Overall objectives:

1 - Knowing how to develop business ideas;
2 - Know how to create a company / business, namely to provide services to the elderly;
3 - Develop entrepreneurial capacity, innovation and creativity
4 - Knowing how to enter the job market: Curriculum Vitae, cover letter / motivation and interview.
5 - Know the fundamental principles associated with organizational management.

Syllabus:

1 - Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial spirit;
1.1 - Importance of the entrepreneurial spirit in the world;
1.2 - Globalization, entrepreneurship and competitiveness
1.3 - Public policies to encourage entrepreneurship;
2 - Criativity and innovation;
2.1 - Definitions and concepts;
2.2 - Creativity and innovation in the national and regional business context;
2.3 - Barriers and challenges in entrepreneurship;
3 - Undertaking in the area of support service for individual and community aging;
4 - Financial incentives to support entrepreneurship;
4.1 - Financing needs;
4.2 - Conventional forms of support;
4.3 - Financing aimed at entrepreneurship;
5 - Curriculum vitae, cover letter / motivation and interview;
6 - Concepts and principles of organizational management.

Literature/Sources:

Ferreira, M., Serra, F., Santos, J. , 2010 , Ser Empreendedor: pensar, criar e moldar a nova empresa, 2.ª ed. , Lisboa: Edições Sílabo
IAPMEI-IP , 2016 , Guia Prático do Empreendedor , Lisboa: APMEI-IP
Sarkar, S. , 2014 , Empreendedorismo e Inovação , Lisboa: Escolar Editora
Comissão das Comunidades Europeias , 2003 , Livro Verde Espírito Empresarial na Europa , Bruxelas: União Europeia
Parreira, P. M. et al. , 2015 , Representações sociais doempreendedorismo: o papel da formação na aquisição de competências empreendedoras , s/ed.
Rodrigues, S. , 2008 , Manual Técnico do Formando: ?Empreendedorismo? , Lisboa: Associação Nacional de Jovens Empresários e EduWeb

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
The aim is to acquire and apply the knowledge foreseen in the objectives and syllabus contents. Assessment Methodology: Classification Type: Quantitative (0-20) Assessment according to Model B of the UMa Student Learning Assessment Regulation, namely in normal season. The approval of the curricular unit implies approval in all components (minimum 9.5). There is possibility of recovery in resource/improvement season for all components. The final classification is expressed on a scale of 0 to 20 values and is the teacher's responsibility.