Methodological recommendations for writing the reports of the discipline "Fundamentals 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 «Fundamentals 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. These methodological recommendations are intended for the preparation and formatting of reports on the subject of «Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship» for students of all economic specialties at the first (bachelor's) level of all forms of education. The student selects the task options based on the last digit of his/her surname in the group journal. Students of all forms of education work on the report throughout the semester. The execution and formatting of the reports are carried out according to the general requirements for their preparation. Recommended literature, the Internet, etc., serve as sources of information for writing them. Students of all forms of education defend their reports during the examination week in the form of a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint. These guidelines do not replace textbooks on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship. For a more detailed study of the material special educational publications are recommended.