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Entrepreneurship: Turning Ideas into Business
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:45
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SBUEK_237 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management; Business Management | Target Audience: | Medical Technologies; Person and Property Defence; Nursing Science; Rehabilitation; Social Anthropology; Political Science; Communication Science; Health Management; Psychology; Clinical Pharmacy; Law; Life Science; Pharmacy; Civil and Military Defense; Biology; Medical Services; Medicine; Dentistry; Pedagogy; Social Welfare and Social Work; Information and Communication Science; Sports Trainer; Public Health; Sociology; Midwifery; Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ieva Kalve | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 0 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Provide students fundamental knowledge about entrepreneurship and innovation with an emphasis on aspects of building a personal business. | ||||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Literature reads, knowledge tests. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Knowledge tests. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will learn will be able to navigate the basic issues of economics and business related to starting a business, creating a business model and plan, including its strategically important components. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to evaluate the possibilities of creating a new company, assess their readiness for entrepreneurship and commercialize business ideas. They will know how to use business analysis tools, will develop the ability to evaluate business risks and interrelationships. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be aware of the process of transforming an idea into a business, learn to create a business plan and be able to argue it. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Marcus Wagner. (2012) Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability. Sheffield: Routledge | ||||||||
| 2 | Jonathan Reuvid. (2019) Start Up Wise: Your Step-by-step Guide to the Seven Stages of Success. London: Legend Business | ||||||||
| 3 | Jablonski, A. (2017) Business Models : Strategies, Impacts and Challenges. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc (Business Issues, Competition and Entrepreneurship Management Science: Theory and Applications). | ||||||||
| 4 | The Economist | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rizwan Virk. (2020) Startup Myths and Models : What You Won’t Learn in Business School. New York: Columbia Business School Publishing. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Harvard Business Review | ||||||||
| 2 | European Union Intellectual Property Office | ||||||||
| 3 | Science / Business | ||||||||
