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STUDY PLANS
2024/2025

Entrepreneurship and Business Plan

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Code Completion Credits Range Language
32BE-P-EBPL-01 Z,ZK 6 2P+2C English
Relations:
It is not possible to register for the course 32BE-P-EBPL-01 if the student is concurrently registered for or has already completed the course U16E0103 (mutually exclusive courses).
During a review of study plans, the course U16E0103 can be substituted for the course 32BE-P-EBPL-01.
Course guarantor:
Lucia Dobrucká
Lecturer:
Lucia Dobrucká
Tutor:
Lucia Dobrucká
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, 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

Detials of the requirements will be specified and uploaded to Moodle

Syllabus of lectures:

Key topics:

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

- 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

- 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

- 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

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:
https://www.kos.cvut.cz/course-syllabus/32BE-P-EBPL-01
Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:
06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
roomDEJ:409
Dobrucká L.
09:00–12:15
ODD WEEK

(parallel nr.101)
Dejvice
Učebna
roomDEJ:409

12:30–14:00
(lecture parallel1)
Dejvice
Učebna
roomDEJ:409
Dobrucká L.
09:00–12:15
EVEN WEEK

(parallel nr.102)
Dejvice
Učebna
Fri
Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
Time-table is not available yet
The course is a part of the following study plans:
Data valid to 2024-10-11
For updated information see http://bilakniha.cvut.cz/en/predmet7506706.html