Opportunity Discovery, Creativity and Design

ENT60009 12.5 Credit Points Hawthorn

Duration

  • One Semester or equivalent

Contact hours

  • 36 hours

2020 teaching periods

Hawthorn

HB1  HE Block 1 HB3  HE Block 3

Dates:
10 Feb 20 - 22 Mar 20

Results:
5 May 20

Last self enrolment:
10 Feb 20

Census:
21 Feb 20

Last withdraw without fail:
6 Mar 20

Dates:
11 May 20 - 21 Jun 20

Results:
21 Jul 20

Last self enrolment:
11 May 20

Census:
22 May 20

Last withdraw without fail:
5 Jun 20
More teaching periods
HB5  HE Block 5 Higher Ed. Semester 1

Dates:
13 Jul 20 - 23 Aug 20

Results:
29 Sep 20

Last self enrolment:
13 Jul 20

Census:
24 Jul 20

Last withdraw without fail:
7 Aug 20

Dates:
2 Mar 20 - 31 May 20

Results:
7 Jul 20

Last self enrolment:
15 Mar 20

Census:
31 Mar 20

Last withdraw without fail:
17 Apr 20
Higher Ed. Semester 2 HT1  Term 1

Dates:
3 Aug 20 - 1 Nov 20

Results:
8 Dec 20

Last self enrolment:
16 Aug 20

Census:
31 Aug 20

Last withdraw without fail:
18 Sep 20

Dates:
2 Mar 20 - 19 Apr 20

Results:
19 May 20

Last self enrolment:
2 Mar 20

Census:
13 Mar 20

Last withdraw without fail:
27 Mar 20
HT3  Term 3 HT4  Term 4

Dates:
3 Aug 20 - 13 Sep 20

Results:
13 Oct 20

Last self enrolment:
3 Aug 20

Census:
14 Aug 20

Last withdraw without fail:
28 Aug 20

Dates:
21 Sep 20 - 1 Nov 20

Results:
8 Dec 20

Last self enrolment:
21 Sep 20

Census:
9 Oct 20

Last withdraw without fail:
16 Oct 20

Prerequisites

Anti-requisite
Completion of a unit that is very similar in content or the content overlaps with another unit.
 
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Aims and objectives

This unit provides the fundamental knowledge base and skills necessary for anyone wishing to study or work as an innovator and/or entrepreneur. The processes and evaluation techniques taught in this unit can be applied to entrepreneurship and innovation in any context: new businesses, existing businesses (small or large), not-for-profit, public service. The unit aims to critically reflect on real world innovations and entrepreneurial practice using key ideas, concepts, models, procedures, tools, methods and literature in the innovation and entrepreneurship disciplinary environment. Design and discovery principles are applied in order to discover and test product-market fit.
 
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

1. Apply coherent and advanced knowledge concepts, techniques and tools in regards to discovery and development of entrepreneurial opportunities
2. Apply the fundamentals of entrepreneurship to develop business skills and apply for customer development.
3. Critically analyse business models in startup development and develop skills in building business models
4. Demonstrate integrity, ethical conduct, accountability, respect and a developing awareness of professional practices and cultural norms in a global and sustainable context
5. Work collaboratively in groups analysing, presenting and applying a range of startup tools in order to discover and develop the opportunity
 

Courses with unit

This unit is a common core unit across all degrees in Swinburne’s Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship.