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.

School: La Trobe Business School (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Quan Nguyen

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

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-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: BUS3ENT

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: This 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 requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Michael Schaper, Thierry Volery, Paull Weber, Brian Gibson

Year: 2014

Edition/Volume: 4th Asia Pacific Edition

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

ISBN: 9780730305583, 9781118362549

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/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.

On-Line, 2020, Semester 1, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Quan 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 elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

One, individual Business Model and Plan (2,500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO2

One, individual Business Venture assignment (1,500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1

One, group presentation (15 minutes per group of 4 students) (1,500 words equivalent)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO3

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

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Quan 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 elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

One, individual Business Model and Plan (2,500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO2

One, individual Business Venture assignment (1,500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1

One, group presentation (15 minutes per group of 4 students) (1,500 words equivalent)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO3

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

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Quan 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 elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

One, individual Business Model and Plan (2,500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO2

One, individual Business Venture assignment (1,500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1

One, group presentation (15 minutes per group of 4 students) (1,500 words equivalent)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO3