BUS435
Preview: BUS435 : Management and Growth in Entrepreneurship
Course Guide
Prerequisites
Course Description
Instructional Materials
This course explores the management growth aspects of an entrepreneurial business, focusing on
the nature and challenges of entrepreneurial businesses as they move beyond startup. The primary
focus of the course will be managing and building an organization capable of growth and ensuring
the organization can sustain growth as the market and competitive environment changes. Key topics
include managing with limited resources, identifying key people and establishing processes,
creating organization culture, stabilizing cash and other financial resources, and establishing vision a
to drive the organization.
Required Resources
Eric G. Flamholtz. 2016. Growing Pains: Building Sustainably Successful Organizations. BUS435
John Wiley & Sons Inc 5th edition textbook available at https://www.strayerbookstore.com
Microsoft. No date. Infographics. https://templates.office.com/en-us/infographics?page=2
Canva. No date. Pexels. https://www.pexels.com/
Supplemental Resources
Risto Siilasmaa. 2019. Entrepreneurial Leadership. https://search-ebscohost-
com.libdatab.strayer.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=135200034&site=ehost-
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Course Learning Outcomes
Weekly Course Schedule
Week 1 - To Do List
Learn: Read Chapter from 1 Growing
Pains:
Building
Sustainably
Successful
Organizations.
Learn: Watch this week's videos.
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Lori Nemeth. 2020. Developing in Leaders Small Business: A Niche Market for OD Practitioners.
https://search-ebscohost-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=a9h&AN=144487642&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Fangwei Zhu. 2020. Influence of Entrepreneurs’ Personality and Personal Characteristics on New
Venture Performance: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis . https://search-ebscohost-
com.libdatab.strayer.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=147400793&site=ehost-
live&scope=site
