BUA 504 - Entrepreneurial Endeavors

(Cr: 3)

This course provides resources for the design and execution of new business ventures within organizations, between organizations, and on an individual basis. The implications of the entrepreneurial experience and its influence on structure, function, and operation of the evolving firm will be examined in several contexts. Objectives include: to understand and appreciate the skills required to act as an entrepreneur; to construct a framework for understanding the entrepreneurial process; to assess the resources required for an entrepreneurial venture; to assess the management and human resource needs of an entrepreneurial venture, and; to understand the methods of harvesting the value of an entrepreneurial venture.