Entrepreneurial Journey
Objectives
This course aims to discuss and tackle a range of aspects related to the Entrepreneurial Journey from the personal perspective of the entrepreneur, as well as the entrepreneurial venture angle. Students will be invited to explore and understand the challenges involved in this process. To achieve these aims, the Entrepreneurial Journey has been structured into a series of discussions with experts in four different thematic streams organised around two conceptual axes: person and project, and past/present and future.
General characterization
Code
2626
Credits
3.5
Responsible teacher
Miguel Pina e Cunha | Loïc dos Santos Pedras
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
English
Prerequisites
n/a
Bibliography
Bessant, J. and Tidd, J. (2015). Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 3rd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken
Christensen, C. M. (2010). How Will You Measure Your Life?. Harvard Business Review , 1
Costas, J., & Grey, C. (2012). Outsourcing your Life: Exploitation and Exploration in ¿the 4-Hour Workweek¿. In Managing ¿Human Resources¿ by Exploiting and Exploring People¿s Potentials . Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Cunha, M.P., Clegg, S., Rego, A. & Berti, M. (2021). Paradoxes of power and leadership . London: Routledge
Elkington, J. & Hartigan, P. (2008). The Power of Unreasonable People. Harvard Business Press, pp. 31-54.
Goffee, R., & Jones, G. (2013). Creating the best workplace on earth. Harvard Business Review , 91 (5), 98-106
Frederik, H., O'Conner, A. and Kuratko, D.F. (2013). Entrepreneurship Theory, Process, Practice . 3rd Ed, Cengage, Melbourne, Australia
Teaching method
This non-traditional course consisting of a series of discussions with field experts in different learning spaces, along with critical thinking and self-reflection on the four learning blocs will provide an up-to-date and engaging educational experience. Students are expected to have a high degree of participation in class taking advantage of the experts involved.
Evaluation method
Assessment 1 (Individual): Learning Log (30%)
Assessment 2 (Group): Video-Pitch (30%)
Assessment 3 (Individual): Self-Reflective ? The Future Essay (40%)
Subject matter
The course combines several conceptual components:
The management component with a focus on entrepreneurship
A phenomenological component in which students will be asked to reflect and interrogate themselves regarding the entrepreneurial journey.
A high-performance component to explore some facets of the entrepreneurial journey including success and failure.
The personal lessons learned stream discusses life stories of entrepreneurs, engaging with their experiences as sources of learning.
The key competencies stream will explore personal competencies that have been identified as fundamental to engage in the entrepreneurial journey
The reinventing myself stream will discuss the entrepreneurial journey as transformational path
The interrogating the future stream will bring guests that work on areas that will impact our common future