Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Course aim

This course provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge of entrepreneurship and innovation, and explores their impact on organisational management and leadership, business strategy, and business conduct.
The course provides existing and nascent entrepreneurs with a framework for thinking about the driving forces that underpin innovative and growth oriented entrepreneurial businesses, including application to newly formed ventures, existing small to medium size growth-oriented ventures, and entrepreneurial ventures within larger corporations.
Students completing the course develop a body of knowledge that

• Contributes to a comprehensive and integrated application of principles of entrepreneurship and innovation to recent developments in the field of senior organisational management and leadership in international business environments.
• Provides a pathway for further learning.

Course content

Topics covered in this course include:

• Opportunity recognition and evaluation
• Business model analysis
• Writing business plans
• Mobilising resources
• Managing growth
• Managing innovation
• Entrepreneurial valuation and harvest
• Corporate entrepreneurship

Textbook(s)

Spinelli, S, Adams, R & Timmons, JA 2011, New venture creation: entrepreneurship for the 21st century, 9th edn, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York, NY

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 11 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion)	3 hours equiv. x 11 weeks
EXTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HOPKINS TRAINING AND EDUCATION GROUP, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion)	3 hours equiv. x 11 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOM, MANDARIN
Seminar	8 hours x 3 days
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, SOUTHWEST JIATONG UNIVERSITY, MANDARIN
Seminar	8 hours x 3 days
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	33 hours x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous activities, Examination, Group Business Plan, Group report, Individual assignment, Individual Case Write ups

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.