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500
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New Venture Startup
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This introductory course is designed primarily for non-business students who are interested in starting a business of their own. Topics included assessing entrepreneurial potential, opportunity identification, market assessment, organizing, promoting, and financing the business, intellectual property, buying an existing business or considering a franchise. Students will be expected to work on developing a business plan. This course is not available to programs within the Faculty of Business with the exception of Retail Management.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Antirequisites: ENT 726, MGT 500 and MGT 726
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Course Weight: 1.00
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ENT
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501
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Family Business in Canada
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Planning, Succession & Control. The students study many of Canada's internationally known family-run businesses. They will learn about the challenges faced by the owners in planning and succession as well as the impact that family structure plays in determining the future of the firm. Key issues to be examined include the relationship between ownership and management, the strategic planning process, succession planning, technical and management skills, support structures, funding, leadership and the family structure.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Course Weight: 1.00
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ENT
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526
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Introduction to Entrepreneurial Behaviour
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This course provides a foundation in entrepreneurial studies which will hopefully lead to entrepreneurial behaviour and thinking. Topics include: economic and societal roles of entrepreneurship, differences between small business and entrepreneurship, definitions and characteristics of entrepreneurs, the actual process of entrepreneurship including opportunity identification, planning, sourcing of funds, marketing, management and the leveraging of resources. Interviewing, reading about and listening to real entrepreneurs are typical features of this course. (formerly MGT 526).
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Course Weight: 1.00
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527
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Studies in Entrepreneurship
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This course will expose the student to many of the special topics currently dominating the study of entrepreneurship. These may include international entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurship, family enterprises, government initiatives, multiculturalism, free trade, franchising, buying a business, micro entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. Students will be expected to write and present papers on various topics using both primary and secondary research techniques.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Course Weight: 1.00
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601
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Identifying Opportunities
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This course examines the process of opportunity identification for both start-up and existing business environments. It is designed to cultivate the mindset and skills required for students to engage in opportunity identification activities and make them part of their daily regiment in their personal and professional lives. The entrepreneurial process begins with the pursuit of a perceived opportunity. As such, the ability to identify a valid opportunity is paramount to the field of entrepreneurship.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Course Weight: 1.00
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ENT
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725
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Management of Innovation
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This course is designed to illustrate how successful managers implement innovation and commercialize new technology in today's fast-paced business environment. The students will learn how entrepreneurship and innovation interrelate, the streams of innovation, innovation as a management process and leadership in managing creativity. Commercializing technology and introducing it into the marketplace will be examined in depth as an example of applying the innovation concepts learned in the course. The course will develop the student's creative instincts and improve their capacity as agents of change within their career as independent business owners or intrapreneurial managers in larger organizations. (formerly MGT 725)
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Course Weight: 1.00
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ENT
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726
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Creating a Business Plan
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The objective of this course is to have the student become familiar with preparing a professional business plan for a new venture. The preparation of the business plan will be built upon everything that has been learned to date and will require the synthesis of this learning. The course will provide the student with the opportunity to explore and investigate a business venture of interest and the preparation of a business plan will provide an opportunity to apply what has been learned in the business program. The student will also develop an appreciation for the requirements of a successful entrepreneurial venture. (formerly MGT 726).
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Course Weight: 1.00
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ENT
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727
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Applied Research in Entrepreneurship
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This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to conduct applied research in the area of entrepreneurship and enterprise development. Students must present a written proposal to an amenable faculty advisor prior to the commencement of the semester. Upon completion, an oral examination or presentation to a panel will be required. (formerly MGT 727).
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Course Weight: 1.00
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730
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Entrepreneurial Organizational Appraisal I
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ENT 730 and ENT 830 are the capstones for the entrepreneurial major. ENT 730 will provide the skills necessary to appraise a venture organization. It is a field study course that will provide insight into an entrepreneurial organization. Students will develop an understanding of what drives an entrepreneurial organization, and how such an organization is built and managed. Students will review and evaluate the technologies, processes, capabilities, competencies, functions, and financial and market performance of an entrepreneurial organization.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Prerequisites: (ENT 526, ENT 601, and ENT 726) or Direct Entry
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Course Weight: 1.00
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830
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Entrepreneurial Organizational Appraisal II
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ENT 730 and ENT 830 are the capstones for the entrepreneurial major. ENT 830 builds on the organizational appraisal report produced in ENT 730. ENT 830 will provide the students with an opportunity to develop a plan to implement the conclusions based on the entrepreneurial organizational appraisal report. Students will have a chance to persuade the entrepreneurial organization to adopt their conclusions, and they will help create change within the organization. Students will develop an understanding of the decision-making process that is involved in producing change in an entrepreneurial organization. Students will have an opportunity to work on the implementation process, or to write a case detailing the decision-making process within the organization.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Course Weight: 1.00
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