Entrepreneurship

Paper Code: 
MTX-224
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

1. To enhance entrepreneurial skills.

2. To develop an understanding of governments role in entrepreneurship.

12.00
Unit I: 
  • Definition of entrepreneur, characteristics, role of entrepreneur in industrial development
  • Entrepreneurship: concepts and nature. Entrepreneurship in India
  • Entrepreneurial Traits: Leadership, risk taking, decision making, business planning
  • Barriers in Entrepreneurship: Economic and non-economic
12.00
Unit II: 
  • Opportunities for entrepreneurship, Meaning and definition of SSI, importance, government policies for SSI, Institutional support to SSI at state and national level
  • Institutional Support for new ventures:
  • Support organizations-State level –RFC,RIICO,DIC
  • Financial organizations-IFCI, IDBI, SIDBI and other  Banks
  • Role of government in Entrepreneurial development: government incentives, subsidy and assistance
12.00
Unit III: 

Arrangement of Finance from different sources

  • Owners fund, Borrowed fund
  • Internal and external sources
  • Long term and short term
12.00
Unit IV: 
  • Project organization structures –Functional, matrix and others
  • Project Manager-Selection and training of project manager, roles and responsibilities
12.00
Unit V: 
  • Promotion of a new venture: search for a business idea, preparation of plan, analysis of entrepreneurial opportunities, assessing the impact of opportunities and threats
  • Introduction to Project management
  • Preparation of DPR (detailed project report)
Essential Readings: 
  1. Kanka S.S., Entrepreneurship and small business management, Sultan Chand, New Delhi
  2. Peggy A.Lambing, Entreprenurship, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall,1999.
  3. Sudha ,G.S., Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship, RBD, Jaipur
References: 
  1. Agarwal, N.P. & Misra, B.K.,RBD, Jaipur
  2. Talreja Satish. &  Gupta S.L., Entrepreneur development –New venture, Galgotia Publishing House,  New Delhi
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