RVET 651: Visionary & Entrepreneurial Thinking Report a Broken Link

This elective will provide the knowledge, tools, and thinking structure required to undertake any kind of activity, but especially entrepreneurial and organizational activities. Participants will learn the characteristics of entrepreneurs and how entrepreneurial activity systems are formed.

Participants will also learn how to apply and use the entrepreneurial model of vision and relations to understand entrepreneurial behaviour and use it to develop their own visionary and entrepreneurial systems thinking. The course lays the foundation for entrepreneurial activities both inside and outside existing organizations.

The main aim of this elective is to provide a dynamic model for understanding and fostering visionary thinking and entrepreneurship.
 

Required Readings


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Reading 16: Longenecker, J. G., Petty, J. W., Palich, L. E., & Hoy, F. (2023). Chapter 1: The entrepreneurial life. In Small business management: Launching and growing entrepreneurial ventures (20th ed., pp. 1–27). Boston, MA: Cengage. [Please refer to your textbook for this reading]

Reading 18: Longenecker, J. G., Petty, J. W., Palich, L. E., & Hoy, F. (2023). Chapter 3: Starting a small business. In Small business management: Launching and growing entrepreneurial ventures (20th ed., pp 57-90). Boston, MA: Cengage. [Please refer to your textbook for this reading]

Reading 19: Longenecker, J. G., Petty, J. W., Palich, L. E., & Hoy, F. (2023). Chapter 7: The marketing plan. In Small business management: Launching and growing entrepreneurial ventures (20th ed., pp. 163-183). Boston, MA: Cengage. [Please refer to your textbook for this reading]

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Reading 25: Longenecker, J. G., Petty, J. W., Palich, L. E., & Hoy, F. (2023). Chapter 6: Visualizing your dream: The business model and the business plan. In Small business management: Launching and growing entrepreneurial ventures (20th ed., pp. 138-162). Boston, MA: Cengage. [Please refer to your textbook for this reading]

Reading 26: Longenecker, J. G., Petty, J. W., Palich, L. E., & Hoy, F. (2023). Chapter 8: The organizational plan: Teams, legal structures, alliances, and directors. In Small business management: Launching and growing entrepreneurial ventures (20th ed., pp. 184-191). Boston, MA: Cengage. [Please refer to your textbook for this reading]

Reading 27: Longenecker, J. G., Petty, J. W., Palich, L. E., & Hoy, F. (2023). Chapter 9: The location plan. In Small business management: Launching and growing entrepreneurial ventures (20th ed., pp. 229-242). Boston, MA: Cengage. [Please refer to your textbook for this reading]