EBM645 - Cases in Entrepreneurship

Subject Title
Cases in Entrepreneurship

Subject Description
This subject will provide an opportunity to apply a wide range of business principles to real-life small business situations using case studies. This is a capstone course which challenges students to draw on past learning for case analysis while improving skills such as informal and formal report writing, letter writing, oral communication, critical thinking, research, group skills, consulting skills, and meeting process.

Credit Status
One credit.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

1. Solve a business problem by using an organized case study approach.

- Using case analysis, identify the problem or opportunity

- Applying the principles and concepts of business, analyze the situation.

- Analyze business trends, assess public wants and the interaction between the internal business environment and the external economic climate, in order to identify strategic alternatives and make appropriate business recommendations.

- Apply appropriate decision-making strategies and thereby demonstrate an understanding of the complexities of business functions and other factors when resolving the problem.

2. As a group, prepare and present professionally-written reports with recommendations and present it in a simulated client meeting.

- Demonstrate knowledge of proper report-writing skills by submitting a document which represents current accepted business format for reports.

- Demonstrate shared group involvement in the written report by submitting minutes of group meetings and peer evaluations.

- During the presentation, provide clarification and respond to the "client's" questions in a professional manner.

- Demonstrate shared group involvement by seamlessly and coherently including all group members in the oral presentation.

- Demonstrate knowledge and use of PowerPoint software by appropriately and effectively incorporating this software in presentations.

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