Entrepreneurship

BAD 275-10

Summer II, 2004 – Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 – 10 p.m.

Instructor: Bruce S. Buchowicz, Ph.D.

bbuchowicz@ben.edu

630/829-6217

Test: Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

By: Zimmer/Scarborough, 4^th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005

Objectives:

* Evaluate the key qualities and characteristics of a successful entrepreneur

* Understand the steps necessary to open and operate a successful enterprise

* Use information and critical thinking to identify and evaluate a business

opportunity

* Develop a business plan

Grading: Class Participation 25%

In-Class, Closed Book Exam 25%

Business Plan Presentation (teams) 50%

100%

Course Schedule

Tentative

Date Readings Activities

July 6 None Organize Teams

July 8 Chapter 1

July 13 Chapter 2

July 15 Chapter 3

July 20 Chapters 4, 5

July 22 Chapters 6, 7, 8

July 27 Chapters 9, 10

July 29 Chapter 11

August 3 Chapter 12

August 5 Chapter 15

August 10 None (Closed Book) Exam (Ch 1-11)

August 12 None Workshop

August 17 None Business Plan Presentations

August 19 None Business Plan Presentations