Course Syllabus

BUS162G
INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Number of ECTS credits: 6

Time and Place: Mondays, Fridays 13.30-15.00

Contact Details for Professor

Name of Professor: Munira Aminova
E-mail: Munira.aminova@vub.ac.be
Office hours: Mondays 11.30-12.30

CONTENT OVERVIEW

Syllabus Section

Course Prerequisites and Course Description

Course Learning Objectives
Overview Table: Link between MLO, CLO, Teaching Methods, Assignments and
Feedback
Main Course Material
Workload Calculation for this Course
Course Assessment: Assignments Overview and Grading Scale
Description of Assignments, Activities and Deadlines
Rubrics: Transparent Criteria for Assessment
Policies for Attendance, Later Work, Academic Honesty, Turnitin
Course Schedule – Overview Table
Detailed Session-by-Session Description of Course
Course Description
This course introduces students to the theory of entrepreneurship and its practical implementation.
It focuses on different stages related to the entrepreneurial process, including business model
innovation, monetization, small business management as well as strategies that improve
performance of new business ventures. Centered around a mixture of theoretical exploration as well
as case studies of real-world examples and guest lectures, students will develop an understanding of
successes, opportunities and risks of entrepreneurship. Students will also develop skills in written
business communication and oral presentations that allow students to integrate entrepreneurship
concepts and interact with business experts. This course has an interdisciplinary approach and is
therefore open to students from other Majors.

Course learning objectives:

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Explore and experience the joy of creating unique solutions to market opportunities

2. Create and exploit innovative business ideas and market opportunities

3. Turn market opportunities into a business plan

4. Build a mindset focusing on developing novel and unique approaches to market

opportunities

5. Demonstrate and present successful work, collaboration and division of tasks in a

multidisciplinary and multicultural team

6. Demonstrate understanding and application of the tools necessary to create

sustainable and viable businesses

In terms of skills
➢ Use appropriate referencing and bibliographic methods
➢ Demonstrate effective oral presentation skills
➢ Demonstrate effective and integrative team-work

In terms of attitudes, students should develop in this course:

➢ critical attitudes, which are necessary for “life-long learning”
➢ an attitude of open-mindedness and self-critical reflection with a view to self-
improvement
➢ sensibility towards the ethical dimensions of different aspects of the content of this
course
➢ an open attitude towards inter-cultural team-work

Teaching methods:

The teaching method is based on the presumption of a maximum level of independence of

thought and work. You will be divided into groups and remain within these groups in order to
develop a business idea. The course requires a high level of commitment, diligent and
continuous work, organizational skills and planning as well as profound dedication to your work
as an individual as well as member of your group. This means, you should display an attitude
of strong professionalism when it comes to sticking to agreed group deadlines, division of
labour and quality of work.

During the course, you will present ideas to both peers and experts from the community who
provide feedback and insight into what it takes start a successful business

It is a team-based and project-oriented course. It requires a high level of independence, time-

and information management as well as an impeccable level of professionalism and work
ethics. A mature approach to teamwork, efficient division of labour, adherence to clear time
lines and deadlines and the early resolution of potential conflicts between team members is
essential.

The teaching will be done using lectures, seminars/tutorials, powerpoint slides, guest lectures,
case studies and videos whenever available. Due to the highly practical nature of the course
the guest lecturing will prevail. The invited guest speaker in the course will be Ulrich Penzkofer.
Formerly, a VP Corporate Finance at Hypo-Vereinsbank New York, Director Mergers and
Acquisitions at Siemens AG, CEO and Regional Head EMEA of Siemens IT, CEO Siemens IT
BeLux, CEO of NRB Group Belgium and Owner and Founder of UJP Consulting Sprl. Marc
Van Gastel and Michel de Kemetter will also do a lecture each during the semester.

Main Course Materials (please note that you can find the readings for each week and
session in the Course Schedule section below):

Every successful entrepreneur is an avid reader. Immersing oneself in material of all kinds
broadens your perspective and helps you see patterns that others might miss (Zacharakis,
20011).

The course material consists of powerpoint presentations, lecture notes and readings from the
textbook. Powerpoint presentations will be made available after the respective classes have
taken place. A week-by-week overview of the course readings can be found in the section
below.

The syllabus, powerpoint presentations and important messages will be uploaded to the
Vesalius portal ‘Pointcarré’. Students are expected to visit this site regularly to keep abreast of
course evolutions.

Course material marked as ‘suggested readings’ and ‘additional sources’ is helpful for research
and to gain an increased understanding, but is not mandatory. This material can be found
online or will be made available upon individual request.

Textbook:
Bygrave, W., & Zacharakis, A. (2017) Entrepreneurship, 4th Edition (3rd Edition is ok too) Wiley.

Recommended References books:

Eric, Reis (2017) The Startup Way: How Entrepreneurial Management Transforms Culture and
Drives Growth

Active Learning and Intensive ‘Reading around the Subject’: Additional Sources,
Recommended Journals and Websites:

Learning should be an active and self-motivated experience. Students who passively listen to
lectures, copy someone else’s notes, and limit their readings to required chapters are unlikely
to develop their critical thinking and expand their personal knowledge system. At the exam,
these students often fail to demonstrate a critical approach. Students are strongly
recommended to have an updated understanding of developments related to this course and
related to their wider Major. Active and engaged learning will turn out to be enriching to the
overall course and class discussions. Students are invited to deepen their understanding of
both theoretical and current issues from a variety of sources. Please find a list of suggestions
compassing the entire course below. You are encouraged to read and browse in the leading
journals of your discipline.

Journals Relevant for this Course:

The Journal of Entrepreneurship – Sage publications
The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation – Sage publications
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal - Wiley Online Library
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business – InterScience

Websites of Interest:

http://www.nolo.com for standard legal forms, such as NDAs, contracts, etc.

http://www.offices2share.com for some shared office space
http://www.fdncenter.org/ for a search database of grants and foundations
http://www.iprint.com for cheap printing of business cards and letterheads

If you want to be an Entrepreneur, you should read about them! Magazines:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/ http://www.redherring.com/
http://www.entrepreneur.com http://www.inc.com/
http://www.fastcompany.com/ http://www.wired.com/
http://www.garage.com/resources/index.shtml http://www.forbes.com/

Really Great Website with All Kinds of Links to Other Entrepreneurship Websites:
http://www.entrepreneurship.org/

Work Load Calculation for this Course:

This course is not heavy lecture based course. Instead the course hours will be used to guide
students in the establishment of their final business plan.

Each day another aspect of developing a business is discussed. Students are offered adequate
time to work on including the new knowledge into their business plan. However, they will have
to show time management skills in order to end up with a satisfactory end-product. Feedback
will be given regularly during the course.

You are expected to spend roughly 10 hours per week on this course. This includes 3 hours
of lectures or seminars per week and 7 hours ‘out of class’ time spent on preparatory readings,
studying time for exams as well as time spent on preparing your assignments, and group
project.
Course Assessment: Assignments Overview

Your grade will be based on the following assignments:

Mid-term exam 20%
Final presentation of the business plan – 20%
Business plan 40%
Final exam 20%
Group work – is not graded separately but a failure to cooperate within a group can lead to
reduction in individual grade in final presentation and business plan. You will need to submit
with your business plan peer evaluation form for group work; feedback on team dynamics
and minutes of your meetings (including time, duration, who was present, what things were
discussed).

Description of course assessment

Mid-Term Exam (written): Mid-term exam will test you on the chapters that were covered
before the mid-term (Ch. 1-8). 20% of the mid-term will be multiple choice questions, 40%
short answer and 40% long answer questions. The exam will test how well you understood
the knowledge from the classes, core book, and the cases.

The presentation
You will present your business plan in front of a jury. There you will pitch your business idea
and lay out in as much your ideas are ready for the market. You will be evaluated on clear
defined guidelines (see grading rubric presentation).
Due date: Week 12: 20th and 23rd of April during class time.
Deliverable: In class presentation of the hard copy of the PowerPoint slides (please print 2-3
slides per page)
Articulating your business concept is critical. First impressions matter and many potential
investors or other stakeholders may never read your plan. You will have 10 minutes to pitch
your plan followed by some Q&A.

Final business plan (40%)

You will be evaluated on the basis of defined rubrics on how to make a business plan.

The business plan should be externally focused. Externally focused plans target goals that are
important to external stakeholders, particularly financial stakeholders. They typically have
detailed information about the organization, the strategy and the organization’s goals.

The business plan is written in order to provide the most important information to external
shareholders. It should be a convincing, well-written and well-researched document using
feasible assumptions in order to predict future flows.

It needs to contain the following:

- Cover page
- Table of contents
- A description of the business
 - The market analysis (SWOT analysis, industry background, competitor analysis,
market analysis) based on primary and secondary resources
- The strategical plan
- The financial plan
- Conclusions
- If needed, the necessary attachments
- (Include the documents requested for your group work too as an attachment)

Written plan due date is week 12: On Monday 30th of April you need to submit it during the
class through turninit and bring the hard copy to the lecture. Turnitin will no longer accept
papers after 13.30 on the 30th of April.
Please submit one hard copy and one copy through turnitin. The access code is given above.
Deliverable: 15-17 pages (including financials and appendices)
Teams will work together over the term to write a business plan. The team goal is to produce
a final plan and presentation that you would be proud to present to an angel, a venture
capitalist, a banker, or private investor (or Mom and Dad ☺).

Group work

One of the main emphasis lies on group work. During group work you will :

Design an effective division of labour

Actively comment on each other’s ideas and work progress
Act as a cohesive learning and studying group

Sometimes, even the most well-meaning group members might run into troubles, particularly
in more stressful times. Group members are required to refer all major disputes to the course
instructor – this is not a case of “grassing up on your peers”, but a must for the fair and smooth
running of your semester’s work.

In order to ensure that group work and each individual contribution are fairly assessed, the
course facilitator will organize at least two 360 Degree Team evaluation sessions, through
which each group member has to evaluate him/herself and evaluate the other group members.
The 360 Degree evaluation is described below:

360 Degree Evaluation – Group Contributions

In order to ensure that each student does his/her best in terms of contributing to the group
effort, there will be a 360 evaluation session on two occasions (at the beginning and end of the
course). As part of this evaluation, you are required to assess yourself and the members of
your group on the following aspects:

Pro-active Contribution to the Group (including contribution to the end product)

Fair burden-sharing of work-load
Display of leadership
Reliability (punctuality, adherence to deadlines, attendance etc)
Personal Growth / Improvement in Tackling Weaknesses

The group evaluations will be used by the course facilitator as “moderation tools” that will
contribute to the final grade of the group assignment. An unsatisfactory evaluation may result
in the student’s group grade being discounted (i.e., ‘O points’)
The Importance of Group Work and Individual Contributions to the Group’s Success

Even though individual assessments and individual skill training is also part of the course, the
core emphasis lies on group work. The purpose of the group is:

to pool expertise in order to come up with a end of term proposal

to design an effective division of labour of work under the leadership of a team leader
(this person can be elected for the entirety of the course or installed on a rotating
basis)
to actively comment on each other’s ideas and work progress
to act as a cohesive learning and studying group

The Student Groups are encouraged to keep minutes of their meetings and manage their tasks
effectively with an effective division of labour and an effective inter-group communication
process.

The evaluation categories range from ‘individual contributions to the group, leadership,
punctuality, diligence to the division of labour etc.

Two unsatisfactory group evaluations (counter-checked by the facilitator) will lead to a

reduction of grade points for all group-related assignments. This also means that if it is clear
that a group member has insufficiently1 contributed to the business plan and presentation the
student might get disqualified from receiving a grade for this aspect of the course (resulting in
an ‘F’ for all group-related assignments).

The final decision on a “classification” of a student’s group contribution rests with the course
facilitator, who will take into consideration the results of the group evaluation.

Grading Scale of Vesalius College

Vesalius College grading policy follows the American system of letter grades, which
correspond to a point scale from 0 – 100. All assignments (including exams) are be graded on
the scale of 0-100. To comply with the Flemish Educational norms, professors can on request
also provide the conversion of the grade on the Flemish scale of 0-20. The conversion table
below outlines the grade equivalents.

Letter grade Scale of 100 Scale of 20

A 85-100 Scale)
(VeCo Grading 17.0-20.0
A- 81-84 16.1-16.9
B+ 77-80 (Flemish System)
15.3-16.0
B 73-76 14.5-15.2
B- 69-72 13.7-14.4
C+ 66-68 13.1-13.6
C 62-65 12.3-13.0
C- 58-61 11.5-12.2
D+ 54-57 10.7-11.4
D 50-53 10.0-10.6
F 0-49 0-9.9

1
I.e. receiving “below average/poor” on average.
Description of Activities, Grading Criteria and Deadlines:

The nature of this course does not lend itself to objective questions; there is no "right" or
"wrong" answer per se. However, there are different levels of quality. Just as a venture
capitalist ranks the attractiveness of proposals, I will rank your work against that of your peers
and assign an appropriate grade.

Vesalius College Attendance Policy

As the College is committed to providing students with high-quality classes and ample
opportunity for teacher-student interaction, it is imperative that students regularly attend class.

Participation in class meetings is mandatory, except in case of a medical emergency (e.g.

sickness). Students will need to provide evidence for missing class (doctor’s note). If evidence
is provided, the missed class is considered as an excused class. If no evidence is provided
immediately before or after the class, the missed class is counted as an absence.

Additional Course Policies

There is a penalty for the late submission without a valid reason. The late paper is deducted -
20% each day in this course.

Academic Honesty Statement

Academic dishonesty is NOT tolerated in this course.
Academic honesty is not only an ethical issue but also the foundation of scholarship. Cheating
and plagiarism are therefore serious breaches of academic integrity.
Following the College policy, cheating and plagiarism cases will be communicated in writing to
the Associate Dean and submitted to the Student Conduct Committee for disciplinary action.
If you refer to someone else’s work, appropriate references and citations must be provided.
Grammar, spelling and punctuation count, so use the tools necessary to correct before handing
in assignments.
Please consult the Section “Avoiding Plagiarism” in the College Catalogue for further guidance.

Turnitin
All written assignments that graded and count for more than 10% towards the final course
grade need to be submitted via the anti-plagiarism software Turnitin.

For this course the Class ID: 17231697

The Enrolment key is: BUS162G
 Course Schedule

26 Jan Objectives:

A. Examine the overarching context and

background to innovation studies.
B. Identify the link between changes and
opportunities for launching new products.
C. Examine the current and future trends that will
be shaping our society and thus business.

Mode: Lecture and workshop

Lecturer/facilitator: Prof Aminova

29 Jan Entrepreneur and the Objectives:

process
A. Examine the critical factors for starting a new
enterprise.
B. Learn how to evaluate opportunities for new
businesses
C. Determine resources needs and acquire
resources
D. Evaluate Forms of financing
E. Determine ingredients for a successful
business

Extra activity
F. Students present within 2 minutes 1 slide with
few business ideas to find teams that fit their
interests

Facilitator: Ulrich Penzkofer and Munira Aminova

2 Feb Objectives:
G. Examine the link between problems,
resolutions and opportunities
H. Develop an understanding of how to identify
the problems, test hypotheses about those
problems, and build a unique solution that
addresses the opportunity.
I. Learn how to recognize an opportunity,
identify gaps in the market and learn how to
exploit this market opportunity.
J. Design Thinking: how to address the gap in
the market?

Mode: Workshop (with introductory input on method)

Lecturer/facilitator: Marc Van Gastel

Format: Mindmap/ Design Thinking

 Extra activity

H. Students present within 2 minutes 1 slide with

few business ideas to find teams that fit their
interests

Facilitator: Munira Aminova

5 Feb Idea vs opportunity Objectives:

A. Finalizing the ideas and forming teams

B. Start working and brainstorming in the teams
C. Starting collaboration and figuring out the
team roles

D. Forming teams based on business

interests/name game/the ice breaker

Facilitator: Munira Aminova/Ulrich Penzkofer

9th Feb 9th of February at 13.30 we gather in the classroom

and go to the business incubator located:

ICAB nv | Site Arsenaal

Witte Patersstraat 4 | 1040 Brussel
+32 2 737 67 11 | icab@icab-brussel.be | www.icab-
brussel.be
RPR Brussel | 0876.709.853

The objective of the visit is to learn how business

incubators work; what services they provide to future
entrepreneurs and startups.

12 Feb Building financial Objectives:

statements A. Cash Flow
B. Balance sheet
C. Profit and loss statement
D. Group discussion of the businesses

Facilitator Ulrich Penzkofer

16 Feb Objectives:

A. Visit one of the main entrepreneur pitches

B. Participate in voting for pitches and choosing
the winner
C. Observe and participate in real life
entrepreneurs presenting their ideas for
finding funding and partners.
D. Networking
 Facilitator: Munira Aminova

Location: There are two options for this visit one in

Antwerpen one in Brussels. The exact details will be
communicated to you separately.

Date is subject to change

19 Feb Objectives:
A. Generate multiple ideas
B. Intensive brainstorming on the several initial
ideas generated.
C. Conduct secondary research in order to get a
background
D. (if necessary, draft a survey (primary
research))
E. Select the most attractive idea to develop
further in detail.
F. Upload and make available to all lecturers
idea selection and related ideas

Mode: Team exercise

Lecturer/facilitator: Ulrich Penzkofer

Format: Team mind map

Readings:
Chapter 4 Prototyping your ideas

Bryman, A. (2016). Sampling in Quantitative

Research, in Bryman, A. (ed.). Social Research
Methods, 5th edition. Oxford University Press.

23 Feb Objectives:
A. Identify the target market
B. identify a unique selling proposition
C. conduct an analysis of the competitive
environment
D. build a SWOT analysis
E. Use Porter’s 5 forces model to identify
competitive market threats
F. develop your strategic thinking
G. ensure that the idea is tailored to resolve a
gap in the competitive market.

Mode: Teams discuss their research findings.

Each team presents to the whole group.

Lecturer/facilitator: Munira Aminova

Format: Team work/ Discussion

 Valentin, E.K. (2001). SWOT Analysis from a
resource-based view, Journal of Marketing Theory
and Practice, 9(2), P.54-70.

26 Feb Effective teamwork in Objectives:

complex and evolving A. Develop a viable and feasible approach to
contexts market your idea based on the SWOT
analysis and the 5 forces, in combination with
primary/secondary data.
B. Brainstorm on how to reach the target
audience

Mode: Creative brainstorming/ sketch-storming

Lecturer/facilitator: Munira Aminova

Format: Workshop

2 Mar Business planning Objectives:

process
A. Identify the structure of the business plan
B. Financial planning: cash flow, Profit and loss
statement; Balance sheet

Facilitator: Munira Aminova/Ulrich Penzkofer

Chapter 7: The business planning process

5 Mar Mid-term exam Chapter 1 – 7

12 Mar Entprepreneurial Objectives:

marketing
A. To identify what tools to be used to market
goods and services
B. Organization
C. Sales approach
D. Mid-term revision

Facilitator: Munira Aminova

Chapter 6: Entprepreneurial marketing

16 Mar Extrapreneurship Objectives of the class is to introduce students with:

A. Futurology – innovation and value creation for
the future
B. Extrapreneurship
C. Shifting economy

Facilitator: Guest speaker Michel De Kemmeter

Website: http://extrapreneurs.org
19 Mar Objectives:

A. Learn how to use the business canvas tool to

focus on the main building blocks of an
innovative project, as well as aligning
activities and illustrating potential trade- offs.
B. Based on the business canvas, develop a
more comprehensive business plan,
incorporating a first financial draft.
C. Learn about the role of Business Angels,
Venture Capital, Private Equity and non-
equity based financing.

Mode: Scenario-based financing

Lecturer/facilitator: Munira Aminova

Format: Lecture / Workshop

23 Mar Project/Business Plan Objectives:

Workshop: Clarification of ● Outline assessment criteria for the Pitch and
assessment requirements for the Business Plan
and criteria ● Students can ask questions and seek
clarification

Mode: Lecture/ Q&A

Lecturer/facilitator: Munira Aminova

26 Mar Objectives:

A. Develop a business model around the core

idea.
B. Identify several avenues to monetization
depending on the particular characteristics of
business idea.
C. Use the data and the scenarios developed
before to come up with a strategy

Mode: Lecture/Workshop

Lecturer/facilitator: Munira Aminova

30 Mar Business Canvas Objectives:

A. Build a Business Canvas that brings together
the most important resources and
relationships
B. Identify the major challenges and
opportunities the business Canvas conveys.
Mode: Short introduction/ Working Session
 Lecturer/facilitator: Munira Aminova

Format:

Location:

Readings:
Alexander Osterwalder.
http://nonlinearthinking.typepad.com/nonlinear_thinki
ng/2008/07/the-business-model-canvas.html

1-14 Apr No classes

16 Apr Intellectual property and Objectives:

legal aspects A. To understand the Intellectual property rights
when operating a business
B. To identify legal and taxation aspects of the
business

Facilitator: Munira Aminova/possibility to involve IPR

for SMEs EU project (TBC)

20 Apr Scenario and Business Objectives:

Planning continued A. To develop feasible and believable scenarios
for the future
B. To develop targets against whom to
benchmark your future performance

Presenter: Munira Aminova

Format: Working with project groups

Readings:
Shoemaker, P.J.H. (1991). When and how to use
scenario planning: a heuristic approach with
illustration, Journal of Forecasting, 10, pp. 549-564.

Project Presentation: Objectives:

Interim progress update
A. To gather extensive feedback on the work
done
B. To get feedback on their minipitch
C. To seek solutions for problems that might
have popped up

Facilitator: Munira Aminova

16 Apr Working day (location Objectives:
optional)
A. As a result of, and based on, all the previous
activities, teams draft a Business Plan and
Prepare their pitch.

Mode: Group work

Lecturer/facilitator: Munira Aminova

Format: Teamwork

20 Apr Objectives:

A. Each team presents their idea and business

model in front of the jury of entrepreneurs.

Mode: Presentation

Lecturer/facilitator: Munira Aminova

Format: Pitch 10 minutes

Jury: (Marc van Gastel, Ulrich Penzkofer, Michel De

Kemetter, Frederik Tibau)

23 Apr Feedback to Project Objectives:

Teams by Jury of
entrepreneurs/ academics A. Jury of entrepreneurs/ academics provides
feedback on the pitch and business plan
progress.

Mode: feedback session

Lecturer/facilitator: Munira Aminova

Format: both written and oral

Jury: (Marc van Gastel, Ulrich Penzkofer, Michel De

Kemetter, Frederik Tibau)

27 Apr Business Plan adjustment Objectives:

and finalization
A. Teams use feedback from panel of
entrepreneurs to fine tune the business plan.

Facilitator: Munira Aminova

30 Apr Final Submission of Objectives:
Business Plan A. How to grow your company beyond the
startup

Facilitator: Munira Aminova

4 May Course Evaluation/Tips Objectives:

for exam preparation
Mode: Questionnaire and verbal feedback/discussion

Lecturer/facilitator: Munira Aminova/Ulrich Penzkofer

 RUBRIC
Business plan
Student Name:
Excellent Good Fair Weak

The business plan is structured the

right way and the layout and
language are professional

Students have gathered additional

data via surveys, finding relevant
data, and academic sources

The business plan and the

assumptions are reasonable and
realistic

The business plan is persuasive

and brings unique insights

The business plan is marketable

and performance milestones are
included

The business plan develops a

financially sound business model,
taking into account the different
risks and scenarios. It shows a
critical analysis of the risk and
rewards.

The business plan is well

structured, clearly presented and
incorporates all the relevant
information. Correct use of
spelling and references.

The students worked together well

as a group and clearly indicated
the division of the tasks and
responsibilities
 RUBRIC
FINAL ORAL PRESENTATION

NAME OF PRESENTER: ___________________________________

PRESENTATION TOPIC: ___________________________________

The purpose of this assessment is to provide you with feedback about both the
content and style of your presentation. The scale used goes from 1 = poor, to 5 =
excellent.

Content: total: 30 points

Level of Sophistication of Analysis 1 2 3 4 5 (x2)

Use of data/research outcomes/evidence 1 2 3 4 5 (x2)

Coherence of argument: 1 2 3 4 5 (x2)

Presentation skills: total 55 points

Clarity and volume of voice: 1 2 3 4 5 (x2)

Speed of delivery: 1 2 3 4 5

Time keeping: 1 2 3 4 5

Ability to speak freely: 1 2 3 4 5

Ability to keep audience engaged 1 2 3 4 5 (x2)

“Presence” / Mimics / Gestures 1 2 3 4 5

Ability to convince 1 2 3 4 5 (x3)

Visual aids: total 15 points

Use of visual aids 1 2 3 4 5

Overall quality of Layout of Powerpoints 1 2 3 4 5

(x2)
 Peer Evaluation Form for Group Work

Your name:
Name of Evaluated Peer:

Please evaluate your peer using a numerical scale for each criteria. The scale used goes from 1 = poor, to 5 = excellent. (1 = poor; 2 = below average 3 =
average 4 = good 5= very good). Please indicate in the comment box your reasoning for awarding the score and any additional information per criteria you
would like to share.

Evaluation Criteria Scores Comments / Justification of Score / Suggestions for Improvement

Attendance of group meetings (attends

regularly and arrives on time)

Meaningful and productive

contributions to group discussions.

Sticking to agreed deadlines in all stages

of the work process. (x2)

Preparation of work in a quality manner.

Cooperative and supportive attitude.

Pro-active and constructive leadership

Volunteering for extra tasks and work

Contributes significantly to the success

of the project (x2)

TOTAL (add scores)

Feedback on team dynamics:

1. How effectively did your group work?

2. Were the behaviours of any of your team members particularly valuable or detrimental to the team? Explain.

3. Any recommendations for improving the working of the group:

4 What did you learn about working in a group from this project that you will carry into your next group experience?
 LINK BETWEEN MAJOR OBJECTIVES, COURSE OBJECTIVES, TEACHING METHODS, ASSIGNMENTS AND FEEDBACK
(BA Business Studies)
Major Learning Objectives Course Learning objectives Methods used to Methods (and Type, Timing and
addressing the Major Objectives Teach Course numbers/types of Instances of
(testable learning objectives) Objectives assignments) used Feedback given to
to test these Student
learning objectives
 Lectures Business plan On-going weekly
The bachelor has a broad knowledge of the different functional fields
Demonstrate understanding and  Seminar
of business management. S/he is able to apply this knowledge in the group presentation; Immediate oral
application of the tools necessary to  Tutorials
analysis of business-oriented problems and is able to propose group paper feedback after
create sustainable and viable  Videos
solution to specific business problems. presentations
businesses  Case studies Mid-term exam
 Guest lecturers Oral and written
feedback within 2
The bachelor has an open and academic attitude characterized by
weeks of the mid-term
accuracy, critical reflection and academic curiosity.
exam

Demonstrate and present successful  Group work

The bachelor is able to work in a multi-cultural team. Business plan On-going weekly
work, collaboration and division of tasks  Lectures
in a multidisciplinary and multicultural  Case studies Group work
team  Tutorials

Demonstrate effective oral presentation  Lectures

The bachelor is able to communicate clearly, fluently and accurately; Business plan: Immediate oral
skills  Seminars/tutoria
as well in a written report as in an oral presentation. presentations feedback after
ls presentations
Turn market opportunities into a  Videos
business plan  Case studies Group feedback after
the deadline