Entrepreneurship Management
MODULE: Entrepreneurship Management
Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 30 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.
DESCRIPTION:
This program provides all the perspectives on the creation and evolution of entrepreneurial ventures. It covers important aspects of launching a business from initial idea to growth and international expansion. It considers planning, marketing, financial, legal, control and human elements associated with the start up, acquisition or operation of a small business from the entrepreneurial point of view. It also deals with the special considerations associated with the management of a family business.
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).
Business Entrepreneurship Plan
Business Marketing Customer Relations Management Promotional Strategies Business Finance Management Information Systems Business Law Entrepreneurship Management Entrepreneurship Leadership Family Business Management
Academic Supervisor: Clemens P.J.A. van den Broek
More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.
* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.
* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.
* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.
* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.
* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.
* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.
BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.
Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
Business Entrepreneurship Plan
This course explains how to avoid common startup problems and how to turn entrepreneurship and business initiatives into a lasting success. It describes the business plan development and the real startup entrepreneurial process, whether operating a manufacturing, wholesale, retail, or service business.
Instructor: Clemens P.J.A. van den Broek
Business Marketing
This course deals with the principles and concepts involved in the planning, pricing, promoting, and distribution of goods and services at a small business scale. It examines market opportunities and threats, developes and compares promotional strategies for small business, and provides approaches to achieve an effective marketing strategy on a minimal budget.
Instructor: William Martin Olsen
Customer Relations Management
Companies are often derailed by poor customer support and management. This course explains the relationship between suppliers, technology, and customers, which together provide the infrastructure for customer support in any business environment. Managing successful relationships with customers has become a critical organizational competency for acquiring and retaining customers.
Instructor: William Martin Olsen
Promotional Strategies
This course studies the foundations and the process of developing advertising and promotional strategies, and the factors important for the design of successful advertising campaigns. Topics include data research, positioning analysis, selection of target markets, development of objectives, creative guidelines, media planning, budgeting, and performance evaluation.
Instructor: Lorena Cano Camarero
Business Finance
This course examines the concepts of taxes (gross income, deductions, and gains and losses), accounting and finance with an emphasis on using financial data for decision making. It shows how the analysis and use of cash flow projection and budgeting play in the survival, taxation, and management of a small business enterprise.
Instructor: Saidur Rahaman Dipu
Management Information Systems
This course analyzes information systems and their role in organizations. It focuses on the management of information resources for optimum performance. It reviews hardware, software, data storage, and telecommunication technologies, and considers the issues of emerging technologies, social and ethical concerns, security and control. It explains the best use of computers to minimize cost and optimize results.
Instructor: Jose A. Cordova
Business Law
This course focuses on issues related to the law of business in all its forms: agency, partnerships, limited partnerships and corporations. It provides the essentials and implications of contractual and fiscal matters relating to business and entrepreneurship ventures. It explains how to deal with lawyers, accountants, tax advisors, dispute resolution, contracts and legal considerations related to business.
Instructor: Philipose Daniel
Entrepreneurship Management
This course offers practical advice on searching, planning and executing the right business to start. It considers targeting customers, getting financing, choosing a location, hiring and managing employees, marketing products and services, pricing for profit, distribution, managing the company's finances, and planning for growth and expansion.
Instructor: Juan Carlos Bernial
Entrepreneurship Leadership
This course focuses on the aspects of leader-follower interaction, including effective use of power and influence, and understanding what motivates followers both individually and in teams. It develops interpersonal communication skills that increase leader effectiveness in achieving work force results. It shows how to discover and manage your own strengths and weaknesses, and how to attract, recruit and build up a talented team.
Instructor: Shelley-Ann Meihuizen
Family Business Management
This course deals with how to run a family company and how to manage it profitably. It focuses on the economics of the business, marketing and selling, project operational issues, and managing clients and other professionals involved.
Instructor: Wolf Dettmer
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Professionally recognized and validated degrees.
Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.
