Entrepreneurship is a buzzword of the new century, but not everyone is a born entrepreneur. Yet innovation and entrepreneurship also take place within companies (“Intrapreneurship”) with the engagement and dedication of open-minded entrepreneurial employees and teams. Well-known examples include the Sony Playstation or Google´s Gmail, and many more. The content of the course covers a clarification of the intrapreneurship concept, outlines its opportunities for companies and employees, and introduces different practical tools. It brings learners from different companies, countries and cultures together to discuss changes and challenges, and work on intrapreneurial ideas.

The course is open and free for everyone and will be conducted completely online. As intrapreneurship can only function when management creates the right environment and employees follow the entrepreneurial spirit, the course addresses all business actors. External learners such as students, people between jobs, or just interested in the topic are highly welcome as well. Participants are invited to bring in their own ideas and develop a pitch strategy for a business opportunity in online collaborating teams.

What will you learn about in this MOOC? After finishing this course you should be able to:

• understand the concept of intrapreneurship
  
• be familiarized with numerous examples of entrepreneurial organizations and intrapreneurship projects
  
• assess identified opportunities at work, develop your perception of business opportunities at work and convert problems or challenges into opportunities,
  
• identify stakeholders, target groups and sponsors of intrapreneurial projects,
  
• enhance understanding and ability to form coalitions around new business ideas,
  
• develop and deliver a pitch to various audiences, including the board of directors
  

How to learn?
Learn by reading, watching videos, answering multiple choice questions, participating in discussions and doing group work (presentation of an intrapreneurial pitch in weeks 5 and 6). You can gain the most out of this learning experience if you actively participate in the discussions of each week and carry out the group work during the weeks 5 and 6. You can receive a different kind of credential depending on how much time and effort you will invest, see information below. The expert of each week and the e-convenor/e-moderator of the MOOC will support you through your learning experience and answer any questions you might have about the contents or about the learning process.

How much time do you need?
The course starts on 26th of February 2018 and runs over a period of 6 weeks (4 weeks of content and 2 additional weeks of practical transfer of the content learned). Approximately 5 hours of work per week. It is designed to allow flexibility and has the possibility to do more or less, depending on your time availability and topic preferences and interests.

What kind of credential can you get?

• Certificate of participation: Work through of at least 50% of the materials, quizes, resources and discussions of the first 4 weeks.
  
• Certificate of completion with a fast track record of achievement: Fulfill the requirements for the certificate of participation and pass a multiple choice test at the end of week 4.
  
• Certificate of completion with a full track record of achievement: Fulfill the requirements of the fast track plus actively participate in a group to produce the business idea pitch in week 5 and complete the peer review process in week 6.
• Premium certificate of completion with a full track record of achievement: A 2 ECTS-upgrade to your certificate of completion with a full track record of achievement is provided in case you pass an additional on-site exam in Graz, Potsdam or Cracow. This process is currently under preparation.

Detailed Course Schedule

• Course start: Monday, 26.02.2018

• End of Fast Track: Monday, 26.03.2018 (Deadline Final Exam: 02.04.2018)

• Start "The Pitch": Wednesday, 21.03.2018

• "The Pitch" deadlines:

• Submission: Monday, 09.04.2018

• Peer Evaluation: Monday, 16.04.2018

• Results: Monday, 23.04.2018 (Full track certificates will be released within the following week)

• On-site exam: tbd

• We invite all of you, to join our (virtual) MOOC Party at the end of the course. Friday, May 4th 14:00 (CEST) (tbc). Bring your own food and drinks.

No Fees!
Participation at the MOOC and all types of credentials are for free. No fees will be charged at any part of this course.

Anything else?
The main course language is English.

Credits

Videos:
Visual design: Skillbest GmbH - http://www.skillbest.com
Recording: Skillbest GmbH - http://www.skillbest.com, tele-TASK - https://www.tele-task.de/

Course visual:
HPI / K. Herschelmann

Music:
"Chill House Music Loop 116 bpm" by Alexander Blu is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Author: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderBluMusic/
Source: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/chill-house-music-loop-116-bpm/
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This course is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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