Agri Resource Management

Learn who an entrepreneur is, the major entrepreneurial traits, and why entrepreneurs matter in economic and social development.

Understand entrepreneurship as a process of opportunity recognition, enterprise creation, and capability development.

Learn how entrepreneurs are classified by business type, technology use, motivation, growth pattern, and development stage.

Understand how entrepreneurs and professional managers differ in ownership, risk, vision, and operational responsibility.

Understand the main stages of the entrepreneurial process, the role of organizational structure, and common barriers to entrepreneurship.

Learn how organizations become receptive to innovation through entrepreneurial policies, practices, and performance measurement.

Understand the major internal and external sources from which entrepreneurial opportunities emerge.

Learn the main steps of marketing research and how entrepreneurs use market information before launching or expanding a business.

Understand the immediate business forces that directly affect an enterprise, including customers, suppliers, competitors, and intermediaries.

Learn the broad economic, demographic, socio-cultural, technological, and policy forces that shape entrepreneurial opportunity.

Understand how infrastructure, institutions, local conditions, and social context influence entrepreneurship development.

Learn how technical feasibility and marketing feasibility are evaluated before launching a new venture.

Learn how entrepreneurs assess financial feasibility using time value of money and major investment selection criteria.

Understand the non-technical and non-financial dimensions of venture feasibility, including organizational support, social fit, and commercial practicality.

Learn the main entry options for entrepreneurship and the advantages, risks, and evaluation points associated with each.

Understand business strategy, its levels, and the distinction between long-term direction and short-term operational focus.

Understand the main forms of business organization and how entrepreneurs choose among them.

Understand the major sources of business finance and the forms of financial assistance available to small and growing enterprises.

Learn the concept, purpose, and practical role of venture capital in financing high-potential enterprises.

Understand how financial institutions support enterprise creation, growth, modernization, and long-term development.

Understand how consultancy and support organizations help entrepreneurs with planning, technology, organization, and market linkage.

Understand the role of capital markets and the major instruments through which enterprises raise long-term funds.

Learn the meaning of accounting, the role of book-keeping, and the basic structure of single-entry and double-entry systems.

Understand the foundational concepts and conventions that guide accounting practice in business.

Understand the main limitations of accounting information and why entrepreneurs also need managerial judgment beyond formal records.

Understand how agricultural policy shapes productivity, diversification, investment, sustainability, and agribusiness opportunity.

Learn how market regulation, grading, infrastructure, and government support systems influence agricultural enterprise development.

Understand the basic principles of taxation and the main tax categories relevant to entrepreneurial activity.

Learn the major steps involved in selecting a location and establishing a small-scale enterprise.

Lecture notes covering Entrepreneurship Development. Course Code: ARM 402 | Credits: 2(1+1).