Psychology of entrepreneurship

Course: Psychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Psychology of entrepreneurship
Code
ВБ.3.04
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
LO4. To make a psychological prognosis for the development of personality, groups, organizations. LO5. To develop programs of psychological interventions (training, psychotherapy, counseling, etc.), implement them in individual and group work, evaluate their quality.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Students shall know the basic concepts of social psychology, organizational psychology, labor psychology and management psychology, regularities of communication and interaction; mechanisms of socio-psychological influence. 2. They shall be able to operate the conceptual-categorical apparatus of social psychology, organizational psychology, to recognize and qualify certain socio-psychological processes and phenomena in the organization, to possess elementary skills of business communication, psychological expertise of organizational and group processes. 3. They shall have the skills of theoretical analysis, planning and implementation of socio-psychological research, communication skills for the presentation of own intelligence, discussions and group work.
Course content
The course purpose is providing with the necessary knowledge about the psychological nature of entrepreneurial activity and the psychological characteristics of an entrepreneur as a subject of this activity, acquiring practical skills and abilities in assessing the entrepreneurial potential of an individual and psychological support of entrepreneurial activity. The structure of the discipline includes 3 content modules. The first is devoted to the study of the general principles of entrepreneurial activity and the psychological characteristics of an entrepreneur. The second one is to get acquainted with the psychological components of strategic management of business activities (goal setting, analysis and forecasting, planning, change management and control). The third module introduces the communicative basis of entrepreneurial activity (external and internal communications, marketing communications, business communication and networking).
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Butko M., Nezhyvenko A., Pepa T. Ekonomichna psykholohiia. Tsentr navchalnoi literatury, 2017. 232 s. [in Ukrainian]. 2. Lozhkin Heorhii, Komarovska Vira. Ekonomichna psykholohiia. Profesional VD, 2008. 464 s. [in Ukrainian]. 3. Osnovy pidpryiemnytstva: Pidruchnyk / pid zah. red. N.V. Valinkevych. Zhytomyr : ZhDTU, 2019. 492 s. [in Ukrainian]. 4. Pachkovskyi Yu.F. Psykholohiia pidpryiemnytstva : navch. posib. K. : Karavela, 2006. 408 s. [in Ukrainian]. 5. Shvab L. I. Osnovy pidpryiemnytstva: navch. posibnyk. K.: Karavela, 2006. 344 s. [in Ukrainian]. 6. Baum J. Robert, Frese Michael, Baron Robert. The Psychology of Entrepreneurship. Psychology Press, 2012. 432 Pages. 7. The Psychology of Entrepreneurship. Edited by Michael M. Gielnik, Melissa S. Cardon, Michael Frese. Routledge, 2020. 410 pages.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment methods: recitations (speeches at the seminar, participation in discussions and debates, additional remarks), modular control tests, analytical independent work, creative independent work. Form of final control - exam. Organization of evaluation: Assessment is carried out during the semester for all types of work. The maximum number of points for work during the semester is 100. Evaluation during the study period (minimum 36 / maximum 60). A student is not admitted to the exam if he scored less than 36 points during the semester. The maximum number of points that a student can score on the exam is 40 points, the minimum is 24 points. Rating scale: 90-100: Excellent 75-89: Good 60-74: Satisfactory 0-59: Fail
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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