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BX3173 - Innovation Driven Entrepreneurship

Credit points: 3
Year: 2023
Student Contribution Band: Band 4
Administered by: College of Business, Law & Governance

Innovation driven entrepreneurship explores strategy and entrepreneurship presenting these integrated areas in a theoretical, applied and experiential manner based on key themes. These include mainstream and social entrepreneurship identifying commonalities and differences between each category. Moving between strategy and operations it illustrates the links between the two areas and explains how both are necessary for entrepreneurial success. The subject achieves this through discussion of the agile design methodology in customer development and the lean venture with analysis of numerous theoretical and empirical examples in developing a competitive business.

Learning Outcomes

  • explain the nature of entrepreneurship and its importance economically and socially in an international, national & regional context;
  • identify the types of entrepreneurs and their activities; traditional & social; ethnic & indigenous;
  • analyse the role played between innovation and entrepreneurial activity to sustain a viable business;
  • develop strategic entrepreneurial skills by identifying and analysing opportunities demonstrating feasibility;
  • explain and examine functions of a business model and demonstrate the skills in developing a viable model to exploit entrepreneurial opportunity.

Subject Assessment

  • Oral > Presentation 1 - (30%) - Group & Individual
  • Written > Case study analysis - (40%) - Individual
  • Written > Project report - (30%) - Group.
Prerequisites: 18 CP OF SUBJECTS
Inadmissible
Subject
Combinations:
MG3735 MG3713 BX3072 BX3073

Availabilities

Cairns, Trimester 3, Internal
Census Date 05-Oct-2023
Coord/Lect: Dr Leonie Cassidy.
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 30 hours seminars
  • 10 hours online activity - Recordings, online activities and self-directed learning
  • assessment and self-directed study

JCU Brisbane, Trimester 1, Internal
Census Date 09-Mar-2023
Coordinator: Dr Leonie Cassidy
Lecturer: Mr Luke Spiller.
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 20 hours lectures
  • 10 hours tutorials - Synthesising session
  • 10 hours online activity - Recordings, online activities & self-directed learning
  • assessment and self-directed study

JCU Brisbane, Trimester 3, Internal
Census Date 05-Oct-2023
Coordinator: Dr Leonie Cassidy
Lecturer: Mr Luke Spiller.
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 20 hours lectures
  • 10 hours tutorials - Synthesising session
  • 10 hours online activity - Recordings, online activities & self-directed learning
  • assessment and self-directed study

JCU Brisbane, Trimester 2, Internal
Census Date 22-Jun-2023
Coordinator: Dr Leonie Cassidy
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 20 hours lectures
  • 10 hours tutorials - Synthesising session
  • 10 hours online activity - Recordings, online activities & self-directed learning
  • assessment and self-directed study

JCU Singapore, Study Period 53, Internal
Census Date 30-Nov-2023
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 20 hours lectures - may include recorded presentations, online activities & self-learning activities inclusive of lectures, via LearnJCU
  • 20 hours tutorials - may include recorded presentations, online activities & self-learning activities inclusive of synthesising sessions, via LearnJCU
  • assessment and self-directed study

Townsville, Trimester 3, Internal
Census Date 05-Oct-2023
Coord/Lect: Dr Leonie Cassidy.
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 30 hours seminars
  • 10 hours online activity - Recordings, online activities and self-directed learning
  • assessment and self-directed study

Trimester 3, External
Census Date 05-Oct-2023
Coord/Lect: Dr Leonie Cassidy.
Workload expectations:

The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.

  • 30 hours online activity - Recordings, online activities and self-directed learning
  • 10 hours online Tutorials - Online Collaborate sessions
  • assessment and self-directed study
Method of Delivery: WWW - LearnJCU

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.