Description
With this particular brief paper about bachelors study programme business administration entrepreneurship.
Bachelor’s study programme “ Business Administration”
2014/2015 academic year
SP_SKAA_2 1 (3)
DESCRIPTION OF STUDY COURSE
Course unit title Entrepreneurship
Programme Business Administration
Year of study 1
Academic year 2014/2015
Level of course unit (e.g.
first, second or third
cycle
First cycle
Course unit code BVa019
Name of lecturer(s) Kristaps Lešinskis
Number of ECTS credits
allocated
6 ECTS
2 Latvian credit points are multiplied by 1,5 to get ECTS credit points
Credit points 4 CP
Language of instruction English
Type of course unit
(compulsory, optional)
Compulsory
Semester when the course
unit is delivered
2
Mode of delivery Presence of lecturer
Aim of Course The aim of the course is to ensure the general knowledge about the
entrepreneurship and related definitions, as well as their interpretations and a
role. As a result of the course students shall have clear understanding about
the forms of entrepreneurship, main aspects related to the establishing a
company and planning, as well as students should have skills to analyse main
problematics related to the setting up and running a business. Independent
learning work of students shall promote skills independently analyse and
assess the situation in particular business field or an industry.
Preliminary knowledge
(prerequisites and co-
requisites)
Students should have basic knowledge about the business and economy
learned within the secondary education institution. Students should have
knowledge of foreign languages in order to be able to use international
sources of the literature. Students should have presenting skills in writing
and oral, as well as should be able to discuss and defend their views in
seminars and class works.
Course contents
1. Entrepreneurship and entrepreneur.
2. Business idea.
3. Techniques of analyses of an industry..
4. Factor of entrepreneurship “labour”. Labour force within the
company. Wages and labour costs within the company.
5. The size of the enterprise. Problematics of small and medium sized
enterprises.
6. The size of the enterprise. Large enterprises. Growth of the company,
its strategic alternatives.
7. Horizontal cooperation within the business.
8. Definition of the product.
9. Prices. Pricing. Types of the Price. The pricing policy.
10. Management mechanisms within the company.
VD_SKA 2 (3)
11. Overall theory of the decision making within the company. The
process of the decision making.
12. Business risk.
13. International aspects of entrepreneurship.
14. Methods of the access to external markets.
15. Social and ethical aspects of the enterprise.
Planned learning activities
and teaching
methods
Students participate in lectures, participate within individual and group tasks
within the class, discuss within seminars, as well as prepare an individual
task.
The final mark contains of following positions: 10% active participation
within lectures, seminars, in performing tasks in a class, 10% tests, 40%
preparation of the independent work, 40% writing exam at the end of the
course.
Teaching methods
Student workload
Lectures 48
Individual and group tasks in a classroom 8
Seminars in a classroom 16
Tests 8
Preparation and presentation of the independent
tasks
40
Work at the library, independent studies 40
Total 160 hours
Learning outcomes of the
course unit
1. Knowledge of the definition of the entrepreneurship.
2. Skills to generate a business idea and appropriate business model,
knowledge of the process of the selection of most appropriate legal
forma and establishement of the company.
3. Knowledge and skills for the analyses and definition of the business
environment.
4. Overall understanding of the processes of a business, its management
specifics.
5. Skills to present and defend the opinion related to the business
situations.
Assessment methods and
criteria
Learning outcomes
The form of assessment
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Tests ? ?
Independent home work ? ? ? ?
Tasks within the class,
seminars
? ? ? ?
Written exam ? ? ?
Recommended or required
reading
Required reading:
1. Barringer, B., Ireland, D., Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching
New Ventures (3rd Edition). Prentice Hall, 2009.
2. Hill, C.W.L., Jones, G., Strategic Management. New York: Houghton
Mifflin Company, 2007
3. Sloman, J., Hinde, K., Economics for Business. 4th edition. Harlow,
Prentice Hall, 2007
Recommended:
1. Griffin, R.W., Pustay, M.W., International Business. 5th edition.-
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007
VD_SKA 3 (3)
2. Hill, Ch.W.L., International Business. 5th edition.- McGraw-
Hill/Irwin, 2005
3. Mariotti, S., Entrepreneurship.- by Pearson Education, Upper Saddle
River, New Jersey, 2007.
Recommended optional
programme components
To be agreed at the start of the course.
Lecturer ____________________/ K. Lešinskis/
doc_787616998.pdf
With this particular brief paper about bachelors study programme business administration entrepreneurship.
Bachelor’s study programme “ Business Administration”
2014/2015 academic year
SP_SKAA_2 1 (3)
DESCRIPTION OF STUDY COURSE
Course unit title Entrepreneurship
Programme Business Administration
Year of study 1
Academic year 2014/2015
Level of course unit (e.g.
first, second or third
cycle
First cycle
Course unit code BVa019
Name of lecturer(s) Kristaps Lešinskis
Number of ECTS credits
allocated
6 ECTS
2 Latvian credit points are multiplied by 1,5 to get ECTS credit points
Credit points 4 CP
Language of instruction English
Type of course unit
(compulsory, optional)
Compulsory
Semester when the course
unit is delivered
2
Mode of delivery Presence of lecturer
Aim of Course The aim of the course is to ensure the general knowledge about the
entrepreneurship and related definitions, as well as their interpretations and a
role. As a result of the course students shall have clear understanding about
the forms of entrepreneurship, main aspects related to the establishing a
company and planning, as well as students should have skills to analyse main
problematics related to the setting up and running a business. Independent
learning work of students shall promote skills independently analyse and
assess the situation in particular business field or an industry.
Preliminary knowledge
(prerequisites and co-
requisites)
Students should have basic knowledge about the business and economy
learned within the secondary education institution. Students should have
knowledge of foreign languages in order to be able to use international
sources of the literature. Students should have presenting skills in writing
and oral, as well as should be able to discuss and defend their views in
seminars and class works.
Course contents
1. Entrepreneurship and entrepreneur.
2. Business idea.
3. Techniques of analyses of an industry..
4. Factor of entrepreneurship “labour”. Labour force within the
company. Wages and labour costs within the company.
5. The size of the enterprise. Problematics of small and medium sized
enterprises.
6. The size of the enterprise. Large enterprises. Growth of the company,
its strategic alternatives.
7. Horizontal cooperation within the business.
8. Definition of the product.
9. Prices. Pricing. Types of the Price. The pricing policy.
10. Management mechanisms within the company.
VD_SKA 2 (3)
11. Overall theory of the decision making within the company. The
process of the decision making.
12. Business risk.
13. International aspects of entrepreneurship.
14. Methods of the access to external markets.
15. Social and ethical aspects of the enterprise.
Planned learning activities
and teaching
methods
Students participate in lectures, participate within individual and group tasks
within the class, discuss within seminars, as well as prepare an individual
task.
The final mark contains of following positions: 10% active participation
within lectures, seminars, in performing tasks in a class, 10% tests, 40%
preparation of the independent work, 40% writing exam at the end of the
course.
Teaching methods
Student workload
Lectures 48
Individual and group tasks in a classroom 8
Seminars in a classroom 16
Tests 8
Preparation and presentation of the independent
tasks
40
Work at the library, independent studies 40
Total 160 hours
Learning outcomes of the
course unit
1. Knowledge of the definition of the entrepreneurship.
2. Skills to generate a business idea and appropriate business model,
knowledge of the process of the selection of most appropriate legal
forma and establishement of the company.
3. Knowledge and skills for the analyses and definition of the business
environment.
4. Overall understanding of the processes of a business, its management
specifics.
5. Skills to present and defend the opinion related to the business
situations.
Assessment methods and
criteria
Learning outcomes
The form of assessment
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Tests ? ?
Independent home work ? ? ? ?
Tasks within the class,
seminars
? ? ? ?
Written exam ? ? ?
Recommended or required
reading
Required reading:
1. Barringer, B., Ireland, D., Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching
New Ventures (3rd Edition). Prentice Hall, 2009.
2. Hill, C.W.L., Jones, G., Strategic Management. New York: Houghton
Mifflin Company, 2007
3. Sloman, J., Hinde, K., Economics for Business. 4th edition. Harlow,
Prentice Hall, 2007
Recommended:
1. Griffin, R.W., Pustay, M.W., International Business. 5th edition.-
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007
VD_SKA 3 (3)
2. Hill, Ch.W.L., International Business. 5th edition.- McGraw-
Hill/Irwin, 2005
3. Mariotti, S., Entrepreneurship.- by Pearson Education, Upper Saddle
River, New Jersey, 2007.
Recommended optional
programme components
To be agreed at the start of the course.
Lecturer ____________________/ K. Lešinskis/
doc_787616998.pdf