Challenges and facets of entrepreneurship [ LMPME1203 ]

Designed for the minor "Entrepreneurship", this course requires no prerequisites

Facets of entrepreneurship:

• Entrepreneurship and Economics
• Entrepreneurship and law
• Entrepreneurship and philosophy
• Myths of Entrepreneurship

Challenges of entrepreneurship:

• Entrepreneurship and labor market
• Entrepreneurship and economic globalization
• Entrepreneurship and the State
• Entrepreneurship and failure
• Entrepreneurship and Family

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• introduce entrepreneurship from the perspective of different disciplines
• identify and discuss the challenges of venture creation by distancing itself from stereotypes and misconceptions
• (start to) position themselves in relation to the entrepreneurial career path

Oral or written examination (depending on enrollment) at the end of the academic year. The objective of this final exam is :

• assessment of knowledge acquired by the student on the elements presented and discussed in the course,
• assessment of  thinking skills about issues of entrepreneurship in our society.

Sources & Methods of Teaching

• An interactive lecture from the teacher
• A portfolio containing, for each class session, a document illustrating particular themes discussed at this session.
• The meeting with experts and experienced personalities related to the topics discussed at these sessions (eg, panels of entrepreneurs, experts, representatives of public authorities, etc..).

Spread over the two semesters of the academic year, this course presents entrepreneurship from the perspective of different disciplines and confronts students with the challenges of venture creation.
This is to provide students with the entrepreneurial spirit while debunking stereotypes and misconceptions that surround the entrepreneur.

Provision of a portfolio of items for each session / thematic

• Provision of a portfolio of readings for each session / thematic
• Visual presentations (slides)

As with all courses of the minor of Entrepreneurship, documents, web-links and other materials / activities away from this course will be posted in a folder with the title of this course within a single "course" minor of Entrepreneurship on iCampus.