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Entrepreneurship Development & Project Management
Entrepreneurship Development & Project Management
Unit-I
Entrepreneur & Entrepreneurial development- Views of economists, Sociologists, psychologists and
managers on the making of an entrepreneur- Factors influencing entrepreneurship: Individual factors-
Environmental factors- Socio-cultural factors- Support systems- Entrepreneurial motivation.
Unit-II
Functions of an entrepreneur- Types of entrepreneurs- Entrepreneur- Intrapreneur and Professional
manager. Women Entrepreneur: Concept and functions of women entrepreneurs- Problems of women
entrepreneurs- Developing women entrepreneurs recent trends
Unit-III
Entrepreneurial Development Programmes (EDPs): Need and objectives of EDP- Small Entrepreneurs:
Government Policy for small scale industries (SSIs). Institutional Support systems for small entrepreneurs-
Role of DIC, SFCs, Commercial Banks, SIDBI, Entrepreneurship Development Institutes (EDIs).
Unit-IV
Concept of a Project & Project Management- Characteristic features of a project- Proj ect life cycle and its
different phases- Project feasibility study- Market feasibility- Technical feasibility-Financial feasibility-
Prerequisites for successful implementation of projects.
Unit-V
Network models PERT and CPM Steps of PERT/CPM techniques PERT/CPM network components
and precedence relationships Rules for network construction Critical path analysis Determining the
critical path determining the floats and slacks crashing of activities .
Unit-VI
Evaluation and appraisal of projects- Project appraisal techniques- Proj ect Control- Reasons for ineffective
project control- Technique of project control- Preparation of project proposals.
Text Books:
1. Innovation & Entrepreneurship : Peter F.Drucker
2. Dynamics of Entrepreneurship Development : Vasant Desai.
3. Project Management : Prasanna Chandra
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