ENTR 226 Entrepreneurial Leadership

This interdisciplinary course is designed to support student learning about entrepreneurial leadership in the context of individuals, teams, and organizations. Focus will be on acquiring the entrepreneurial leadership skills for managing continuous change, innovation, and adaptation, as well as the skills of creating and managing organizations where people thrive and perform at their best. This course examines the personal characteristics of effective leaders and the fundamentals of ethical leadership. Students will develop and practice leadership skills to prepare themselves to act effectively and with integrity under pressure, to prepare to perform values-driven decision-making, and to voice and effectively enact their own values and principles. The primary goal of this course is to facilitate student development as an entrepreneurial leader through self-reflection and applying entrepreneurial leadership practices in a wide range of situations.

Credits

2

Hours Weekly

2 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Develop and apply the skills to analyze an entrepreneurial leadership situation, and understand and summarize the relevant issues and/or problems comprehensively.
2. Develop and apply the skills to identify, question, and evaluate the relevance and quality of supporting data/evidence.
3. Develop and apply the skills to identify stakeholders, consider their perspectives, evaluate the relevance of contexts, and validate assumptions, in order to establish a position on an issue or problem.
4. Understand and develop the skills necessary to lead entrepreneurial ventures successfully, including continuous change, innovation, and adaptation.
5. Develop the understanding and ability as a leader to find and create contexts where you perform at your best, and to design and enable contexts where others can thrive.
6. Develop and apply the leadership skills and ethical practices to effectively act with integrity under pressure.
7. Develop and apply the leadership skills to perform values-driven decision-making, to apply implications and/or conclusions to an analysis of an argument, to reach a decision, or to solve a problem, and to defend that decision.

Course Objectives

1. Develop and apply the skills to analyze an entrepreneurial leadership situation, and understand and summarize the relevant issues and/or problems comprehensively.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Case Study Analysis Paper

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Critical Thinking Rubric w/ Case Study Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Develop and apply the skills to identify, question, and evaluate the relevance and quality of supporting data/evidence.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Case Study Analysis Paper

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Case Study Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Entrepreneurship - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Develop and execute a strategic plan to launch a sustainable new business venture.

3. Develop and apply the skills to identify stakeholders, consider their perspectives, evaluate the relevance of contexts, and validate assumptions, in order to establish a position on an issue or problem.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Case Study Analysis Paper

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Case Study Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Entrepreneurship - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Use creative thinking and problem solving to recognize opportunity and assess risk versus reward.

4. Understand and develop the skills necessary to lead entrepreneurial ventures successfully, including continuous change, innovation, and adaptation.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

5. Develop the understanding and ability as a leader to find and create contexts where you perform at your best, and to design and enable contexts where others can thrive.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Leadership Development Plan

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Leadership Development Rubric

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Entrepreneurship - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Identify, understand, evaluate, and apply ethical reasoning.

6. Develop and apply the leadership skills and ethical practices to effectively act with integrity under pressure.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Ethical Dilemma Paper and Presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Voice to Values Rubric

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Entrepreneurship - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Select and apply technology to investigate, create, communicate, and complete tasks.

7. Develop and apply the leadership skills to perform values-driven decision-making, to apply implications and/or conclusions to an analysis of an argument, to reach a decision, or to solve a problem, and to defend that decision.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Case Study Analysis Presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Case Study Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4