Information Package / Course Catalogue
Entrepreneurship I
Course Code: PSB243
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

To explain the causes of occurance the entrepreneurship, to teach the methods of being successful in business life, to evaluate the importance and roles of small and medium sized enterprises in economic and social life.

Course Content

Business, Main concept of entrepreneurship, Types of entrepreneurship, Basic characteristics of entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship desire / motivation, Business idea development, Business plan and its elements, Entrepreneurship culture, Establishing and developing business, Local entrepreneurship and SMEs, International entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship ethics

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Evrim ÇEVİK
Learning Outcomes
1.Learning the ways of being an entrepreneur in Turkey.
2.Understanding the importance of entrepreneurship in society perspective.
3.Explaining the main terms of entrepreneurship.
4.Evaluating the problems can be occured of an entrepreneur.
5.Evaluating the success.
6.Understanding the failure of entrepreneurship.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Hasan Tutar , Fırat Altınkaynak , Duygu Terzi, Girişimcilik Temel Girişimcilik ve İş Kurma Süreci, Detay Yayıncılık, 2000
2.Mehmet Güneş, Kobiler İçin Girişimcilik, Türkmen Kitabevi, 2019
3.Sibel Doğan , Hasan Altın , Emine Başar, Meslek Yüksekokulları İçin Girişimcilik, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 2013
4.Ali Kaya, Girişimcilik ve Kobi Yönetimi, Eğitim Kitabevi Yayınları, 2017
5.Öğretim elemanı ders notları,
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Entrepreneurship terms and features.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Factors of success and failure in entrepreneurship.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Establishing the process of enterprises.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Capacity utilization break-even point analysis, the purpose of business.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Legal structure and type of business.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Common characteristics of small companies.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Production function for small businesses and new production systems.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Production function for small businesses and new production systems. (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Production function for small businesses and new production systems.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Marketing in small sized enterprises.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Contributions of smes to social and economic systems and their weak and powerful aspects.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Organizations providing support for small businesses.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Problems of small sized enterprises.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Solutions to the problems of small businesses , the concept and practice of risk capital.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Term Project101515
Midterm Examination1213
Final Examination1314
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
5
5
OÇ-2
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
OÇ-4
5
5
OÇ-5
5
5
OÇ-6
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026