Postgraduate - UnitMKX5123 - Entrepreneurial innovation

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Marketing
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Evening)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Terry Grant

Synopsis

This unit is designed for entrepreneurial aspirants. It will help build skills to develop business plans for new ventures. The unit will emphasise an entrepreneurial planning process. Topics covered include: the entrepreneurial process, opportunity screening, team building, the entrepreneurial mind, financing innovation and entrepreneurship, shaping an entrepreneurial strategy, and developing and presenting the entrepreneurial business plan.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

critically analyse the elements of innovation underlying new ventures and market offerings in competitive environments
demonstrate skills in recognising and exploiting (evaluation and documentation) profitable and durable market opportunities
explain and evaluate the 'value' component of funding innovation
apply the principles of value creation in analysing market ventures along all relevant stages of evolution (i.e. startup, growth, maturity, exit).

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Margaret Matanda

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prerequisites

Must be enrolled in course 2276 or 4431 or 0105, and must have completed at least 12 credit points of study