Syllabus (COMMERCE)

Course Type: ME-2

Semester: 2

Course Code: BBCOMMEB12T

Course Title: Entrepreneurship Development

(L-P-Tu): 3-0-1

Credit: 4

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: 1. To provide entrepreneurial knowledge and skills to the learners. 2. To know about micro, small and medium enterprises which is the backbone of our country’s economy. 3. To understand the infrastructural supports that are required for developing entrepreneurial aspects.

Learning Outcome: By learning entrepreneurship development learners can accumulate in depth knowledge and skills regarding entrepreneurial aspects which will help them in making sound carrier in future.

Unit 1: Introduction (Lectures: 15)
Meaning, elements, determinants and importance of entrepreneurship and creative behavior; Entrepreneurship and creative response to the society’s problems and at work; Dimensions of entrepreneurship: entrepreneurship, technopreneurs, cultural entrepreneurship.

Unit 2: Entrepreneurship and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Lectures: 15)
Concept of business groups and role of business houses and family business in India; The contemporary role models in Indian business: their values, business philosophy and behavioural orientations; Conflict in the family business and its resolution.

Unit 3: Infrastructural Support to Entrepreneurship (Lectures:20 )
Public and private system of stimulation, support and sustainability of entrepreneurship; Requirement, availability and access to finance, marketing assistance, technology, and industrial accommodation, The concept, role and functions of venture capital and private equity fund, debt fund, govt. grants.

Unit 4: Project planning and Feasibility Studies (Lectures: 10)
Methods of preparation of project plan and conducting feasibility studies.

Reading References:

Beaver, Small Scale Industry and Entrepreneurship, PHI Learning.

Bhanagade, Dilip B., Women Entrepreneurship, Himalaya Publishing House.

Charantimath, Entrepreneurship Development and Small Business Enterprise, Pearson Education.

Desai, Vasant, Entrepreneurial Development, Himalaya Publishing House.

Desai, Vasant, Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Himalaya Publishing House.

Forbat, John, Entrepreneurship, New Age International.

Gordon, E. & Natarajan, K., Entrepreneurship Development, Himalaya Publishing House.

Gupta, C.B. and Khanka, S.S., Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Sultan Chand & Sons.

Holt, Entrepreneurship: New Venture Creation, Pearson Education.
Jham, V. & Sharma, K., Footsteps to Successful Entrepreneurs, Excel Books.

Khanka, S.S., Entrepreneurial Development, S. Chand & Co.

Kumar, Arya, Entrepreneurship: Creating and Leading an Entrepreneurial Organization, Pearson Education.
Kumar, S. Anil, Entrepreneurship Development, New Age International.

Kuratko and Rao, Entrepreneurship: A South Asian Perspective, Cengage Learning.

Mishra, R.C., Modern Project Management, New Age International.

Mohanty, Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship, PHI Learning.

Murthy, C.S.V., Small Scale Industries and Entrepreneurial Development, Himalaya Publishing House.

Nagarajan, K., Project Management, New Age International.

Nandan, Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship, PHI Learning.

Reddy, P. Narayana, Entrepreneurship: Text and Cases, Cengage Learning.

Sahai, Lal, Entrepreneurship, Excel Books.

Shankar, Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, Mc-Graw Hill Education.

Taneja, Satish, Entrepreneurship Development, Himalaya Publishing House.