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IZU 025 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Departments Supervised by the Rectorate · İZÜ Seçmeli Dersler · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 IZU Common Elective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Korhan BİNARK
Instructors: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Korhan BİNARK

Course Objective

First of all, the students who take this course in i.Z.U. will be able to: Revaluating the entrepreneurial skills in a competitive environment; Evaluating opportunities and risks specific to business environment; To take strategic decisions to attract and retain customers, using modern sale methods and techniques; Assuming the business decision and planning its implementation. Students must have the ability to prepare project where the final research assignment (s) and / or finishing projects (s) to present advantageous and / or disadvantageous aspects of the surroundings (close and / or distant) of differentorganizations; The entrepreneurship process occurs when individuals (or teams) identify opportunities, evaluate whether these opportunities are viable, and then assemble the resources needed to build a new venture. This course provides an intensive overview of the first step in this process. The primary goal of thiscourse is to help students generate potential ideas for a business. Through a combination of readings, brainstorming sessions and presentations, we will learn how tosearch for and identify entrepreneurial opportunities.

Course Content

- Understanding the role of entrepreneurs and presenting the most common mistakes incurred in drawing up a business plan;

- Developing skills in explaining and interpreting the problem of creating a business plan;

- Presentation and marketing techniques to promote business plan;

- Familiarity with the prepared financial statements (balance sheet, cash flow, income statement).

At the end students must have the ability to prepare project where the final research assignment (s) and / or finishing projects (s) to present advantageous and / or disadvantageous aspects of the surroundings (close and / or distant) of different organizations;

Required Resources

ON WEB; - [TÜBİTAK (Secondary School Students Research Projects-BU MY ESERİM), (High School Students Research Projects), (Undergraduate 2209 / A, 2209 / B and 2241 Projects), (Graduate Projects)] guides - LIBRARY at the University (especially e -KLL) and TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICE (TTO) Webs, - Undergraduate research assignments / graduation projects; Master's / Ph.D. theses publication rules, - Academic publications, MUCİTLER, PATENTS, KOSGEB / R & D CENTERS / DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES / TECHNOPARKLAR / TUBITAK TEYDEB, KAMAG PROJECTS / WEBSITES RELATED WITH EUROPEAN UNION PROJECTS.

Recommended Resources

- Projects in different categories, - Inventions / books / biographies related to the inventors - Ahmed Cebbar - History of Islamic Science - Aliya Izzetbegovic - Islam between East and West - Arnold Toynbee - Civilization Trials - Colin Ronan - History of Science: History of Science in World Cultures and Development - Corci Zeydan - History of Islamic Civilizations - Fuat Sezgin - Science and Technology in Islam - Ibn Khaldun - Mukaddime (trans. Suleyman Uludag)

Rules

Attendance to the course is mandatory. 70% attendance is required.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. (1) Identify the advantageous and / or disadvantaged aspects of themselves and their environment (near and / or distant).
  2. Entrepreneurship and Innovation minors will be able to sell themselves and their ideas. Students master oral and visual presentation skills and establish a foundation of confidence in the skills necessary to cause others to act
  3. Entrepreneurship and Innovation minors will be able to create value. Students are able to create presentations and business plans that articulate and apply financial, operational, organizational, market, and sales knowledge to identify paths to valu
  4. Entrepreneurship and Innovation minors will develop and cultivate endurance. Students increase their awareness and deliberately practice the skills and disciplines necessary to increase confidence; improve communication and problem-solving skills, m

Core Area Distribution

(22) Humanities%20 (31) Social and Behavioural Science%20 (34) Business and Administration%35 (52) Engineering and Engineering Trades%25

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionGroup StudySelf studyProject Based Learning (Including Field Work)

Assessment & Evaluation

Project / DesignTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)14228
Out of Class Study Period14228
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment11818
Practice000
Final000

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Meeting with students; Explanation of the curriculum and principles of the course; Confidentiality agreement and related information; Awareness trainingIt does not.
2Awareness training (continued); Pre-warning about midterm exam.Awareness training.
3Awareness training (continued); Inventors; TÜBİTAK [(Secondary School Research Projects - THIS IS MY TEAM); (High School Students Research Projects); (Undergraduate 2209 / A, 2209 / B and 2241 Projects); (Graduate Projects)].Awareness training
4Explanation of the methods of benefiting from LIBRARY [especially (e-library) and TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICE (TTO)] at the University.LIBRARY at the University, especially (e-library) and TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICE (TTO)
5Literature screening, clarification and awareness training (continued)Preparation for literature review.
6Undergraduate research assignments / final projects; Master's / Doctoral Theses; Academic publicationsExamination of academic publications.
7Pre-study for midterm examGeneral review before the midterm exam
8MidtermMidterm
9PATENTS; KOSGEB.PATENTS; KOSGEB.
10R & D CENTERS, DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.R & D CENTERS, DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.
11TECHNOPARKS.TECHNOPARKS.
12TUBITAK TEYDEB / KAMAG; EUROPEAN UNION PROJECTSTUBITAK TEYDEB / KAMAG; EUROPEAN UNION PROJECTS
13Preliminary control of projects.Preliminary control of projects.
14Receipt of projects.Receipt of projects.
15Submission of projects.Submission of projects.
16Submission of projects.Submission of projects.