MGMT 532 - Business Entrepreneurship Management

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: MGMT 531
Description: This course focuses on the management and planning processes needed for sustained growth of a startup company. Specifically, the course goes beyond the initial idea formulation stages and provides hands-on experience in developing a business plan for a startup. Emphasis is placed on innovation and the management of opportunities rather than to concentrate on the efficient management of ongoing operations. The course is organized around the following themes: management systems for innovative companies, short- and long-range planning in owner-managed businesses, measuring economic performance and obtaining information for management decision making, legal and human resource issues, and entrepreneurship and managing growing companies.