Overall objectives:

1 - Identify and understand the types of business structures and the fundamentals of the entrepreneurial process;
2 - Characterize the entrepreneur;
3 - Assess the importance of the entrepreneurial environment;
4 - Characterize the entrepreneurial activity in the tourism sector;
5 - Understand the entrepreneurial and innovation process;
6 - Encourage the student to seek, identify and evaluate business opportunities;
7 - Create conditions so that the student can create his own job by presenting a business idea and developing the business plan.

Syllabus:

1 - Fundamental concepts about business organization;
2 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship;
3 - Entrepreneurial Activity and Process;
4 - Entrepreneurial thinking: from idea to business;
5 - Evaluation of opportunities and digital platforms;
6 - Entrepreneurship in Portugal and in the Tourism sector;
7 - Entrepreneurship and innovation;
8 - Business plan.

Literature/Sources:

Carvalho, J. E. , 2014 , Gestão de Empresas - Princípios Fundamentais (3.ª ed.) , Edições Sílabo: Lisboa
Costa, H. , 2910 , Criação & Gestão de Micro-Empresas & Pequenos Negócios , Lidel: Lisboa
Ferreira, M., Serra, F., Santos, J. , 2010 , Ser Empreendedor - Pensar, Criar e Moldar a nova Empresa , Edições Sílabo: Lisboa
IAPMEI , 2016 , Manual do Empreendedor 2016 , Lisboa: APMEI- Agência para a competitividade e Inovação
I.P. Osterwalder, A. and Pigneur, Y. , 2010 , Business Model Canvas , John Wiley and Sons: New Jersey
Sarkar, S. , 2014 , Empreendedorismo e Inovação , Escolar Editora: Lisboa
Duarte, C. & Esperança, J. P , 2014 , Empreendedorismo e Planeamento Financeiro , Edições Sílabo: Lisboa
Sotiriadis, M. , 2018 , The Emerald Handbook of Entrepreneurship in Tourism, Travel and Hospitality: Skills for Successful Ventures , Emerald Publishing Limited: UK

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
In accordance with the expected for the Professional Higher Technical Courses. Teaching resources: Exposition of the syllabus through material prepared by the teacher and the exploration and analysis of different practical cases, relating them to the business reality.