Managing New Ventures
Course Level Postgraduate
Area/Catalogue
BUSS 6007
Course Level
Postgraduate
Offered Externally
No
Course ID
101592
Unit Value
9
University-wide elective course
No
Course owner
International Graduate School Of Business
Course aim
To explore the theories used and the latest developments in the field of entrepreneurship and apply them in analysing and critiquing a case situation.
Course content
Entrepreneurial leaders and their environments; conceptual foundations of entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial characteristics and the entrepreneurial process; creativity, innovation and opportunity recognition; mobilising resources and writing business plans; financing entrepreneurial ventures; managing rapid growth; harvesting a business; corporate entrepreneurship.
Textbook(s)
Naumes W & Naumes, M 2006, The Art and Craft of Case Writing, 2nd, M.E. Sharpe, New York.
Leenders, M, Mauffette-Leenders, L & Erskine, J 2001, Writing Cases, 4th, Richard Ivey, London, Ontario.
Prerequisite(s)
| Common to all relevant programs | |
|---|---|
| Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
| BUSS 6009 | Qualitative Research and Case Studies |
Corequisite(s)
Nil
Teaching method
| Component | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
| Seminar | 8 hours x 3 sessions | ||
| INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - HONG KONG | |||
| Seminar | 8 hours x 3 sessions | ||
| INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - SINGAPORE | |||
| Seminar | 8 hours x 3 sessions | ||
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Assessment
Group assignment, Individual Case development, Individual Project
Fees
EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Course Coordinators
Dr Tatiana Zalan
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