Entrepreneurship and Business for Engineers

Објавено: June 28, 2022
1. Course Title Entrepreneurship and Business for Engineers
2. Code 4ФЕИТ04Л016
3. Study program КХИЕ,КСИАР,ЕАОИЕ,ЕЕС,КТИ,ЕЕПМ
4. Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
5. Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
6. Academic year/semester IV/8 7. Number of ECTS credits 6
8. Lecturer D-r Atanas Iliev
9. Course Prerequisites Passed: Mathematics 1
10. Course Goals (acquired competencies): Ability to develop your own business and recognize the opportunities for creating new jobs based on engineering knowledge and skills. Gaining knowledge about financing opportunities, strategies for developing a successful team and effective and efficient practice of managerial skills in doing business in market environment.
11. Course Syllabus: Engineers in the modern business environment. Economic and financial aspects of the business. Characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and their main motivators. Creating ideas for starting a new business. Entrepreneur vs Manager. Market research and potential consumers. SWOT analysis. Business plan – content, purpose and its realization. Principles of development of a new product/servic. Business model development. Managerial functions in micro and small companies. The importance of HRM in micro and small companies. Team and teamwork. Stages in the development of teams. Communication in project teams. Virtual project teams. Stress, mobbing and workoholism at the workplace. Sources of financing entrepreneurial ventures – own funds, credits, leasing .. Business communication and negotiation. Impact of ICT for business development. Marketing models and marketing strategy. E-marketing, e-commerce and e-business. Development of businesses based on green technology.
12. Learning methods: Lectures supported by presentations, interactive lectures to encourage the development of entrepreneurial spirit and perception of business opportunities. Auditory exercises with solving practical examples and analysis of real study cases.
13. Total number of course hours 3 + 2 + 0 + 0
14. Distribution of course hours 180
15. Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 45
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 30
16. Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 20
16.2. Individual tasks 20
16.3. Homework and self-learning 65
17. Grading 17.1. Exams 20
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 20
17.3. Activity and participation 10
17.4. Final exam 40
18. Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points 5 (five) (F)
from 51to 60 points 6 (six) (E)
from 61to 70 points 7 (seven) (D)
from 71to 80 points 8 (eight) (C)
from 81to 90 points 9 (nine) (B)
from 91to 100 points 10 (ten) (A)
19. Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Regular attendance on lectures and completion of the homeworks and project assignments
20. Forms of assessment Through two partial written exams (duration of 2 hours each) or a final written exam on the whole teaching material (duration 2 hours). The student should prepare a seminar paper and submit it by the end of the semester. The points from the partial exams/final exam and the prepared
seminar paper are included in the final grade.
It is not allowed to use books, scripts, manuscripts or notes of any kind, mobile phone, tablet or any other electronic device during the exam.
21. Language Macedonian and English
22. Method of monitoring of teaching quality Internal evaluations and surveys
23. Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Steve Marioti, Carolina Glackin Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management Pearson Education Inc. 2012
2 T. Duening, R. Hisrich, M. Lechter Technology Entrepreneurship Elsevier Inc. 2012
3 Atanas Iliev Selected Lectures – Entrepreneurship 2021 FEEIT – Skopje 2021
23.2. Additional Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Kathleen Allen Entrepreneurship for scientists and engineers Pearson Education Inc. 2010
2 Neeta Baporikar Entrepreneurship development and Project Management Hymalaya Publishing House 2018
3 H. Neck & C. Neck & E. Murray Entrepreneurship – The Practice and Mindset SAGE Inc. 2018