The course examines the role of entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in development; and enable students to gain an in-depth understanding of entrepreneurship and business environment, analyzing multi-dimensional entrepreneurship approaches and the environment dynamics, understanding of financial statement and literacy, capability of understanding the nature of business transactions, identification of relevant economic events for reporting and determination of appropriate financial measures for those events. It also includes analysis of the effects of those events in the organizations’ performance and financial conditions.

 

The general purpose of the course therefore is to introduce you to various concepts and theories in entrepreneurship, financial accountability and business management. Major emphasis will be placed in the financial accountability which is a key to all financial activities in the business environment, types of opportunities available in entrepreneurships and various types of business models that you can adapt as you plan to start businesses. The course will also cover the business management and how to run a successful business enterprises.