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Course syllabus - Applied entrepreneurship and project management
Scope
15 credits
Course code
INO337
Valid from
Autumn semester 2018
Education level
First cycle
Progressive Specialisation
G2F (First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Innovation Technology
School
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
Ratified
2018-02-01
Status
This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
The lean startup : how today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses
New York : Currency, [2017] - x, 320 sidor
ISBN: 9781524762407 LIBRIS-ID: 20801357
Agil projektledning
Tredje upplagan : Stockholm : Sanoma utbildning, 2016 - 233 sidor
ISBN: 9789152340486 LIBRIS-ID: 19772257
Entreprenörskap : från tanke till handling
Upplaga 1 : Lund : Studentlitteratur, [2022] - 320 sidor
ISBN: 9789144154770 LIBRIS-ID: 3j3hd9bg1htz8jtl
Articles
Different leadership skills for different innovation strategies
Q Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2005
What is Value? - A Framework for Analyzing and Facilitating Entrepreneurial Value Creation
Universitetsförlaget, Årgång 41, NR. 1-2018, S. 1028, 2018
Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy: Refining the Measure.
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 34 (July): 965-988., 2009
Entrepreneurs behaviors, opportunity recognition and the origins of innovative ventures
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2: 317338, 2008
Entrepreneurship as innovation, in Swedberg, ed. (2000) Entrepreneurship. The Social Science View.
Oxford University Press, 2000
The alert and creative entrepreneur: a clarification. Small Business Economics, 32: 145-152.
., 2009
Causation and Effectuation: Towards a Theoretical Shift from Economic Inevitability To Entrepreneurial Contingency. The Academy of Management Review, 26 (2): 243-263.
., 2001
Reference Literature
Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation: What They Can't Teach You at Busi
John Wiley & Sons, 2013 - 240 s.
ISBN: 9781118620120 LIBRIS-ID: 14167923
Other Materials
Till examinationsuppgifterna kan de tillkomma ytterligare vetenskapliga artiklar samt andra kortare texter framtagna av lärare eller student inom ramen för de olika examinationsmomenten.
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Books
Entrepreneurship and small business : start-up, growth and maturity
Fourth edition. : London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016 - 540 pages
ISBN: 978-1-137-43035-9 LIBRIS-ID: 19375279
Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation: What They Can't Teach You at Busi
John Wiley & Sons, 2013 - 240 s.
ISBN: 9781118620120 LIBRIS-ID: 14167923
The lean startup : how today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses
New York : Currency, [2017] - x, 320 sidor
ISBN: 9781524762407 LIBRIS-ID: 20801357
Agil projektledning
Tredje upplagan : Stockholm : Sanoma utbildning, 2016 - 233 sidor
ISBN: 9789152340486 LIBRIS-ID: 19772257
Articles
Different leadership skills for different innovation strategies
Q Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2005
Reference Literature
Entrepreneurship as innovation, in Swedberg, ed. (2000) Entrepreneurship. The Social Science View.
Oxford University Press, 2000
The alert and creative entrepreneur: a clarification. Small Business Economics, 32: 145-152.
., 2009
Causation and Effectuation: Towards a Theoretical Shift from Economic Inevitability To Entrepreneurial Contingency. The Academy of Management Review, 26 (2): 243-263.
., 2001
Other Materials
Till examinationsuppgifterna kan de tillkomma ytterligare vetenskapliga artiklar samt andra kortare texter framtagna av lärare eller student inom ramen för de olika examinationsmomenten.
.,
-
Books
Entrepreneurship and small business : start-up, growth and maturity
Fourth edition. : London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016 - 540 pages
ISBN: 978-1-137-43035-9 LIBRIS-ID: 19375279
Agil projektledning
Tredje upplagan : Stockholm : Sanoma utbildning, 2016 - 233 sidor
ISBN: 9789152340486 LIBRIS-ID: 19772257
Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation: What They Can't Teach You at Busi
John Wiley & Sons, 2013 - 240 s.
ISBN: 9781118620120 LIBRIS-ID: 14167923
The Lean Startup : how constant innovation creates radically successful businesses
London : Portfolio Penguin, 2011 - 320 s.
ISBN: 9780670921607 LIBRIS-ID: 12448354
Objectives
After completing the course, the student must have:In-depth knowledge in various forms of entrepreneurship and current applications in the field. Skills in a number of methods and tools about entrepreneurship. The ability to develop and apply strategies to handle different types of environmental factors. The student should also critically reflect on his own entrepreneurial skills as well as leadership aspects related to innovative projects and also demonstrate applied knowledge through the development of a business development concept.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student shall be able to:
1. apply creative processes to identify potential for value creation in goods and services
2. critically reflect on concepts and theory related to entrepreneurship
3. critically reflect on leadership aspects and prerequisites for innovation in projects
4. explain and evaluate the meaning of business ethics and sustainability in an innovation and business development process
5. analyze how environmental factors affect their own innovation and business activities, and how this information can be used for the development of the organization / company
6. apply entrepreneurial skills and skills to drive an innovation and business development process
7. develop and test an innovative business concept as well
8. present idea / concept / product / service in order to inform, sell and convince
Course content
-Entrepreneurial approach
- Business models and innovation processes
- Sustainability aspects of entrepreneurship
- Strategies for business development
- Alternative forms of entrepreneurship
- Project management in innovative projects
- Leadership aspects of innovative projects
- Presentation technology
- Business concept development
Tuition
The teaching consists of lectures, tutorials, seminars (including simulation exercises), as well as own work. The course requires a high degree of co-creation as well as Per Review specifically linked to INL1.
Specific requirements
At least 60 credits, of which the following courses must be completed: Introduction to innovation science 7,5 credits, Entrepreneurship 1 7,5 credits, Project management 7,5 credits and also Additive manufacturing 7,5 credits or corresponding.
Examination
Written assignment (INL1), 8 credits, examines the learning objectives 1 and 4-8, marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG)
Written assignment (INL2), 2,5 credits, examines the learning objective 2, marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG)
Written assignment (INL3), 2,5 credits, examines the learning objective 3, marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG)
Seminar (SEM1), 2 credits, examines learning objectives 4-6, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Interim Regulations and Other Regulations
The course completely overlaps with Entrepreneurship 2 7,5 credits and Applied project management 7.5 credits