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Entrepreneurship
Postgraduate | ACU-BUSN607 | 2019
Course information for 2019 intake
View information for 2020 course intakeDive into the world of opportunity, creation and growth. Learn what it takes to create a start-up. Gain skills to conceptualise, innovate, strategise, finance and manage. Consider the ethics in forming a sustainable business.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Entrepreneurship
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Examine and apply the theory and context of entrepreneurship and the managerial, operational, strategic, and structural requirements for new business launch
- Assess and analyse innovation opportunities
- Analyse ethical issues in entrepreneurial decision making from concept to stewardship and return on investment
- Communicate solutions to entrepreneurial problems in professional context both in written format and verbally
- Critically evaluate the capital raising models and approaches used when investors evaluate new businesses as targets for investment
- Apply the knowledge of strategy, stakeholders, marketing, innovation and design to formulate sustainable business models for new businesses
- Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurs, and value creation
- Entrepreneurial ecosystems
- Start-up Strategy: Managing innovation
- Business Planning
- Operations and Risk Management
- Managing Growth and Uncertainty
- Intrapreneurship, Social Ventures and Ethics
- Succession Harvesting and Exists
- Emerging Trends in Entrepreneurship
- Business model design
- Ideation
- Entrepreneurial leadership
- Entrepreneurial marketing
This subject provides an in depth study of the theory and context on Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship. It will explore several dimensions surrounding business opportunity creation and growth, in corporate and start-up environments, underpinned by the questions, concerns and decisions made by entrepreneurs. The dimensions explored will cover conceptualisation, innovation, strategy, operations, financing, management, marketing and ethics in forming sustainable businesses that generate wealth for both individuals and society.
This subject intends to develop your knowledge of entrepreneurial processes in different organisational and industry settings. The major aim of this subject is to advance your knowledge of managing the complex process of launching a start-up and its innovative value proposition in different industries and how to analyse and suggest solutions to complex problems in entrepreneurial processes.
- Video Presentation (50%)
- Report (50%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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