Introduction
To innovative, you need to be able to think differently. In this unit, you’ll learn about the thinking tools that entrepreneurs use the creative innovative products and build a thriving business around them. You’ll learn what it means to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset, how to tackle problems and make decisions with limited information and how to maintain a customer-centric focus throughout the lifecycle of a product or business. By the end of this unit, you will have learned some of the fundamental theories and thinking tools that entrepreneurs and innovators use every day, as well as learning about the characteristics that successful entrepreneurs and how to cultivate this mindset.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
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| Unit code | BAA539 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Business & Economics Tasmanian School of Business and Economics |
| Discipline | Management |
| Coordinator | |
| Level | Postgraduate |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
| LO1 | Explain and evaluate theories and practices of entrepreneurship and innovation. |
| LO2 | Identify and discuss the characteristics of an entrepreneur. |
| LO3 | Recognise and appraise the value of innovation and enterprise thinking in a range of professional contexts. |
Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
N/A
Co-requisites
N/A
Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
N/A
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Please see unit outline for details. |
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| Assessment | Group Presentation (25%), Workshop Assessments (30%), Report (45%). |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | Please see the unit outline for details. |
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