MI4803 Entrepreneurship Development Syllabus:

MI4803 Entrepreneurship Development Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES :

 To equip and develop the learners entrepreneurial skills and qualities essential to undertake business.
 To impart the learners entrepreneurial competencies needed for managing business efficiently and effectively.

UNIT I ENTREPRENEURAL COMPETENCE

Entrepreneurship concept – Entrepreneurship as a Career – Entrepreneurial Personality – Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs – Knowledge and Skills of an Entrepreneur.

UNIT II ENTREPRENEURAL ENVIRONMENT

Business Environment – Role of Family and Society – Entrepreneurship Development Training and Other Support Organisational Services – Central and State Government Industrial Policies and Regulations

UNIT III BUSINESS PLAN PREPARATION

Sources of Product for Business – Prefeasibility Study – Criteria for Selection of Product – Ownership – Capital Budgeting- Project Profile Preparation – Matching Entrepreneur with the Project- Feasibility Report Preparation and Evaluation Criteria.

UNIT IV LAUNCHING OF SMALL BUSINESS

Finance and Human Resource Mobilisation – Operations Planning – Market and Channel Selection – Growth Strategies – Product Launching – Incubation, Venture capital, Start-ups.

UNIT V MANAGEMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS

Monitoring and Evaluation of Business – Business Sickness – Prevention and Rehabilitation of Business Units – Effective Management of small Business – Case Studies.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOME :

 The learners will gain entrepreneurial skills and knowledge needed to run business efficiently and effectively .

REFERENCES :

1. S.S.Khanka, Entrepreneurial Development, S.Chand and Company Limited, NewDelhi, 2016.
2. R.D.Hisrich, Entrepreneurship, Tata McGrawHill, NewDelhi, 2001.
3. Rajeev Roy ,Entrepreneurship, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 2011.
4. DonaldFKuratko,T.VRao.Entrepreneurship: A South Asian perspective.Cengage Learning, 2012.
5. Dr. Vasant Desai, “Small Scale Industries and Entrepreneurship”, HPH,2006.
6. Arya Kumar. Entrepreneurship, Pearson,2012.
7. Prasanna Chandra, Projects – Planning, Analysis, Selection, Implementation and Reviews, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1996.