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MGMT13151 Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Start-ups
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Start-ups
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General Information

Overview

This unit offers a critical exploration of the evolving landscape of entrepreneurship, innovation, and start-up development. It focuses on the strategic and contextual factors that shape new start-up creation, guiding you to assess the economic and societal impacts of innovation, analyse key drivers of start-up success across industries, and evaluate the viability and scalability of start-up ventures. You will explore the core stages of the entrepreneurial process, including opportunity identification, feasibility analysis, business modelling, funding, and growth planning. The unit places particular emphasis on how creativity, innovation, and digital transformation are reshaping start-up business models and market dynamics. Through real-world case studies and practical activities, you will strengthen your ability to manage uncertainty, assess entrepreneurial risk, and design start-ups that are innovative, sustainable, and competitive.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 3
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Completion of 48 credit points in first year of study.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 1 - 2026

Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

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Class and Assessment Overview

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This information will be available on Monday 12 January 2026
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Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from SUTE and In-Class Feedback

Feedback

Group assessment (assignment 2) was very challenging. I loved this unit. It was so interesting and I would have loved to do assessment 2 on my own.

Recommendation

Simplify Assessment 2 into an individual task to help students focus on developing their innovative business startup idea.

Feedback from SUTE

Feedback

The course is very well structured and clear. The courses recording is delivered very clearly and well

Recommendation

Continuously refining and improving the unit.

Feedback from SUTE

Feedback

The lecturer is attentive and also goes the extra mile to assist students

Recommendation

Thanks, continuously refining and improving the unit.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 16 February 2026
Academic Integrity Statement

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