Cradle Coast
This unit starts 27/09/2021 and ends 24/10/2021
Introduction
In this unit you will explore aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship that can grow your business through the creation of new opportunities. You will investigate disruptive and incremental innovations that may contribute to the development of increased efficiencies in production processes or, assist you to respond to changing customer trends as a market-driven practitioner. In addition, you will reflect on personal and interpersonal skills in the context of entrepreneurial attributes. You will explore how to develop new opportunities through creative and design-led approaches, and to protect and capitalise on the intellectual property that you generate. Case studies are used to examine innovative production, packaging, processing, and marketing methods.
This unit will introduce you to:
1. The different types of innovation; incremental, radical, disruptive, open and closed.
2. The different approaches to innovation; design-thinking, market-pull, technology-push, process intensive and customised.
3. Ideas sources and ideation techniques.
4. Concept selection- which need and potential innovation do you pick.
5. The Stage-Gate model of innovation.
6. Entrepreneurial pathways, process, and types.
7. Protection of innovative ideas, products, and processes.
In conjunction with the discipline theory, this unit fosters learning through practice and its application to specific business settings. The content of this unit and other units undertaken in this course will support the development of a personal and business portfolio.
Summary 2021
| Unit name | Agribusiness Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
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| Unit code | KLA507 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture |
| Discipline | Agriculture and Food Systems |
| Coordinator | Alison Hall |
| Available as student elective? | No |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
1 | Identify a problem or opportunity within an agricultural or horticultural business utilising automation and/or available data |
2 | Evaluate the potential effectiveness of an innovation or entrepreneurial idea through the development of a series of internal/external personas. |
3 | Plan an innovation or entrepreneurial idea to increase the value and/or profitability of an agricultural or horticultural business. |
4 | Develop a strategy to protect an innovative and entrepreneurial idea using an appropriate process or legal instrument. |
Fees
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Online delivery |
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| Assessment | AT1 - 2500 word Assignment (50%) AT2 - 1600 word Assignment (30%) AT3 - 1200 word Assignment (20%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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