Vocational Skill & Entrepreneurship Development

Vocational Skills & Entrepreneurial Management: The evolution of the concept of Vocational Skills & entrepreneurship, Identifying the Competencies of entrepreneurs and vocational skills, Types of entrepreneurs, Idea Generation, Identifying opportunities and Evaluation; Building the Team / Leadership; Strategic planning for business; Steps in strategic planning, Forms of ownership – Sole proprietorship; partnership; limited liability partnership and corporation form of ownership; advantages/disadvantages, Franchising; advantages/disadvantages of franchising; types of franchise arrangements; franchise contracts

Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation: Stimulating Creativity; Organisational actions that enhance/hinder creativity, Managerial responsibilities, Sources of Innovation in Business; Managing Organizations for Innovation and Positive Creativity, Business Plan

Social Entrepreneurship: Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship; Characteristics and Role of Social Entrepreneurs; Start-Up and Early Stage Venture Issues in creating and Sustaining a Non-profits Organization; Financing and Risks; Business Strategies : Growth, stability strategy, Harvesting and Exit Strategies, Role of government in entrepreneurship Development

Family Business and Entrepreneurship : Family Business: Concept, structure and kinds of family firms ; Culture and evolution of family firm; Managing Business, family and shareholder relationships ; Conflict and conflict resolution in family firms ; Managing Leadership ,succession and continuity ; women's issues in the family business and related government policies ;Encouraging change in the family business system.

Corporate linkages for Vocational Skill Development:  Arrangement of funds;  sources of financing, Training Programmes at Companies, Self Help Groups