ENTREPRENEURSHIP

BUS3ENX

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject offers you the opportunity to use disciplinary knowledge and skills to start a business or resolve a business challenge. The subject attracts students from a range of fields, bringing a multidisciplinary perspective to the researching, analysis and problem-solving aspects of the challenge. You will be required to design entrepreneurship validation tools aimed at creating sustainable value through the provision of a particular product or service to meet an identified market opportunity. The projects aim to enhance the well-being of your community or aim to solve a social, health, economic or environmental problem. The subject is designed to provide you with the opportunity to enhance, demonstrate and document work-ready skills appropriate to your chosen career path.

School: La Trobe Business School (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Suzanne Young

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Student must be enrolled in one of the following courses: LBAB, LBABM, LBABK, LDAB, LAAB and student must have completed at least 240 credit points of subjects relevant to this course.

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: BUS3ENT

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Entrepreneurship Learner Resource

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Didasko Digital

Year: 2019

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: Didasko Group

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

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

Year: 2014

Edition/Volume: Latest 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. Identify a business venture by analysing the environment and presenting alternative futures, and establish good social and financial outcomes

02. Critically analyse entrepreneurship validation tools by investigating opportunities to extend a business and adapt to achieve social and financial outcomes

03. Present a convincing and novel identification of business problems from a company perspective and to evaluate future entrepreneurial ideas

04. Engage with group members to offer diverse perspectives about a business and to reflect on the social, environmental and current issues facing a business

05. Formulate entrepreneurship validation tools including values, norms and behaviours of an innovative or entrepreneurial idea.

06. Design and deliver a group presentation about an entrepreneurial business venture

07. Critically analyse a business venture by applying and monitoring the creative and innovative ideas that can be applied given the complex and dynamic global business environment

08. Participate in a team to analyse and present a case study about an entrepreneurial business.

09. Develop and write entrepreneurship validation tools using both professional and academic references

Online (Didasko), 2020, Study block 1, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Suzanne Young

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 2 - 13
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 2 to week 13 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One Individual Business Plan (2,500 words)To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO2, SILO5, SILO9
One Individual Business Venture Assignment (1,500 words)To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO7
One Group Presentation (15 minutes per group)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO3, SILO4, SILO6, SILO8

Online (Didasko), 2020, Study block 10, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Suzanne Young

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 41 - 52
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 41 to week 52 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One Individual Business Plan (2,500 words)To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO2, SILO5, SILO9
One Individual Business Venture Assignment (1,500 words)To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO7
One Group Presentation (15 minutes per group)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO3, SILO4, SILO6, SILO8

Online (Didasko), 2020, Study block 4, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Suzanne Young

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 15 - 26
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 15 to week 26 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One Individual Business Plan (2,500 words)To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO2, SILO5, SILO9
One Individual Business Venture Assignment (1,500 words)To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO7
One Group Presentation (15 minutes per group)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO3, SILO4, SILO6, SILO8

Online (Didasko), 2020, Study block 5, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Suzanne Young

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 19 - 30
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 19 to week 30 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One Individual Business Plan (2,500 words)To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO2, SILO5, SILO9
One Individual Business Venture Assignment (1,500 words)To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO7
One Group Presentation (15 minutes per group)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO3, SILO4, SILO6, SILO8

Online (Didasko), 2020, Study block 6, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Suzanne Young

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 23 - 34
One 3.00 hours 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 Plan (2,500 words)To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO2, SILO5, SILO9
One Individual Business Venture Assignment (1,500 words)To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO7
One Group Presentation (15 minutes per group)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO3, SILO4, SILO6, SILO8

Online (Didasko), 2020, Study block 8, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Suzanne Young

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 32 - 43
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 32 to week 43 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One Individual Business Plan (2,500 words)To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO2, SILO5, SILO9
One Individual Business Venture Assignment (1,500 words)To be submitted via Turnitin in the LMS link provided	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO7
One Group Presentation (15 minutes per group)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO3, SILO4, SILO6, SILO8