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Entrepreneurship_D3_Commercial Activity and Logistics

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCIPLINE

«Entrepreneurship»

Mandatory for applicants for the first (bachelor's) level of higher education in the program

“Commercial Activity and Logistics”

1. The purpose of mastering the discipline.

The purpose of the discipline is to form a system of knowledge about the essence of entrepreneurship as a special type of activity, a certain style and type of behaviour that determines the business culture of the enterprise, the modern form of management of industrial and commercial structures in a market economy; acquisition of practical skills of complex perception and solution of problems arising in the activities of entrepreneurial structures to create a favourable business environment and increase the efficiency of production and economic systems.

         Interdisciplinary links: prerequisites and post-requisites. The interdisciplinary links of the discipline ‘Entrepreneurship’ are determined by the peculiarities of training applicants for the first (bachelor's) level of higher education in the EPP ‘Commercial Activity and Logistics’, Programme Subject Area D3
Trade. The discipline integrates a large number of basic concepts and techniques of general theoretical disciplines, is based on the theoretical foundation of entrepreneurship and methodological provisions of related economic disciplines. 

Prerequisites: the discipline is based on the knowledge and competences acquired by the higher education student in the course of studying the following disciplines: ‘Philosophy, Applied Informatics, Microeconomics.

Postrequisites: As a result of studying the discipline, the necessary competence basis will be formed for mastering such disciplines as Macroeconomics, Statistics, Management, Marketing, International Economics, Finance, Human Resources Management, Training Course ‘Personnel Assessment’, Management of Social and Labour Relations and others The knowledge of the discipline ‘Entrepreneurship’ can be used when writing a bachelor's thesis.

 

2. Learning outcomes, learning methods and diagnostic tools:

Table 1 – Learning outcomes, learning methods and diagnostic tools for the academic discipline 

“ Entrepreneurship ”

National Qualifications Framework Descriptors

Learning outcomes by academic discipline

Teaching methods

Diagnostic tools / assessment forms 

1.

Knowledge:

1.1

characteristics and typology of entrepreneurship, principles of implementation, forms and models of entrepreneurial activity

lecture, seminar, testing, discussion, solving specific problems and situations, case-study, independent and individual work, presentation

1. Oral (theoretical) survey.

2. Checking the performance of analytical and calculation works, individual and team tasks.

3. Participation in the discussion and, based on its results, self-assessment and mutual assessment of participants.

4. Review of written individual assignments (abstract, essay based on the results of an analytical review of scientific articles)

5) Control (module) work.

6. Examination

1.2

technologies for starting your own business

1.3

the essence, forms and structure of entrepreneurial capital, the procedure for the formation of initial (start-up) entrepreneurial capital and its sources, the peculiarities of formation and efficiency of use of the company's personnel

1.4

the essence and characteristics of innovation processes and evaluation of the effectiveness of technical and organisational innovations

1.5

the essence of business planning

1.6

peculiarities of organising budgeting of business activities

1.7

financial and economic principles of entrepreneurship and analytical assessment of the effectiveness of entrepreneurial activity

1.8

the essence and components of entrepreneurial success and business ethics

1.9

the essence and functions of business communication in the system of entrepreneurship

2.

Skills/Abilities:

2.1

use analytical and methodological tools to understand the logic of making informed decisions on the choice of how to create your own business and its organisational and legal form

seminar, discussion, case-study, work in small creative groups, solving specific problems and situations

1 Presentation, 

2.Survey, 

3.Testing, 

4.Checking the performance of analytical and calculation works, individual and team tasks, solving cases, 

5. Control

(module) work

 6. Examination

2.2

search for an entrepreneurial idea

2.3

calculate the required amount of entrepreneurial capital

2.4

determine the number of staff, substantiate proposals for improving staff movement processes; determine labour productivity

2.5

assess the investment attractiveness and business reputation of business entities

2.6

assess the profitability of the enterprise

2.7

to form and calculate indicators for assessing the effectiveness of entrepreneurial activity

2.8

use the methodology for assessing the impact of risks and ways to minimise them

2.9

develop, formulate and implement measures to establish and further develop the organisational culture of business entities

2.10

explain the legal basis for resolving corporate business conflicts; analyse and evaluate methods of preventing business conflicts

3.

Communication

Developing practical teamwork skills in students, namely:

seminar, discussion, solving specific problems and situations

checking the performance of calculation works, case-study, checking the performance of solved specific tasks and situations, presentation, examination

3.1

communicating information, ideas, problems, solutions, own experiences and arguments

3.2

ability to work in a team - take responsibility to achieve the set goal 

3.3

communication on professional issues orally and in writing with participants in economic relations to ensure the functioning and development of the enterprise

3.4

ability to develop proposals for eliminating identified shortcomings and errors

4.

Responsibility and autonomy

demonstrate an understanding of personal responsibility and the ability to bear responsibility for making professional or managerial decisions or providing recommendations that may affect the activities of the enterprise as a whole or its individual divisions, in particular when:

seminar, discussion, solving specific problems and situations, analytical report

checking the performance of calculations, case-study, module work, exam

4.1

managing complex technical or professional activities or projects

4.2

forming judgments that take into account social, scientific and ethical aspects

4.3

organizing and leading the professional development of individuals and groups

4.4

when justifying operational, tactical and strategic management decisions regarding various aspects of the enterprise's functioning

4.5

in producing their own practical ideas based on the principles of academic culture and integrity

4.6

with the ability to continue learning with a significant degree of autonomy

4.7

with the ability to think independently and independently

  

 

3. Content of the academic discipline by topics

Topic 1: General characteristics and typology of entrepreneurship

Topic 2.  Legal basis and organisational forms of entrepreneurship

Topic 3.  Small business in a market economy

Topic 4.  Technology of starting your own business

Topic 5. Formation of entrepreneurial capital

Topic 6. Personnel of the enterprise: indicators of its formation and efficiency of use

Topic 7.  Innovations and investment policy of the company

Topic 8. Start-up as an innovative form of starting a business

Theme 9: Planning of entrepreneurial activity

Topic 10. Fundamentals of business administration

Topic 11. Budgeting of entrepreneurial activity

Theme 12: Financial and economic principles of entrepreneurship and analytical evaluation of business performance

Theme 13: Hedging business risks and counteracting the shadow economy

Theme 14: Entrepreneurial success and business culture

Topic 15. The essence and model range of business cultures

Topic 16. Fundamentals of cultural business communications

Topic 17: Technologies for preventing and resolving business conflicts

 

4. Scientific and pedagogical workers providing teaching of the academic discipline and their e-mail addresses:

Yakusheva Nataliia Valentynivna, Doctor of Philosophy in Entrepreneurship, Trade and Exchange Activities, Associate Professor of the Department of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, е-mail: yakusheva.nataliia@kneu.edu.ua

 

5. Recommended information sources:

1. Hontareva, I. V. Entrepreneurship: Textbook. Kharkiv: V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 2021. 392 p.

2.  Karpiuk, H. I. Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship: Study Guide for Learners of Vocational (Vocational and Technical) Education. 2021, p. 98.
URL: https://mon.gov.ua/storage/app/media/pto/2021/04/19/Osnovy pidpryyemnytstva.pdf

3. Entrepreneurship: Study Guide / ed. by H. I. Kupalova. Kyiv: Kyiv University, 2022. 376 p.

4. Entrepreneurship and Fundamentals of Business. Practicum: Study Guide / Biliak T. O., Biriuchenko S. Yu., Buzhymska K. O., et al.; ed. by T. P. Ostapchuk. Zhytomyr: Zhytomyr Polytechnic, 2023. 280 p.

5.  Entrepreneurship, Trade and Exchange Activities: Textbook / O. V. Dymchenko, O. D. Panova, V. V. Konenko et al.; O. M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv. Kharkiv: O. M. Beketov NUUE, 2022. 432 p.

6. Pedko, A. B. Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship and Business Culture: Study Guide. Kyiv: Center for Educational Literature, 2020. 168 p.

7 .Pletos, S. V. Entrepreneurial Activity: Lecture Notes. Odesa: Odesa State Environmental University, 2021. 121 p.

8. Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Activity: Textbook / ed. by V. M. Marchenko, Doctor of Economics, Professor. Kyiv: Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Polytechnic Publishing House, 2022. 515 p.

9.Entrepreneurship (Full-Time Study) – Shergina, Kovtun – EMBE15065U [Electronic resource]: Moodle distance learning course for students of the educational programs Personnel Management and Management of the Social Sphere. Developers: L. A. Shergina, V. P. Kovtun. Kyiv: KNEU.
URL: https://ido-m.kneu.edu.ua/moodle/course/view.php?id=6476

10.  Entrepreneurship (Part-Time Study) – Shergina – EMBE25033U_DIST [Electronic resource]: Moodle distance learning course for students of the educational program Personnel Management. Developers: L. A. Shergina, V. P. Kovtun. Kyiv: KNEU.
URL: https://ido-m.kneu.edu.ua/moodle/course/view.php?id=3525

11. Yakusheva, N. V., Kyryliuk, O. V. Entrepreneurship: distance learning course, 2025. EMBE15065U. Available at: https://ido-m.kneu.edu.ua/moodle/course/view.php?id=6515

Last redaction: 09.02.26