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Methodology of enterpreneurship teaching in tertiary education – experiences of the Faculty of Economics …• administrative rules and law involving the simplification of procedures associatedwith setting up enterprises, as well as ensuring transparency of <strong>entrepreneurial</strong>activity.The effects of <strong>entrepreneurial</strong> activities and entrepreneurship as a socio-economicphenomenon are shown in the figure as the "fruit". In their discussions, the studentspay attention to, i.a., the results in the form of:• increase of the society's wealth,• improvement of the situation in the labour market associated with employmentgrowth,• development of the innovativeness of companies and their growth,• market development,• acceleration of entrepreneurship.A key element of the practice class is the implementation of a group project. Withthe introduction of Entrepreneurship in the curriculum of the postgraduate Master'sstudies, it was decided to abandon the student work on the project of one's own businessventure. The main reason was the avoidance of repetition. The project class involvingthe preparation of a business plan and marketing plan for selected enterprisesis a component of other courses in the curriculum of the graduate and postgraduatestudies in Management.The group project consists of the implementation (using the methodology of projectmanagement and teamwork) of a real project or product. In the course of the project,students may i.a.:• demonstrate their ability to work in groups, plan, organize or manage projects,• use their skills and contacts to establish relationships with the business environment,• acquire problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to act in accordance withthe procedures being in force in a given organization,• present the theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquired during the Entrepreneurshipcourse.The group working on the project (depending on the semester, 23 to 30 individuals)selects the subject of the task and a formula for its implementation. It then clarifies indetail the substantive scope, builds organizational structure (division into task forces,including the selection of the management group coordinating all the other groups, thechoice of the leaders of task groups, task allocation along with a description of responsibilityfor individual actions), as well as draws up a schedule. The project takes thelast 5 weeks of the respective semester. The topics of the project tasks selected so farby the students include:• "Entrepreneurship is a woman",• "Entrepreneurship can be learnt",• "Generation Y entrepreneurship", or30

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