Entrepreneurship and Opportunity
Duration
- One Semester or equivalentThis unit will be delivered on-line in Semester 2 2020.
Contact hours
- 36 Hours
2020 teaching periods
Hawthorn
| Higher Ed. Semester 2 | ||
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: |
Prerequisites
Nil
Corequisites
Nil
Alternative Tertiary Entry Program: Students who have passed ENT00001 are exempted from taking this unit and must select another unit in its place with advice from a Course Advice Specialist.
Aims and objectives
This unit will introduce students to entrepreneurship and develop an entrepreneurial mindset and explore opportunities. The unit examines the entrepreneurial process and the contexts in which it can be applied, including startups, corporations (intrapreneurship) and the social sector. Key objectives are to introduce students to entrepreneurship by putting their knowledge into practice, through activities and assessments that require them to think like an entrepreneur.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1 Understand and explain various forms of entrepreneurship and their application in Australian and global contexts.
2 Identify characteristics of ideas and opportunities and analyse strengths and weaknesses in the process of transforming an idea into an opportunity.
3 Explore characteristics, mindset and skills of entrepreneurs and reflect on how this can be applied in their own situation.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Blended Mode:
Face to Face Workshops (12 x 2 hours), Online (12 x 1 hour)
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period.
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research)
To be successful, students should:
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
1. Portfolio of Tasks (Individual) 40 – 60%
2. Project (Group) 40 – 60%
2. Project (Group) 40 – 60%
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
• Problem solving skills
• Analysis skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Challenges of different types of entrepreneurial ventures in Australian and global contexts
• What defines an entrepreneur: entrepreneurial orientation, skills and mindset
• Reflect on application of entrepreneurial orientation in your own situation
• Diversity of entrepreneurs, the importance of self-awareness, self-awareness tools and techniques
• What is an opportunity? Sources of ideas and opportunities, and how an idea becomes an opportunity
• Techniques and tools for evaluating and developing entrepreneurial opportunities
• Apply techniques to existing and own ideas and present decisions based on opportunity evaluation
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.