Introduction to entrepreneurship WB-IS-41-13ćw
1. Organizational and legal forms of conducting business activity (economic activity, forms of commercial law companies - civil, joint stock, public partnership, limited partnership, with o.o.).
2. Create business plans.
3. Commercialization of research results.
4. Acquisition of external financing.
5. Patent applications, trademarks.
6. Elements of branding, marketing and management.
7. Participation in international projects.
8. Corporate Social Responsibility. Franchising, leasing, agency agreements, SME companies.
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS
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Learning outcomes
Effect 1 - The student understands basic economic and legal conditions of various activities related to environmental engineering, including basic concepts and principles of industrial property protection, basic principles of creation and development of various forms of entrepreneurship.
Effect 2 - the student understands basic principles of creating and developing forms of individual entrepreneurship related to the profession of environmental engineering.
Effect 3 - the student is able to select appropriate sources and information to formulate and solve complex, non-standard tasks related to the functioning of the enterprise.
Effect 4 - the student is able to use the possessed knowledge to independent planning and learning in the field of entrepreneurship.
Effect 5 - the student is able to perceive system and non-technical aspects, including ethical aspects in solving and specifying engineering tasks.
Effect 6 - the student is ready to critically evaluate his/her knowledge within the scope of entrepreneurship.
Effectt 7 - the student is ready to initiate engineering activities for the public interest.
Effect 8 - the student is ready to think and act in terms of entrepreneurial principles.
Assessment criteria
Average grades from project preparation including business plan, applications for funding, presentations, patents, company registrations.
Assessment 2 (fail) - the student does not understand the basic, economic and legal conditions of various activities related to environmental engineering, including the basic concepts and principles of industrial property protection, the basic principles of creation and development of various forms of entrepreneurship; he/she does not understand the basic principles of creation and development of forms of individual entrepreneurship related to the profession of environmental engineering, he/she is not able to make a proper selection of sources and information to formulate and solve complex, non-typical tasks related to the functioning of the enterprise; is not able to use his/her knowledge for independent planning and learning in the field of entrepreneurship; is not able to perceive system and non-technical aspects, including ethical aspects in solving and specification of engineering tasks; is not ready to critically evaluate his/her knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship; is not ready to initiate engineering activities for the benefit of public interest; is not ready to think and take actions taking into account the principles of entrepreneurship.
Assessment 3 (sufficient) - The student understands at a basic level the basic, economic and legal conditions of various activities related to environmental engineering, including the concepts and principles of industrial property protection, the principles of creation and development of various forms of entrepreneurship; understands at a basic level the principles of creation and development of forms of individual entrepreneurship related to the profession of environmental engineer, can at a basic level, make a proper selection of sources and information to formulate and solve complex, atypical tasks related to the functioning of the enterprise; can, to a basic level, apply the knowledge possessed to independent planning and learning in the field of entrepreneurship; can, to a basic level, perceive system and non-technical aspects, including ethical aspects in solving and specification of engineering tasks; is ready, to a basic level, to critically evaluate the knowledge possessed in the field of entrepreneurship; is ready, to a basic level, to initiate engineering actions in favour of public interest; is ready, to a basic level, to think and act in consideration of the principles of entrepreneurship.
Assessment 4 (good) - the student understands to a good extent the basic, economic and legal conditions of various activities related to environmental engineering, including the concepts and principles of industrial property protection, the principles of creation and development of various forms of entrepreneurship; he/she understands to a good extent the principles of creation and development of forms of individual entrepreneurship related to the profession of environmental engineer, he/she is able to make a good selection of sources and information to formulate and solve complex, atypical tasks related to the functioning of the enterprise; is able to use his/her knowledge to a good extent in independent planning and learning in the field of entrepreneurship; he/she is able to perceive system and non-technical aspects, including ethical aspects in solving and specification of engineering tasks; he/she is ready to evaluate critically his/her knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship; he/she is ready to initiate engineering actions in the public interest; he/she is ready to think and act in accordance with the principles of entrepreneurship.
Assessment 5 (bdb) - the student understands to a very good extent the basic, economic and legal conditions of various activities related to environmental engineering, including the concepts and principles of industrial property protection, the principles of creation and development of various forms of entrepreneurship; he/she understands to a very good extent the principles of creation and development of forms of individual entrepreneurship related to the profession of environmental engineer, he/she is able to make a proper selection of sources and information to formulate and solve complex, non-typical tasks related to the functioning of an enterprise; is able to use his/her knowledge to a very good extent in independent planning and learning in the field of entrepreneurship; he/she is able to perceive system and non-technical aspects, including ethical aspects in solving and specification of engineering tasks; he/she is ready to evaluate critically his/her knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship; he/she is ready to initiate engineering actions in the public interest; he/she is ready to think and act in accordance with the principles of entrepreneurship.
Bibliography
Basic literture:
Laws such as the Labor Code, the Code of Commercial Companies, the Act on Freedom of Economic Activity, the Public Procurement Law.
J. Cieślik, "Przedsiębiorczość dla ambitnych. Jak uruchomić własny biznes" Wyd. Akademickie i Profesjonalne 2010.
Praca pod red. J. Bakonyi i innych, "Zarządzanie w innowacyjnej gospodarce", Wyd. Humanitas, 2011.
Praca pod red. A. Kamińskiej, "Działalność gospodarcza. 542 pytania i odpowiedzi", Wyd. Wolters Kluwer, 2013.
Supplementary literature:
T. Panda, S. Sadahex, "Sales and Distribution Management", Oxford University Press, 2012.
P. Marshall, "80/20 Sales and Marketing", Entrepreneur Media Corp., 2013.
B. Chiaravalle, B. Schenck, "Branding For Dummies", Wiley Publishing Inc., 2006.
G.A. Moore, "Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition", Harper Business, 2014
The Journal of Technology Transfer, SpringerLink.
J.S. Butler, D.V. Gibson, "Global Perspetives on Technology Transfer and Commercialization. Building Innovative Ecosystems", Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2011
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