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Unit of Study MNG00737 - The Entrepreneurial Endeavour (2014)

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Unit description

Students form virtual teams to create and present a detailed business plan that supports, fully justifies and has the potential to secure finance for an entrepreneurial endeavour.

Unit content

The unit is a workshop unit in which students are required to work in a virtual team environment. The work of teams will be moderated on a weekly basis by the appointed academic through on-line meetings. The process will be supported through 4 reading modules:

Module1: Establishing and managing virtual teams
Module 2: Strategic Entrepreneurship
Module 3: Developing the entrepreneurial plan
Module 4: Presenting professional business plans

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Location Domestic International
New Zealand - MIT Session 2 Session 2
Online Session 2 Session 2

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate an ability to work in a team environment with participants who are both physically and virtually engaged
2 apply relevant theory from entrepreneurship and associated fields to the establishment of a new venture
3 demonstrate a thorough understanding of the entrepreneurial process, the complex interaction between firms and their environment and the commercial imperative
4 create a detailed plan and presentation supporting the establishment of an entrepreneurial venture that has the potential to be commercially successful in selected Asia-Pacific countries.

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

  1. demonstrate an ability to work in a team environment with participants who are both physically and virtually engaged
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  2. apply relevant theory from entrepreneurship and associated fields to the establishment of a new venture
    • GA4:
  3. demonstrate a thorough understanding of the entrepreneurial process, the complex interaction between firms and their environment and the commercial imperative
    • GA4:
  4. create a detailed plan and presentation supporting the establishment of an entrepreneurial venture that has the potential to be commercially successful in selected Asia-Pacific countries.
    • GA6:
    • GA7:

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