BBA 304: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Objective: To familiarize the budding entrepreneurs with the competencies and qualities of successful entrepreneurs and to help learners understand various issues involved in setting up a private enterprise and develop required entrepreneurial skills in economic development.
UNIT-I 
Entrepreneurship- Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Definition, Characteristics, Need, Theories, Difference between entrepreneur and self employed person- entrepreneur and manager, Intrapreneur, Intrapreneurship, Socio-Economic role of Entrepreneurship; Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development Entrepreneurial Motivation: Entrepreneurial Motivation, Internal and External factors affecting motivation, Relation of Entrepreneurial Motivation and Entrepreneurial Behaviour Entrepreneurial Competencies: Essential competencies of entrepreneur; Entrepreneurial Development Programmes: EDP’s, relevance and achievements; Role of Government in organizing EDP’s, Critical Evaluation; Project Identification and Project Plan: Considerations in Product/Project Selection, Market Survey, Project Classification, Writing a Project Plan/Proposal; Project Appraisal and Documentation: Project Appraisal Criteria, Various formalities for Project Appraisal and clearance for availing financial support; 
UNIT-II 
Small Business: Small Business as a Seed Bed of Entrepreneurship: Evolution and development of Small Business, SSI, concept, definition, characteristics, classification, advantages and problems; Role of Small Business in the national economy;
The Start-Up Process: Procedure for setting up a small scale unit; Planning, Implementation, Initial Strategic Planning, Management Process in Small Business: Product and Marketing Scope, Legal and Tax consideration, Risk analysis and financial considerations. Profit Planning; National Policies for small business development: Governmental and Non-Governmental policies and assistance in setting up SSI, Institutional support to small entrepreneurs from NSIC, SIDO and TCOs for entrepreneurship development in India