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Introduction

Entrepreneurship is a way of looking at business that is focused on opportunities, creativity and innovation, these concepts will be explored in this unit. You will have the opportunity to explore a passion for doing the things that are important to you whether related to business or not. Entrepreneurship is about challenge and persistence. It is about the development of an enterprising mindset, from which you can create your own opportunities. In this unit you will be required to participate in activities that conceive, create, and capture value as well as having your efforts critiqued by those engaged with the unit.

Summary 2021

Unit name Innovation and Enterprise
Unit code BAA513
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School College of Business & Economics
Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline Management
Level Postgraduate
Available as student elective? Yes
Breadth Unit? No

Availability

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Learning Outcomes

ILO1Explain theories, concepts and processes relating to entrepreneurship and innovation.
ILO2Critically evaluate and contrast entrepreneurial approaches to innovation to design an optimal solution for a given context.
ILO3Communicate a case for innovation persuasively to potential internal and external project stakeholders.

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Requisites

Prerequisites

Admitted to K6T

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

BAA211

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

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Assessment

Activity Journal (20%), Problem Pitch (20%), Lean Business Plan (20%), Investor Pitch (40%).

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Textbooks

Required

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