Economics and Finance(English) | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | BBA320 | ||||||||
Course Name: | Idea Generation | ||||||||
Course Semester: |
Spring |
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Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | EN | ||||||||
Course Requisites: | |||||||||
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||||||
Type of course: | Faculty Elective | ||||||||
Course Level: |
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
Course Coordinator : | Dr.Öğr.Üyesi SİBEL ÖZDEMİR | ||||||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Ar.Gör. ATEŞ EROL Dr.Öğr.Üyesi SİBEL ÖZDEMİR |
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Course Assistants: |
Course Objectives: | Early stage entrepreneurial activities; creativity; design thinking; innovation management; stand-up phase; value creation; defining the business idea; business idea generation process; presentation of the business idea; customer appreciation and willingness to pay; technical and procedural feasibility |
Course Content: | Early stage entrepreneurial activities; creativity; design thinking; innovation management; stand-up phase; value creation; defining the business idea; business idea generation process; presentation of the business idea; customer appreciation and willingness to pay; technical and procedural feasibility. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | • Describe the course • Explain expectations • Illustrate how to prepare Idea Generation project • Decide the project groups | |
2) | • Explain the notion of creativity • Discuss Innovation vs. creativity • Describe differences between innovation, invention and creativity • Explain global change, competition and technological improvements | Review the Syllabus. Log onto the student system to get familiarized with the course content and materials |
3) | • Define the process of creativity • List factors preventing and enhancing creativity thinking and their relation to ethics • Define creative business ideas • Identify individual creativity and group creativity | Homework: If you had a billion dollars, what would you do? |
4) | • Explain and list creative thinking methods • Illustrate differences of methods • Valuing diversity in thinking • Recognize opportunities for the generation of various types of venture ideas by using these methods | Individual study: Internet research. Find creative ideas samples. |
5) | • Explain critical thinking • Describe how to implement critical thinking approcahes • Identify critical thinking approaches for new ventures | |
6) | • Explain Idea-collection processes and methods • Identify advantages and disadvantages of collection methods • Describe the important factors that effect idea collection methods | |
7) | • MIDTERM • Explain Eight-Dimensional (8D) Approach to Ideation | |
8) | • Explain evaluation of new venture opportunities • Define Timmon’s Model • Explain how to make effective elevator pitches? | |
9) | • Identify how to test demand creation of business ideas • Explain the importance of selecting an appropriate business models to successfully commercialize innovations • Describe principle of commercialization process | |
10) | • Explain idea generation management • Describe how to promote an “ideas generating” culture | |
11) | • Explain intellectual property • Describe national and international intellectual property rights • Identify intellectual property rights through registration • Explain intellectual property rights through inherent • Describe licensing | |
12) | • Explain co-creation theory • Describe motivation factors of co-creation with stakeholders • Identify thingking outside the organizational box • Illustrate DART model | |
13) | • Business plan presentations | |
14) | • Business plan presentations | |
15) | final exam |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Steve Blank and Bob Dorf. The Startup’s Owner Manual. The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company, K&S Ranch, Inc. Publishers, 2012. Alexander Osterwald and Yves Pigneur. Business Model Generation. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. |
References: | Ries, E. (2011) The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses, Portfolio Penguin. ISBN-10: 0670921602 ISBN-13: 978-0670921607. |
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Program Outcomes | ||||||||
1) Explain the advances in the area of economics and finance within the framework of scientific methodology, theories and models. | ||||||||
2) Employ the appropriate tools and analytical techniques to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data in the related areas, interpret results and propose solutions. | ||||||||
3) Explain the evolution of financial markets and institutions in a historical context and define how they operate. | ||||||||
4) Recognise the basic principles and regulations in the financial sector. | ||||||||
5) Discover and create entrepreneurial opportunities to successfully establish and develop their own ventures. | ||||||||
6) Recognise, interpret and discuss the current economic issues both at the national and global levels. | ||||||||
7) Have the English proficiency in following and interpreting the developments in the areas of economics and finance and in conducting written and oral communication. | ||||||||
8) Express the role of international capital markets in the global economy; accordingly define the concept of risk in terms of measurement and management. | ||||||||
9) Identify standards of personal, professional, social and business ethics, evaluate the ethical implications of various practices in the related areas, and be aware the importance of ethical behavior in adding value to the society. |
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Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Explain the advances in the area of economics and finance within the framework of scientific methodology, theories and models. | |
2) | Employ the appropriate tools and analytical techniques to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data in the related areas, interpret results and propose solutions. | |
3) | Explain the evolution of financial markets and institutions in a historical context and define how they operate. | |
4) | Recognise the basic principles and regulations in the financial sector. | |
5) | Discover and create entrepreneurial opportunities to successfully establish and develop their own ventures. | |
6) | Recognise, interpret and discuss the current economic issues both at the national and global levels. | |
7) | Have the English proficiency in following and interpreting the developments in the areas of economics and finance and in conducting written and oral communication. | |
8) | Express the role of international capital markets in the global economy; accordingly define the concept of risk in terms of measurement and management. | |
9) | Identify standards of personal, professional, social and business ethics, evaluate the ethical implications of various practices in the related areas, and be aware the importance of ethical behavior in adding value to the society. |
Field Study | |
Expression | |
Brainstorming/ Six tihnking hats | |
Individual study and homework | |
Lesson | |
Group study and homework | |
Reading | |
Homework | |
Problem Solving | |
Project preparation | |
Report Writing | |
Q&A / Discussion | |
Application (Modelling, Design, Model, Simulation, Experiment etc.) |
Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing) | |
Oral Examination | |
Homework | |
Application | |
Observation | |
Individual Project | |
Group project | |
Presentation | |
Reporting | |
Peer Review | |
Bilgisayar Destekli Sunum |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 15 |
Presentation | 1 | % 25 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 57 |
Presentations / Seminar | 14 | 42 |
Midterms | 1 | 7 |
Final | 1 | 14 |
Total Workload | 162 |