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BEX5411 - Creativity and entrepreneurship

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Coordinator(s)

Dr Peter O'Neill

Offered

Clayton

Second semester 2016

Synopsis

We now live in an age where entrepreneurs are key to developing the next generation of innovative game-changing companies and driving commercial value. The business landscape over the coming decades will embrace and require innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship with the survival contingent on the business leaders of tomorrow. This unit brings together the principles required to succeed in a competitive innovation-led world while building a solid foundation of application for commercial exploration of new ideas.
In this unit, with an understanding of the entrepreneurial mindset, students will embark upon a journey of creating innovative business ideas and positioning them for market. A real world project will project will provide students with a step-by-step systematic road-map approach to hone their business skills and consolidated learning for crisp execution of a business venture.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are:

to gain an understanding of creativity and sources of innovation
to develop an understanding of intellectual property
to gain an understanding of Venture funding
development and demonstration of entrepreneurial mindset
development and demonstration of entrepreneurial creativity
development and delivery of business case
development and demonstration of pitching competency.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires an average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Peter O'Neill

Prerequisites

Students must have completed 48 credit points.