Self Employment And Entrepreneurship Development
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Self Employment And Entrepreneurship Development Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Self Employment And Entrepreneurship Development (subject code 3351906) as prescribed for Mechatronics · Semester 5 divides the course into 6 units, covering 24 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3351906)Unit 1 Introduction to self-employment and entrepreneurship development.
- 1.1. Introduction of self-employment i. Concept and need in present Indian job market context. ii. Characteristics of self-employment areas for mechanical engineering field. iii. Broader ways to identify self- employment areas in mechanical engineering.
- 1.2. Creativity- concept, examples related to applications in mechanical engineering, ways to develop.
- 1.3. Innovativeness- concept, examples related to applications in mechanical engineering, ways to develop.
- 1.4. Entrepreneurship development: i. Concept and need. ii. Scope in local and global market. iii. Qualities of entrepreneur and Characteristics of Diploma holder as a self-employer like developing networking and personal contacts, communication skills, transferable work skills, positive work skills, conflict resolution, professional dress, workplace legal issues, work ethic, etc.
- 1.5. Concept and importance of productivity, quality, cost consciousness and customers’ satisfaction.
- 1.6. Types of enterprise- i. Sole partnership. ii. Partnership firm. iii.Joint stock company. iv. Co-operative society.
Unit 2 Entrepreneurial support agencies.
- 2.1. Definition – Micro, small and medium industries.
- 2.2. Registration process of an enterprise with Government agencies.
- 2.3. Name, type and role of state and national level support agencies for: i. Sources of information. ii. Financial assistance. iii.Technical assistance. iv. Training.
- 2.4. Current state & national level promotional schemes for establishment of new Self Employment And Entrepreneurship Development Course Code: 3351906 GTU/ NITTTR Bhopal/14-15 Gujarat State 3 Unit Major Learning Outcomes (in cognitive domain) Topics and Sub-topics enterprise
Unit 3 Project set up planning.
- 3.1. Product (Physical and service both-having mechanical features) selection: i. Concept and importance ii. Product selection iii.Effect of competitive or similar types of products on product selection iv. Product development stages.
- 3.2. Process Selection: i. Concept and importance. ii. Factors affecting process selection. iii.Technology life cycle. iv. Productivity-concept & importance. v. Flexibility.
- 3.3. Process Conversion- Capacity Planning : i. Concept. ii. Importance. iii.Basic method to assess / estimate capacity.
- 3.4. Selection of location and layouts: i. Concept. ii. Factors affecting selection of location. iii.Objectives and types of plant layout. iv. Factors affecting plant layout.
Unit 4 Project proposal planning.
- 4.2. Marketing- definition, need for enterprise, 4Ps channels (product, price, place and promotion).
- 4.3. Market survey-concept, need and methods.
- 4.4. Managing finance : i. Terminology used in financial management. ii. Concept of financial statement and types (balance sheet, profit & loss statement and funds flow statement).
- 4.5. Project report preparation for mechanical feature based product: i. Meaning of project planning and report. ii. Feasibility study. iii.Details required for preparing project plan. iv. Project cost estimation. v. Cost, Volume and Profit (CVP) analysis. vi. Preliminary project report (PPR) and detailed project report (DPR). Self Employment And Entrepreneurship Development Course Code: 3351906 GTU/ NITTTR Bhopal/14-15 Gujarat State 4 Unit Major Learning Outcomes (in cognitive domain) Topics and Sub-topics
Unit 5 Enterprise and risk management.
- 5.1. Concept of risk in the context of enterprise / project.
- 5.2. Uncertainty and certainty of project elements.
- 5.3. Decision making under risk.
- 5.4. Methods of risk management.
- 5.5. Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat (SWOT) analysis.
Unit 6 Case studies.
- 6.1. Case studies of entrepreneur and self employer. : (at least two for success and two for failure.) i. Important features. ii. Reasons for success and failures. iii.Analyzing success and failure criteria. iv. Integration of case analysis conclusions in enterprise management for improvement.