Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
| Start-up project | |
| Module: | Entrepreneurship & Professional Skills, Semester 2 |
| ECTS: | 4 |
| Course learning outcomes: | Be aware of the entrepreneurial environment. This goes beyond just understanding theoretical concepts and focuses on applying these concepts in real-life situations. Furthermore it is expected from the students to reflect on their experiences - both from the class room and their field work in order to trigger a continuous learning process. This is also reflected in the assessment grid which puts a major focus on reflection. |
| Description: | The course attempts to best prepare the students for a successful working experience in an innovative and entrepreneurial environment. For this it combines a structured working approach with a set of soft skills that prove valuable in the field of start-ups. This includes structured problem solving, presentation and communication skills as well as feedback and coaching. Throughout the course, each student is pushed towards self-reflection in order to benefit as much as possible from both classroom and field experiences.
Detailed overview of sessions and contents - Course set-up (1-hour session) Presentation of the course concept and agenda Sharing of expectations, grading approach, etc. Presentation of “home work” for next session (“pitch yourself”) - “Pitch yourself” (1-day classroom session) Short theory part on how to project “presence” Two rounds of 2-minute presentations by each student on how to present her/himself in front of a start-up company, incl. Feedback by faculty and peers - Structured working approach: How working in a structured way helps to survive in an environment that might seem chaotic (3-day class room session) Structured problem solving - Understanding the problem that we are working on - Structuring the problem and working with hypotheses - Planning analyses and prioritization - Developing a thorough synthesis based on the results from the analyses Effective communication - Transposing our synthesis into a compelling story - Understanding how to use slides to support arguments Feedback & Coaching - Giving and receiving constructive feedback in different professional settings; discussing strength-based feedback - Understanding how formal and informal coaching helps to further grow personally and professionally - Field work: 6 weeks of full-fledged collaboration in a start-up company - Mid-way check-point (3-4 hour session) Addressing common questions by students Peer-coaching/learning set coaching session Refreshing certain parts of the theory addressed in 3-day class-room session - Final presentations Linking theory to practical work: 15-minute presentation by each student on how she/he used one of the theoretical frameworks seen in class in field work. In addition to the final presentation each student has to hand in a one-pager (max. 300 words) on what she/he learned from received feedback. As feedback and coaching are an essential element of the overall experience, this helps the student to learn working with feedback, process it and develop based on it |
| Organization: | The course combines classroom training with field work to support the students to apply the studied theory to the business world. For the classroom training, latest methods for adult learning are used, i.e. short theory presentations, in-class exercises and role-plays. Furthermore, at many points of the course, students are encouraged to provide feedback, reflect on their experiences and use peer-coaching to support each other in their development, in line with David Kolb's experiential learning theory. |
| Language: | English |
| Lecturer: | SCHILLING Paul, MICHAUD Elodie Laura |
| Mandatory: | Yes |
| Rating: | ?Seminar paper 10%Short synthesis (max. 400 words) on what
was learned from the feedback received during field work ?Presentation 50%15-minute presentation in front of class, linking one of the theoretical concepts to experience in field work ?Other 10% Short pitch to apply for 4-week working experience in start-up 30% Participation in class/peer-coaching |
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| URL: https://wwwfr.uni.lu/formations/fdef/master_in_entrepreneurship_and_innovation/programme | Date: vendredi 23 juillet 2021 11:46:21 |