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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Entrepreneurial capabilities and skills

AB506 · Business Start-up: Conception to Market — Week 1 of 16

CourseAB506
Week1 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Entrepreneurial capabilities and skills

  1. Entrepreneurial competencies
  2. Risk tolerance and decision-making
  3. Leadership and communication skills
  4. Personal skills gap analysis
  5. Lecture 08: "Competencies and Skills of Leaders: Issues in Organizational Leadership"
  6. Leadership and Decision-making in the Face of Great Risk

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Describe the personal skills and qualities required to start a business.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the personal skills and qualities required to start a business.

Study materials

Videos

  • Leadership and Decision-making in the Face of Great Risk · YouTube · Harvard Kennedy School · 83 min · for registered students
  • Entrepreneurial Skills and Characteristics · YouTube · Galton College · 13 min · for registered students
  • Entrepreneur Skills · YouTube · Galton College · 33 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Business Communication for Success, ch. 19: Group Communication, Teamwork, and Leadership · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 721–763 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 6: Management and Leadership in Today's Organizations · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 201–230 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 2: Managerial Decision-Making · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 35–64 · for registered students
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Week 2
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Entrepreneurial capabilities and skills
  • Week 2: Resource acquisition for start-ups
  • Week 3: Legal structures and regulatory compliance
  • Week 4: Financial support and capital structures
  • Week 5: Government enterprise support
  • Week 6: Non-government and non-financial support
  • Week 7: Business planning: operational and market strategy
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Business planning: financial projections
  • Week 10: Business plan integration and feasibility
  • Week 11: Stakeholder communication and pitching
  • Week 12: Applying Business Start-up in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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