MGMT13151 - Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Start-ups

General Information

Unit Synopsis

The unit is designed to familiarize students with the world of entrepreneurship, innovation and start-ups. It examines the nature and roles of entrepreneurship, innovation and the entrepreneur in society. You will identify the key factors for entrepreneurial success and how to evaluate these factors. You will also learn the stages that entrepreneurs go through in taking the seed of an idea through to planning for the growth of a successful business. Emphasis is placed on planning, financing, starting and managing new start-ups.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

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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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 81.82% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 18.03% response rate.

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.

Source: Student Survey
Feedback
Pehaps for the assessment 2, providing more resources or examples for pitch
Recommendation
A guide on how to pitch the business idea should be provided/uploaded in the unit's Moodle.
Action Taken
A guide on creating a business pitch is available on the unit's Moodle platform.
Source: Student Survey
Feedback
The lecturer explained everything in detail about assessments
Recommendation
An updated guide, along with a recorded video, should be uploaded in Moodle, providing details on each assessment. In addition, the lecturer/s should dedicate at least five minutes in each workshop to answer students' questions related to assessment.
Action Taken
The necessary supporting guide and instructions have been uploaded to the unit's Moodle site
Source: 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.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: 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.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The lecturer is attentive and also goes the extra mile to assist students
Recommendation
Thanks, continuously refining and improving the unit.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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