1. Entrepreneurship

2. Entrepreneurship Course title and code: Entrepreneurship –( BUS 352 T)
Credit hours: 3 Credit Hours

3. Name of course instructor : Nora Alhilali
Office :
Location : Faculty of Business and Administration, Business Administration department, second floor, Station A6

4. Objectives What is the main purpose for this course?
1- Increase awareness and understanding of entrepreneurship as an important business behavior.
2- Provide a basic foundation of the context, concepts, and
process of entrepreneurship.
3-Discuss the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs.
4-Demonstrate the importance of planning for the success of new ventures.
5- Apply the entrepreneurship process to a real business opportunity.

5. Topics to be Covered
1-Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Mind-Set
2-Entrepreneurial Intentions and Corporate Entrepreneurship
3-Entrepreneurial Strategy: Generating and Exploiting New Entries
3-Creativity and the Business Idea
4-Identifying and Analyzing Domestic and International Opportunities

6. 5-Intellectual Property and Other Legal Issues for the Entrepreneur
6-The Business Plan: (Creating and Starting the Venture)
7-The Business Plan: (The Marketing Plan)
8-The Business Plan: (The Organizational Plan)
9-The Business Plan: (The Financial Plan)

7. 10-Funding the Venture: (Sources of Capital)
11- Funding the Venture: (Informal Risk Capital, Venture Capital, and Going public)
12-Strategies for Growth and Managing the Implication of Growth
13-Accessing Resources for Growth from External Sources
14-Succession Planning and Strategies for Harvesting and Ending the Venture
15-Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Mind-Set

8. 16-Entrepreneurial Intentions and Corporate Entrepreneurship
17-Entrepreneurial Strategy: Generating and Exploiting New Entries

9. Assessment task The first test( Mid1): 20% Course Project , or Essays:
10%
The second test (Mid2):
Participation, Quizzes , Presentation
Final exam:
40%

10. Learning Resources : - List Required Textbooks
Entrepreneurship, by His rich, R. D., Peters, M. P., and Shepherd, D. A., Published by: McGraw Hill, 8th edition (2010).
-List Essential References Materials (Journals, Reports, etc.)
Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, by Scarborough, N. M., Published
by: Prentice Hall, 6th edition (2011).