Overview

This unit will provide students with leadership and business skills critical for dietetic professionals looking to move into business or private practice. It will also explore health entrepreneurship and support students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset that incorporates creativity, innovation, diagnostic and critical abilities needed for work readiness in a changing world.

Requisites

Prerequisites

100 cp in MA-DIET - Master of Dietetics

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Winter
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
22-June-2026
02-August-2026
Last self-enrolment date
22-June-2026
Census date
07-July-2026
Last withdraw without fail date
14-July-2026
Results released date
18-August-2026

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  1. Evaluate and synthesise entrepreneurial approaches in the nutrition domain, demonstrating the ability to conceptualise and refine innovative business models.
  2. Develop a comprehensive business plan that reflects a nuanced understanding of business practices and market opportunities relevant to nutrition and dietetics.
  3. Interpret and apply contemporary legal, professional, and health insurance frameworks relevant to entrepreneurship in dietetics.
  4. Formulate strategies for client engagement and brand promotion within the context of a nutrition business, incorporating insights into consumer behaviour and strategic marketing principles.

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Activity Type Activity Total Hours Number of Weeks Hours Per Week
On-campus Workshop 24 2 weeks 12
On-campus Workshop 16 2 weeks 8
Specified Activities Various 40 2 weeks 20
Unspecified Activities Assessment Preparation 70 12 weeks 5.83
Total Hours: 150 Total Hours (per week): 45.83

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Business and Operational Plan Individual  30%  1,23,4
Portfolio Individual  30%  1,3,4
Presentation and Report Individual 40%  1,2,3,4 

Content

  • Management, organisational structures, behaviour and law and legislation
  • Business principles
  • Entrepreneurship and business in health including digital health
  • Codes of conduct and ethical practice
  • Self-marketing and job skills
  • Media utilisation
  • Graduate Attribute 1 (Communication 1 - Verbal Communication)
  • Graduate Attribute 2 (Communication 2 - Communicating using different media)
  • Graduate Attribute 3 (Teamwork 1 - Collaboration and negotiation)
  • Graduate Attribute 5 (Digital Literacies 1 - Information literacy)
  • Graduate Attribute 6 (Digital Literacies 2 - Technical literacy)

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.