Entrepreneurship and Opportunity
24 hours face to face + blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
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.
Requisites
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Understand and explain various forms of entrepreneurship and their application in Australian and global contexts
- Identify characteristics of ideas and opportunities and analyse strengths and weaknesses in the process of transforming an idea into an opportunity
- Explore characteristics, mindset and skills of entrepreneurs and reflect on how this can be applied in their own situation
- Work collaboratively to explore and interpret challenges of entrepreneurial ventures
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Online Lecture | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 9.50 | 12 weeks | 114 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Individual | 40 - 60% | 1,2,3 |
| Project | Group | 40 - 60% | 1,2,4 |
Content
- Investigate entrepreneurship as a concept and within a range of fields
- 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
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.