Overordnede kursusmål
The course aims to prepare students to deal with and manage the
human side of building a new technology venture. The course will
help students develop skills to cope with the dynamic, complex and
ever-changing environment of a rapidly growing new technology
venture.
The students will learn how to create and manage a mission-driven
startup culture and identity how to prepare that culture for growth
including how to make a transition to an expanding political
culture. The students will address issues related to: the
introduction of organizational structure with formalized systems
and processes; supporting this transition with a hiring strategy
and building and sustaining a collaborative culture. Furthermore,
the course provide opportunities for students to explore different
talent acquisition and relationship management strategies to
support the new venture missions.
Finally, the course introduces students to the most common reasons
for failure in early and late stage technology ventures and prepare
them to identify and manage the constant risk.
Læringsmål
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
- Identify the unique values and behaviors that represent a
particular mission, vision etc.
- Develop mechanisms to communicate and reinforce shared values
and behaviors over time
- Understand the importance of delegation and building trust
within the team
- Identify skills/competence gap and implications for
organizational growth
- Create and implement hiring and compensation strategies to
support start-up development and growth
- Explain the importance of good relations among diverse
stakeholder groups in the start-up ecosystem
- Identify the most significant factors leading to start-up
failure
- Design an adaptable organization structure suitable for rapid
adjustment and pivoting
- Recognize the need for transparency in building relationships
for growth
Kursusindhold
Leadership and culture.
Create and manage a mission-driven new venture culture and
identity.
How to assemble, motivate and lead a team when you have big
ambitions, limited resources and a compass instead of a map.
How to distribute responsibility among the co-founding team.
How to prepare a culture for growth.
Hiring Strategies
Change in hiring profile as venture grows.
Talent Acquisition. Hiring globally. Setting up cross boarder
teams.
Relationship Management
Managing investors.
When to establish a board of Directors. Managing the individuals.
Profile of board and how it changes with growth.
Organizational Design.
When and how to make the transition from a mission-driven new
venture to a more formalized company structure, build on systems
and processes.
Communication
Methods of communication and how it changes with growth.
New Venture Failure.
The most common reasons for failure in early and late stage
ventures.
How to mitigate and handle the constant risk of failure.
How to both avoid and embrace failure. Failure as a way of
learning. Failure as a catalyst for pivoting the business.
Litteraturhenvisninger
A sample
Edge C. (2018) Hiring and Human Resources. In: Build, Run, and Sell
Your Apple Consulting Practice. Apress, Berkeley, CA
Gans J., E. Scott & Stern, S. (May –June 2018) Strategy for
Start-up. Harvard Business Review
Gomes O. (2007) Investment in Organizational Capital. Manage.
Decis. Econ. 28: 107–113
Khan, M.S., Breitenecker, R.J. and Schwarz, E.J. (2015), “Adding
fuel to the fire: need for achievement diversity and relationship
conflict in entrepreneurial teams”, Management Decision, Vol. 53 No.
1, pp. 75-99..
Mattsson, J., Helmersson, H., & Standing, C. (2019). The role
of relationships in start-up development. Journal of Strategic
Marketing, 27(7), 559-582.
Sidst opdateret
19. april, 2021
