bus301 business entrepreneurship

BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP

BUS301

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject offers you the opportunity to use your disciplinary knowledge and skills to resolve business challenges, by researching, analysing and problem-solving aspects of the challenges. In teams, you will be required to apply entrepreneurship validation tools and relevant knowledge to identify and develop a business opportunity, and individually, you will validate and propose a new business idea, and design the corresponding business model. The topics covered and assessment tasks provide you with the necessary entrepreneurial skills and tools to prepare for your future career.

SchoolLa Trobe Business School

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorQuan Nguyen

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsNo

Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG

Exchange StudentsNo

Available as ElectiveNo

Learning ActivitiesN/A

Capstone subjectNo

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites Must be admitted in one of the following: HBFN, HBFNX or HOUA; AND Student must have completed 60 cps or equivalent

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjectsBUS3ENT

Equivalent subjectsN/A

Quota Management StrategyN/A

Quota-conditions or rulesN/A

Special conditionsThis subject is offered via Open Universities Australia. La Trobe University students can undertake this subject as part of a cross institutional enrolment under certain circumstances, and must seek approval from the Bachelor of Food and Nutrition Course Coordinator for eligibility. Due to the nature of the subject content and online delivery, enrolments are generally not permitted past the published OUA enrolment date for the study period.

Minimum credit point requirementN/A

Assumed knowledgeN/A

Learning resources

Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Resource TypeBook

Resource RequirementPrescribed

AuthorMichael Schaper, Thierry Volery, Paull Weber, Brian Gibson

Year2014

Edition/Volume4th Asia Pacific Edition

PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.

ISBN9780730305583, 9781118362549

Chapter/article titleN/A

Chapter/issueN/A

URLN/A

Other descriptionN/A

Source locationN/A

Career Ready

Career-focusedNo

Work-based learningNo

Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A

Entire subject or partial subjectN/A

Total hours/days requiredN/A

Location of WBL activity (region)N/A

WBL addtional requirementsN/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Analyse an entrepreneur and his/her business venture, critically analyse the opportunity recognition and idea development processes, entrepreneurial traits, evaluate the problems or challenges, and propose suggestions for this entrepreneur and the venture.

02. Participate in a team to identify business opportunities, apply entrepreneurship validation tools to validate your business ideas, and from that employ relevant strategies to develop a startup venture.

03. Develop a new business idea, evaluate the venture’s feasibility, and design a detailed Business Model for your proposed venture.

Subject options

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On-Line, 2020, Semester 1, Online

Overview

Online enrolmentYes

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Enrolment informationN/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorQuan Nguyen

Class requirements

Scheduled Online ClassWeek: 10 - 22
Twelve 1.00 hour scheduled online class per study period on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One, individual Business Model and Plan (2,500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO2
One, individual Business Venture assignment (1,500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1
One, group presentation (15 minutes per group of 4 students) (1,500 words equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO3

On-Line, 2020, OUA study period 2, Online

Overview

Online enrolmentYes

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Enrolment informationN/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorQuan Nguyen

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 23 - 34
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 23 to week 34 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One, individual Business Model and Plan (2,500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO2
One, individual Business Venture assignment (1,500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1
One, group presentation (15 minutes per group of 4 students) (1,500 words equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO3

On-Line, 2020, OUA study period 4, Online

Overview

Online enrolmentYes

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Enrolment informationN/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorQuan Nguyen

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 45 - 0
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 45 to week 0 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One, individual Business Model and Plan (2,500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO2
One, individual Business Venture assignment (1,500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1
One, group presentation (15 minutes per group of 4 students) (1,500 words equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO3