Module: Entrepreneurship for Engineers

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Entrepreneurship for Engineers
Module Code	EE507 (ITS) / EEN1068 (Banner)
Faculty	Engineering & Computing	School	Electronic Engineering
Module Co-ordinator	Derek Molloy
Module Teachers	Stephen Daniels
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	7.5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

None
Repeat exam only available. CA componentof this course requires interaction with class (team) members and course guests throughout semester.

Description

To introduce students to key concepts in entrepreneurship and technological innovation Give students an understanding of the challenges involved in creating and working in a new venture. Provide students with basic skills in important aspects of business organization and management

Learning Outcomes

1. Assess commercial opportunities and develop appropriate business plans
2. Analyse the commercial potential of a technological innovation
3. Articulate and appraise the challenges of commercializing technology
4. Experience of a pilot-scale business planning
5. Plan for of the organizational, commercial, and financial components of a successful technology business

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	36	No Description
Independent Study	151	reading assignments and project
Total Workload: 187

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

New Venture Creation
Introduction & The Technologist's PerspectiveEntrepreneurial Technologists - Your Role in the Process, Innovation & IdeasIdentifying a Commercial Opportunity & Market ResearchThe Elements of a Successful VentureDeveloping, Producing and Matketing a ProductProtecting your Intellectual PropertyPeople: Building the Business TeamFinancing: Your Research and the VentureBusiness PlanningInternational Markets & Growth

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	50%	Examination Weight	50%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Assignment	Business / Technology Commercialisation plan	50%

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Kathleen R. Allen.: 2007, Growing and managing a small business : an entrepreneurial perspective,, Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Co.,
Garavan, T.N., O Cinneide, B., Fleming, P.: 1997, Entrepreneurship & Business Start Ups in Ireland volume 1: An Overview, Oak Tree Press,
David Deakins: 0, Entrepreneurship and Small Firms, McGraw Hill Higher Education, 9780077121624
Garavan, T.N., O Cinneide, B., Garavan, M., Hynes, B., Walsh, F.: 1997, Entrepreneurship & Business Start Ups in Ireland volume 2, Oak Tree Press,
Travers, J.: 2001, Driving the Tiger: Irish Enterprise Spirit, Gill and Macmillan,
Drucker, P: 2001, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Butterworth Heinemann,

Other Resources

None