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Unit Summary
Anti-requisites
Unit aim
Deals with the realities confronting entrepreneurial decision making in a contemporary context and introduces students to core entrepreneurship concepts - students assess how to harness the creative potential of complex dynamics in a systemic approach that creates, grows and amplifies value throughout the system. The unit explores business strategy and entrepreneurship and provides a framework for understanding relevant theory and its application.
Unit content
Topic 1: The Development of Entrepreneurship
Topic 2: Creativity and Innovation
Topic 3: Contemporary Entrepreneurship Practices
Topic 4: Entrepreneurial Leadership and Management Skills
Topic 5: Entrepreneurial Planning and Growth
Topic 6: Building a Team and Leading a Growing Company
Topic 7: E-commerce and the Entrepreneur
Topic 8: Identifying Opportunities for New Ventures
Topic 9: Screening Opportunities and Potential Markets
Topic 10: Accessing Resources for New Ventures
Topic 11: Financing New Ventures
Topic 12: Global Aspects of Entrepreneurship
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Demonstrate an understanding of core theoretical frameworks that underpin the field of entrepreneurship. |
| 2 | Evaluate and critique proposed entrepreneurial endeavours through an examination of their theoretical and market foundations. |
| 3 | Explain innovation and critique the innovativeness of proposed entrepreneurial endeavours and activities. |
| 4 | Assess the integration of entrepreneurial endeavours with a firm's stated strategic imperative. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of core theoretical frameworks that underpin the field of entrepreneurship.
- Evaluate and critique proposed entrepreneurial endeavours through an examination of their theoretical and market foundations.
- Explain innovation and critique the innovativeness of proposed entrepreneurial endeavours and activities.
- Assess the integration of entrepreneurial endeavours with a firm's stated strategic imperative.
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.