Overview

This unit aids students to examine the entrepreneurial process and the context in which it can be applied, including how entrepreneurs create new businesses. By analysing key traits, skills and mindsets of various entrepreneurs within the private, public and non-for-profit sectors students will develop skills to identify and evaluate business opportunities and propose strategies for future development.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Pathways Teaching 3
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
21-October-2024
31-January-2025
Last self-enrolment date
03-November-2024
Census date
15-November-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-December-2024
Results released date
11-February-2025
Pathways Teaching 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
24-February-2025
30-May-2025
Last self-enrolment date
09-March-2025
Census date
21-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
02-May-2025
Results released date
10-June-2025
Pathways Teaching 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
23-June-2025
26-September-2025
Last self-enrolment date
06-July-2025
Census date
18-July-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
15-August-2025
Results released date
07-October-2025
Pathways Teaching 3
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
20-October-2025
30-January-2026
Last self-enrolment date
02-November-2025
Census date
14-November-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
12-December-2025
Results released date
10-February-2026

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Explain entrepreneurship and how it contributes to the Australian and global economies
  • Investigate and analyse ideas, opportunities and case studies
  • Evaluate ideas and propose strategies for converting these into business opportunities
  • Identify and apply the characteristics of an entrepreneurial mindset

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online Contact (Synchronous Lectures) 1.00  12 weeks  12
Face to Face Contact (Tutorial) 2.00  12 weeks  24
Face to Face Contact (Laboratory) 2.00  12 weeks  24
Unspecified Learning Activities (Independent Learning) 7.50  12 weeks  90
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PresentationGroup 25% 1,2,3,4 
ProjectGroup 35% 2,3,4 
ReportIndividual 40% 1,3,4 

Content

  • The concept of entrepreneurship
  • Examples of entrepreneurship
  • Types of entrepreneurial ventures
  • Entrepreneurial orientation, skills and mindset
  • Fostering individual and organizational entrepreneurial potential
  • Assessing and developing entrepreneurial opportunities
  • Entrepreneurship and decision making

Study resources

Reading materials

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