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.

Course content

Topics covered in this course include:

Topic 1: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Topic 2: Opportunity Recognition
Topic 3: Managing Innovation
Topic 4: Corporate Entrepreneurship
Topic 5: Initiating Entrepreneurial Ventures
Topic 6: The Entrepreneur & The Team
Topic 7: Entrepreneurial Finance Pt.1
Topic 8: Entrepreneurial Finance Pt.2
Topic 9: Strategic Entrepreneurial Growth
Topic 10: Social Entrepreneurship & The Global Environment

Textbook(s)

Spinelli, S, Adams, R 2016, New venture creation: entrepreneurship for the 21st century, 10th edn, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York, NY

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	30 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	30 hours equiv. x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION (INTENSIVE)
External	30 hours equiv. x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	30 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
Seminars 15 hours AND online 15 hours	30 hours equiv. 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 assessment, Group project, Report

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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Non-award enrolment
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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.