• UNIT 1- Basic social entrepreneurial skills

    Unit 1 prepares the participants for being an entrepreneur. That includes an introduction to both soft skills and other skills that are more or less a prerequisite for being successful as an entrepreneur, more specifically, it will be about basic social entrepreneurial skills. This kind of skills will be identified and explained to learners. From the beginning, trainees should be aware of the triple character of a social enterprise of the cultural sector, namely, it’s social character, its position as an enterprise and its position in the field of culture/cultural heritage.

    Included in this unit is knowledge – hard skills – on (social) entrepreneurship in general, but the development of soft skills, especially leadership skills, is also part of the course and especially the exercises.

    Learning outcomes

    Knowledge

    • Main social issues for entrepreneurs; main adversities to face.

    • Importance of positive incentives to entrepreneurship

    • Motivation-Hygiene theory by Herzberg

    • Theory of decision making. Democratic decision-making

    • Human relations

    • Conflict management

    • Creativity

    Skills

    • Recognizing business opportunities

    • turning social problems to business opportunities

    • Raising creativity

    • Decision making skills

    • Communication skills

    • Conflict management skills

    • Speaking in public

    Competences

    • Team-working

    • Setting individual, team and business targets

    • Increased creativity, increased involvement in business activities

    • Individual and collective responsibility


Methodology and trainers guide for the identification of competencesUNIT 2- Business idea through cultural heritage