. Metrics of social entrepreneurship
4.4. The importance of social issues for for-profit enterprises: the emergence of the social capital market
4.5. What is corporate social innovation?
5. Entrepreneurial Organizations and Corporate Entrepreneurship
5.1. Entrepreneurial intentions in established organizations
5.2. Intrapreneur Profile
5.3. Entrepreneurial organizations
5.4. Corporate Entrepreneurship: Do Mature Companies Also Want to Be Entrepreneurs?
5.5. Creating an Entrepreneurial Corporate Culture
5.6. Characteristics of Leadership and Corporate Entrepreneurship
5.7. Clues to Creating an Entrepreneurial Organization
6. The entrepreneurial process
6.1. Identification and evaluation of the opportunity 100
6.2. Business planning
6.3. Determine and mobilize resources
6.4. Manage and ensure business sustainability
6.5. Business Model (MN)

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

The impact on the level of programmatic content regarding the different concepts and types of entrepreneurship, environments that promote entrepreneurial activity, development of the entrepreneurial culture, whether in new companies or in existing companies and the entrepreneurial process, are coherent with the objectives of the curricular unit which is to introduce contemporary themes related to entrepreneurship, analyze and evaluate the stages of the entrepreneurial process, identify business areas and promote the creation of self-employment, develop capacity to generate self-employment and / or improve employability and proactivity in organizations, develop creativity, innovation and autonomy, develop a critical spirit and responsibility

Teaching methodologies

This curricular unit will be anchored in the "learning by doing" method, with special emphasis on the work developed by the students throughout the classes, with several activities that will facilitate the development of the recommended skills. In addition, there will be activities that will appeal to students' autonomous work, such as research on a specific topic, to choose.
Additionally, will be approached several themes, from the theoretical point of view, using an expository / interrogative method.

Demonstration of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit's intended learning outcomes

The use of the expository-participatory method in the presentation of theoretical concepts, as well as the resolution and discussion of cases, the development of dynamic activities and the development of group work, allow the acquisition of theoretical concepts addressed in the program, provide discussion and reflection and enable the development of entrepreneurial skills.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

The assessment of knowledge consists of:
i) Business plan (PN)
(ii) Practical cases (CP)
iii) Written Test (TE)

Final Mark (NF) = 0.40xPN + 0.15 * CP * 0.45xTE

Subject to the following restrictions:
• Final grade greater than or equal to 10 (ten) values
• To pass the course unit the student must obtain a minimum of 8 points in the written test.
• At least 75% of theoretical and practical classes.

If the student does not meet any of the above conditions, he / she must carry out a final evaluation.

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