1.0 Course Description

This course focuses on building attitudes and behavior within individuals, organizations and communities as a way of enhancing development. It also centered on Creativity and innovation as a prerequisite for survival in today’s fast changing environment.

1.1 Course Objectives

The course seeks to enable learners to:

  • Gain a critical understanding of the role of entrepreneurial and innovative business activities and their management

  • Build entrepreneurial attitudes and behavior among learners

  • Expose learners to the entrepreneurship process including the aspects of creativity and

innovation

  • Equip students with skills of creative thinking

  • Understand basic management functions and how they are carried out

  • Facilitate the understanding and appreciation of managing people in the contemporarily

business environment.

1.2 Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, the learner is expected to:

  • Explain the role of entrepreneurial activity in enhancing development

  • Compare and contrast the benefits of being job creators to the benefits of being job

seekers

  • Evaluate situations with fresh business ideas

  • Draft a business plan

1.3 Mode of Delivery

Lectures, Class discussions, student presentations and case studies.

1.4 Mode of Assessment

Continuous assessment through tests, discussion groups, library research and will comprise:

  • Individual assignments 30%

  • Group Assignment 10%

  • Final examinations 60%