AGRC 401 — Entrepreneurial Skills
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Definition of micro enterprise, Classification of micro enterprise. Importance and role of micro enterprise in the socio-economic development of a country. Entrepreneurship and rural livelihoods. Entrepreneurial Characteristics of successful Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship development process; opportunity recognition, information search, resource mobilisation, choice of enterprise size/location, launching of enterprises. Principles of innovation. Business Plan Development and implementation. Product selection and development. Enterprise development opportunities in Ghana; development of micro enterprises in storage/warehousing, transportation, value-added processing, packaging and labelling, sales and distribution, advertising, financing, manufacturing of tools and equipment, processing services, etc; industrial profiles of major agricultural commodities. Business defined; forms of business - proprietorship, partnership, co-operative societies, companies (Corporations); basic management principles: communication/public speaking; time management; Wining and maintaining customers; source of business finance; financial management tools.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- AGEC 400 — Research Project
- AGEC 406 — Managerial and Business Economics
- AGEC 410 — Agrifood Business and Agroprocessing
- AGEC 411 — Agricultural Marketing & Price Analysis
- AGEC 413 — Agribusiness Management
- AGEC 415 — Quantitative Methods & Operations Research
- AGEC 417 — Management Accounting
- AGEC 418 — Fundamentals of Business Planning & Policy
- AGEC 419 — Market Research and Analysis
- AGEX 411 — Theoretical Foundations of Innovation in Development Work
- AGEX 412 — Management of Development Organisations
- AGEX 413 — Rural Livelihoods and Food Security
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).