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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Entrepreneurial Profiling and Competency Evaluation

SMP807 · Entrepreneurship and Innovation — Week 2 of 16

CourseSMP807
Week2 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Entrepreneurial Profiling and Competency Evaluation

  1. Psychometric self-auditing frameworks
  2. Commercial versus social entrepreneurial traits
  3. Cognitive resilience under uncertainty
  4. Executive venture leadership competencies
  5. Who is an Entrepreneur?
  6. Social Entrepreneurship?
  7. Lecture 14: Personality Traits and Leadership

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Critically assess own entrepreneurial skills and attributes.
  • 1.3 Evaluate what makes a successful commercial or social entrepreneur.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically assess own entrepreneurial skills and attributes.

Study materials

Videos

  • 6 Tips on Being a Successful Entrepreneur | John Mullins | TED · YouTube · TED · 15 min · for registered students
  • 10 Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs | Business: Explained · YouTube · HBS Online · 4 min · for registered students
  • Entrepreneurial Skills and Characteristics · YouTube · Galton College · 13 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • EntreComp: The Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (JRC, 2016) · Reading · Eu, framework; 39 pages · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 19: Entrepreneurship · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 557–631 · for registered students
  • Entrepreneurship, ch. 3: The Ethical and Social Responsibilities of Entrepreneurs · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 99–142 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Enterprise Typologies and Global Ecosystems
  • Week 2: Entrepreneurial Profiling and Competency Evaluation
  • Week 3: Systemic Creativity and Innovation Ecosystems
  • Week 4: Appraisal of Innovative Management Concepts
  • Week 5: Leading Transformational Change and Innovation
  • Week 6: Venture Opportunity Identification and Analysis
  • Week 7: Operational and Market Feasibility Testing
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Financial Forecasting and Valuation Techniques
  • Week 10: Strategic Business Plan Synthesis
  • Week 11: Strategic Control and Governance Mechanisms
  • Week 12: Applying Entrepreneurship and Innovation in practice: case …
  • 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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