Bachelor of Management Studies (B.M.S.) Entrepreneurship Management Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the TY BMS syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27, examined under form 2225161. The University still sets the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it — forms 2M00155 and 2M00156, whose documents are below — so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Entrepreneurship Management
Module I: Foundations of Entrepreneurship Development
- Foundations of Entrepreneurship Development: Concept and Need of Entrepreneurship Development Definition of Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Importance and significance of growth of entrepreneurial activities Characteristics and qualities of entrepreneur
- External Influences on Entrepreneurship Development: Socio- Cultural, Political, Economical, Personal. Role of Entrepreneurial culture in Entrepreneurship Development
Module II: Types & Classification Of Entrepreneurs
- Entrepreneur and Intrapreneur –Concept and Development of Entrepreneurship
- Women Entrepreneur – concept, development and problems faced by Women Entrepreneurs, Development of Women Entrepreneurs with reference to Self Help Group
- Social entrepreneurship–concept, development of Social entrepreneurship in India.
- Entrepreneurial development Program (EDP)– concept, factor influencing EDP. Options available to Entrepreneurs. (Ancillarisation, BPO, Franchise, M&A etc)
Module III: Entrepreneur Project Development & Business Plan
- Innovation, Invention, Creativity, Business Idea, Opportunities through change.
- Idea generation– Sources-Development of product /idea,
- Environmental scanning and SWOT analysis
- Creating Entrepreneurial Venture-Entrepreneurship Development Cycle
- Business Planning Process-The business plan as an Entrepreneurial tool, scope and value of Business plan.
- Elements of Business Plan, Objectives, Market and Feasibility Analysis, Marketing, Finance, Organization & Management, Ownership, Critical Risk Contingencies of the proposal, Scheduling and milestones.
Module IV: Venture Development
- Steps involved in starting of Venture
- Institutional support to an Entrepreneur
- Venture funding, requirements of Capital (Fixed and working) Sources of finance, problem of Venture set-up and prospects
- Marketing: Methods, Channel of Marketing, Marketing Institutions and Assistance.
- New trends in entrepreneurship
Reference Books
- 1 Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Development Management - Vasant Desai, Himalaya Publishing House.
- 2 Entrepreneurial Development - S.S. Khanna
- 3 Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management - CL Bansal, Haranand Publication
- 4 Entrepreneurial Development in India - Sami Uddin, Mittal Publication
- 5 Entrepreneur Vs Entrepreneurship- Human Diagno
- 6 Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process & Practice – Donald F. Kuratko, Cengage
- 7 Entrepreneurship Development – S. S. Khanka, S. Chand
- 8 The Practice of Entrepreneurship – Howard H. Frederick, Wiley
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for Bachelor of Management Studies (B.M.S.) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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