Entrepreneurship Development & SME Management

Course Code: BBA 314

Credit Hour: 3

Course Group: Core Courses

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Entrepreneur: Evolution of the Concept of Entrepreneur; Characteristics of an Entrepreneur; Functions of an Entrepreneur; Types of Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur.

Entrepreneurship: Concept of Entrepreneurship; Growth of Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh; Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development.

Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Growth: Environment for Entrepreneurship; Environmental Factors; Economic Factors; Non-Economic Factors; Government Actions.

Entrepreneurial Motivation: Motivation; Motivational Theories; Motivating Factors; Achievement Motivation.

Entrepreneurial Competencies: Meaning of Entrepreneurial Competence or Trait; Major Entrepreneurial Competencies; Developing Competencies.

Entrepreneurial Mobility: Factors Influencing Mobility; Occupational Mobility; Locational Mobility.

Small Enterprises: Characteristics; Rationale; Scope; Opportunities for an Entrepreneurial Career, Role of Small Enterprises in Economic Development.

Project Identification and Selection: Meaning of Project, Project Identification, Project Selection, Formulation of Project Report, Concept of Project Appraisal, Methods of Project Appraisal, Business Plan.

Finance of Enterprises: Financial Planning, Source of Finance, Capital Structure.

Institutional Support to Entrepreneurs of Bangladesh: Need for Institutional support, financial institutions of Govt. and Non-Govt. of Bangladesh, supply and demand side analysis of support and assistance of Bangladesh. Govt. policy and programs for small – scale Enterprises.

The Business: Meaning, Requisites of a Successful Business, Difference between Business and Profession, Growth of Small Business, Types of Growth Strategies; Expansion and Diversification, Sickness in Small Business, Magnitude of Industrial Sickness, Causes of and Consequences Of Industrial Sickness, Corrective Measures.

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Text Book:

Hisrich and Petter, Entrepreneurship,

Reference Books:

S. S. Khanka, Entrepreneurial Development¸ S. Chand & Company, India

S. Anil Kumar, S.C. Poornima, Entrepreneurship Development, New Age International Publishjers, India