Study Guide

Objective

After the study unit

- you recognize entrepreneurship as a career option
- you recognize the traits and requirements needed to become an entrepreneur
- you are able to analyze your personal readiness to become an entrepreneur
- you are able to take into account responsibility as a source of one’s own idea and business opportunities
- you are able to utilize your strengths in planning your own business idea and are able to make a plan for your business idea in the form of the responsible business model canvas

Content

Themes:

Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship as a phenomenon
- Entrepreneurship as a career option
- Forms of entrepreneurship (light entrepreneurship, business forms)

Characteristics, skills and knowledge of an entrepreneur
- Characteristics, skills and knowledge of an entrepreneur
- One’s own characteristics, strengths, and development areas
- Identifying and utilizing one's own entrepreneurial skills and knowledge

Planning one's own business idea
- Ideation and innovation
- Megatrends, weak signals, and opportunities in the region
- Responsibility as a source of one’s own idea and business opportunities
- Potential customers and the needs of the customer/end user
- Responsible business model canvas as a tool for business planning

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Level 1
Entrepreneurship skills
You are aware of the opportunities of entrepreneurship in planning your own career path, and you recognize some of the suitable forms of entrepreneurship.
You are able to name the skills, knowledge and characteristics required of an entrepreneur.
You are able to identify and list your own strengths and take them into account in ideation and planning your entrepreneurship path.
You are able to recognize factors related to the business environment as part of the planning and consider the opportunities for business that the environment brings by taking into account responsibility and sustainable development.
You are able to create a plan for your business idea by using the responsible business model canvas.

Level 2
Entrepreneurship skills
You recognize the opportunities of entrepreneurship in planning your own career path and are able to identify various suitable forms of entrepreneurship.
You are able to describe the skills, knowledge and characteristics required of an entrepreneur.
You know your own strengths and are able to apply them in ideation and planning your entrepreneurship path.
You know the factors related to the business environment as part of the planning and consider the opportunities for business that the environment provides by taking into account responsibility and sustainable development.
You are able to create a plan for your business idea by using the responsible business model canvas.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Level 3
Entrepreneurship skills
You understand the opportunities of entrepreneurship in planning your own career path and are able to identify the most suitable form of entrepreneurship.
You are able to reflect on the skills, knowledge and characteristics required of an entrepreneur.
You are able to utilize your strengths and are able to apply them in ideation and planning your entrepreneurship path.
You are able to take into account factors related to the business environment and the opportunities it provides for business.
You are able to use responsibility and sustainable development as part of your planning.
You are able to create a comprehensive plan for your business idea by utilizing the responsible business model canvas.

Level 4
Entrepreneurship skills
You can assess the opportunities of entrepreneurship in planning your own career path and are able to justify a form of entrepreneurship that suits you.
You are able to reflect on the skills, knowledge and characteristics required of an entrepreneur in relation to your own and you are able to identify areas for development.
You are able to effectively utilize your strengths and are able to apply them in ideation and planning your entrepreneurship path.
You are able to utilize responsibility and sustainable development as strengths in business planning.
You are able to create a detailed plan for your business idea by utilizing the responsible business model canvas.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Level 5
Entrepreneurship skills
You are able to analyze the opportunities of entrepreneurship in planning your own career path and your choice of the form of entrepreneurship.
You are able to analyze the skills, knowledge and characteristics required of an entrepreneur in relation to your own.
You understand the meaning of your strengths in ideation and planning your entrepreneurship path and are able to evaluate your development needs.
You are able to utilize responsibility and sustainable development as future competitive factors in business planning.
You are able to create a detailed and justified plan for your business idea by utilizing the responsible business model canvas