Business Management and Entrepreneurship

3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4023402DNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (D) Master - preliminary level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten geslaagd zijn voor ‘Bedrijfsbeleid' of voor "Economie en het Bedrijfsleven". Studenten master Bio-Ingenieurswetenschappen, kunnen dit vak opnemen. Students from the following programs, can take up this course without additional prerequisites: European Master of Photonics, Master of Chemical and Materials, Master of Electromechanical Engineering

Taught in

English

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool

Department

Business Technology and Operations

Educational team

Kevin De Moortel (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
64 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Entrepreneurship is essentially a practical activity that involves a wide range of business and management skills. To this end, this course introduces the core areas of management, strategy, marketing, legal, and finance in the practical context of business start-up and growth. This course provides students with different disciplinary backgrounds actionable knowledge and insights on how to start a venture, how to explore the commercial potential of venture ideas, and how to think and act as an entrepreneur.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Slides, Available through Canvas
Handbook (Recommended) : Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Start-up, Growth and Maturity, Paul Burns, 5th Edition, Macmillan Education

Additional info

Teaching methods

This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load.

HOC: 26 hours

The instructor and students interact in collective contact-dependent moments and (actively) engage with the learning materials.

ZELF (self): 64 hours (exam)

Independent study to keep up with the course material during the semester and run through background information: 2 hour/HOC (26 hours).
Preparation of exam (38 hours).

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student can:

understand the complexity of the business ecosystem surrounding entrepreneurs and start-ups.
understand the methodological approach towards developing an entrepreneurial strategy.
understand the core legal and financial aspects related to starting a business.
understand how to develop a venture towards sustainable growth.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: Case-based multiple choice exam. Closed book exam.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The written exam counts for 100% of the student's individual score and consists of a case-based multiple choice exam. The multiple choice part is quoted using positive scoring through higher pass mark (Hogere Cesuur). No points are subtracted for wrong answers. However, obtaining point by guessing is taken into account in the end result through higher pass mark (hogere cesuur). For example: the success limit for a multiple choice exam with 40 four-choice-questions is 25. In this case, you will need to answer 25 out of 40 questions correctly to obtain 10/20. The specific limits for this course's exam are announced in the exam instructions. Your exam strategy is straightforward: do your best for the entire exam, do an educated guess for multiple choice questions that you don't know or know partially, without concerns on loosing points for wrong answers.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context