Methodological recommendations for delivering practical classes of the discipline "Basics of entrepreneurship"

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is an independent, proactive activity at one’s own risk based on the formation of an innovative entrepreneurial (business) idea. Entrepreneurial activity includes production, trade, financial and consulting spheres. Therefore, the growing interest in the organization and conduct of business activities in Ukraine necessitates the training of specialists with appropriate qualifications. The discipline «Basics of Entrepreneurship» studies the theoretical and practical foundations of economics and the organization of entrepreneurial activity, the mechanism of establishing a business idea, the formation and distribution of income, pricing, interest, assessment and risk management. The study of this discipline is directly based on such disciplines as: Economic theory, Micro- and Macroeconomics. In these methodological instructions, the main practical tasks that are used in the course «Basics of Entrepreneurship» are considered. Each section is devoted to a separate topic of the course. All sections are structured in the same way: first, the necessary theoretical information is presented, then the progress of problem solving is considered in detail, at the end of each section, homework options are given.These guidelines do not replace textbooks on the basics of entrepreneurship. The theoretical foundations are presented in a concise form. Information is provided that is directly necessary for only solving problems. Some topics contain special assessment tasks with individual options for numbers listed in group journal. For a more detailed study of the material special educational publications are recommended.