Entrepreneurship and Business Plan

Relations:

It is not possible to register for the course U16E0103 if the student is concurrently registered for or has previously completed the course 32BE-P-EBPL-01 (mutually exclusive courses).

The requirement for course U16E0103 can be fulfilled by substitution with the course 32BE-P-EBPL-01.

Course guarantor:

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Institute of Management Studies

Synopsis:

Students will be able to characterise the conditions and entrepreneurial trends in the 21st century, to evaluate a new business idea and to develop a business plan (to select and use relevant information and methods to develop business plans, analyse risks and their impact on the feasibility of business plans).

Requirements:

Requirements for a semester: active participation at the course (in case of corona online form), developing business plans in teams

Requirements for an exam: oral exam composed of the individual defence of the developed business plan and additional theory-based questions (in case of corona two ways could be used: online oral form or written form)

Detials of the requirements will be specified according to up-to-date situation and uploaded to Moodle

Syllabus of lectures:

Key topics:

- Own business vs. employment, entrepreneurship as a life-style, personal features of entrepreneurs, family businesses

- Life-cycle of enterprises and its critical stages: start-up, small and medium-sized enterprises, big companies

- Business plan, its purpose and types, its connections to other types of documents

- Structure of business plan: business objectives, analyses of external and internal environment, use of relevant information, strategy and marketing, organising work-flow, processes, and organisational structure, investment budget and resources to finance it, calculations and scenarios, financial plan, financial analysis and evaluating the effectiveness of business plan, risks and their management

- Diverse recipients of business plans, how to write a business plan according to recipient's requirements, attracting investors, elevator pitch, resumé and presentation of business plan, evaluating business plans from investors' perspective

In case of corona, priority will be given to practical features of the course and business plans

Syllabus of tutorials:

Key topics:

Step-by-step development of business plan: business objectives, analyses of external and internal environment, use of relevant information, strategy and marketing, organising work-flow, processes, and organisational structure, investment budget and resources to finance it, calculations and scenarios, financial plan, financial analysis and evaluating the effectiveness of business plan, risks and their management

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Obligatory - study materials in Moodle

Other - any literature dealing with enrepreneurship and business plans, e.g.:

- Volberda H, van den Bosch FAJ, Heij K (2017): Reinventing business models

- Spender JC (2014): Business Strategy, Managing uncertainty, opportunity and enterprise

- Sahlman William A (2008): How to write a great business plan

- Berry Timothy (2008): The plan-as-you-go business plan

Note:

Further information:

Moodle: U16E0103 MS Teams: muvs-EBP

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• B-EK-prez.forma od 17/18 (compulsory elective course)
• B-EM-P prezenční studium od 18/19 (compulsory elective course)
• B-EM-P prezenční studium od 19/20 (compulsory elective course)
• B-EM-P prezenční studium od 20/21 (compulsory elective course)
• B-EM-P prezenční studium od 21/22 (compulsory elective course)
• B-EM-P prezenční studium od 22/23 (compulsory elective course)