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Unit of Study BUSN3003 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2022)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Enrolment information

    Students will be expected to have completed and passed introductory units in business and/or tourism including accounting, marketing and management from School of Business and Tourism or similar units from other discipline areas or institutions

Unit description

Introduces students to the concepts of entrepreneurship, the new venture creation process, and the entrepreneurial environment. To provide students with an understanding of the entrepreneurs and their entrepreneurial behaviour, several entrepreneurship theories and their applications will also be examined and discussed.

Unit content

Module 1: Entrepreneurship & Creativity

Module 2: Strategically Growing the Business

Module 3: Funding the Firm: Capital & Finance

Module 4: Developing a Lean Business Plan

Module 5: Legal and IP Challenges

Module 6: Intrapreneurship

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
China - TUST N/A
Session2,3
Gold Coast
Term3,5
Term3,5
Melbourne N/A
Term3,5
Online
Term3,5
Term3,5
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby N/A
Session2,3
Term3
Perth N/A
Term3,5
Sydney N/A
Term3,5

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

apply concepts on innovation and creativity

discuss contemporary entrepreneurship issues

compile a new venture business plan.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Frederick, H, O’Connor, A & Kuratko, DF , 2019, Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process and Practice, 5th edn, Cengage Learning, Australia. ISBN: 9780170411752.

Prescribed Texts
  • The following Open Education Resource (OER) can be found at https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/493:: Swanson, L, 2017, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toolkit, Open Textbook Library, Minneapolis, USA..

Prescribed Texts
  • The following Open Education Resource (OER) can be found at https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/493:: Swanson, L, 2017, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toolkit, Open Textbook Library, Minneapolis, USA..

Prescribed Texts
  • The following Open Education Resource (OER) can be found at https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/493:: Swanson, L, 2017, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toolkit, Open Textbook Library, Minneapolis, USA..

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.