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Course Outline Ced 0217 Entreprenuership Skills

The document outlines the course HRD 2401/CED 0217: Entrepreneurship Skills at Jomo Kenyatta University, detailing weekly topics including the introduction to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial culture, financial management, and business planning. It specifies the course duration as one semester, with evaluation based on continuous assessment tests and end-of-semester exams. Additionally, it lists reference textbooks to support the course content.

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Course Outline Ced 0217 Entreprenuership Skills

The document outlines the course HRD 2401/CED 0217: Entrepreneurship Skills at Jomo Kenyatta University, detailing weekly topics including the introduction to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial culture, financial management, and business planning. It specifies the course duration as one semester, with evaluation based on continuous assessment tests and end-of-semester exams. Additionally, it lists reference textbooks to support the course content.

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JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

COURSE OUTLINE

HRD 2401/CED 0217: ENTREPRENUERSHIP SKILLS

COURSE FACILITATOR; ANNPIERA NJURURI

COURSE CONTENT
WEEK ONE: INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENUERSHIP
 Definition of Key concepts and terms
 Contribution of Entrepreneurship to national development
 Advantages and disadvantages of Entrepreneurship
 Requirements for entry into self-employment
WEEK TWO: EVOLUTION OF ENTRPRENEURSHIP
 History of Entrepreneurship
 Myths associated with Entrepreneurship in Kenya
 Theories of Entrepreneurship
 Importance of Entrepreneurship theories
 Factors affecting Entrepreneurship development
WEEK THREE: THE ENTREPRENEUR
 Types of entrepreneurs
 Qualities of an entrepreneur
 Roles of an entrepreneur in an enterprise

WEEK FOUR: CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION


 Definition
 Meaning of creativity and innovation
 Process of creativity and innovation
 Importance of creativity and innovation
 Barriers to creativity and innovation
 Managing creativity and innovation
WEEK FIVE: ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE
 Concept of entrepreneurial culture
 Habits that promote Entrepreneurial developments
 Factors that inhibits Entrepreneurial developments
 Ways of managing factors that inhibit development of entrepreneurial culture

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WEEK SIX: ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES
 Meaning of Entrepreneurial opportunities
 Ways of generating business ideas
 Evaluation of business opportunities
WEEK SEVEN: ENTREPRENUERSHIP MOTIVATION
 Definition of Entrepreneurship motivation
 Entrepreneurial motivation factors
WEEK EIGHT: STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS
 Procedure of starting a small enterprise
 Factors to consider when starting a small enterprise
 Legal forms of business ownership
 Challenges faced when starting a small enterprise
 Business life cycle
 Regulations affecting business
 Business support services available for a small business
WEEK NINE: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
 Meaning of Financial Management
 Importance of Financial Management
 Sources of business finance
 Types of Business records
 Recording business transactions in the books of account
 Importance of budgeting to a business
WEEK TEN: ENTERPRISE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BUSINESS ETHICS
 Definition of terms
 Enterprise Social Responsibility
 Types of Enterprise social responsibility
 Importance of Enterprise Social Responsibility
 Ethical behavior in an Enterprise
WEEK ELEVEN: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS PLAN
 Definition of business plan
 Components of a business plan
 Uses of a business plan
 Preparation of a plan

WEEK TWELVE: EMERGING TRENDS AND ISSUES IN ENTERPRENEURSHIP


 Emerging issues and trends
 Challenges
 Opportunities

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 Adopting, adapting cope

1. COURSE DURATION AND EVALUATION

The course duration is one semester. The grading will be based on: -

Continuous Assessment Tests (CATs), 30%


Individual and Group assignments:
End of semester exams 70%

Total 100%

2. TEACHING METHODOLOGY

These will include white board, white board markers, LCD projector, a lap top computer and
teaching notes, group discussion and case studies.

4. REFERENCE TEXTBOOKS

Anderson, T., Curley M.G. and Formica, P., 2010. Knowledge-Driven Entrepreneurship:

The Key to Social and Economic Transformation. Springer Verlag: Heidelberg.

Andrews, K.R., 1987. The Concept of Corporate Strategy. 3rd ed. Irwin: Illinois.

Ansoff, I.H., 2007. Strategic Management. Palgrave MacMillan: New York.

Antoncic, B., 2007. Intrapreneurship: a comparative structural equation modeling study.

Industrial Management & Data Systems: Bingley.

Antoncic, B. and Hisrich, R.D., 2003. Clarifying the intrapreneurship concept. Journal of

Small Business and Enterprise Development: Bingley.

Antoncic, B. and Hisrich, R.D., 2004. Corporate entrepreneurship contingencies and


organizational wealth creation. Journal of Management Development: Bingley.

Antoncic, J.A. and Antoncic, B., 2011. Employee satisfaction, intrapreneurship and firm

growth: a model. Industrial Management & Data Systems: Bingley.

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