Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer
Viken Kortian
Contact via 0417664945
50 Waterloo Rd
By appointment via email
Tutor
June Ho
Contact via 0426522512
50 Waterloo Rd
By appointment via email
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MEngMgt or MEngElecEng
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
The aim of this unit is to provide students with entrepreneurial skills that are needed to build scalable startups in addition to entrepreneurial behaviours that are required to work in organisations within an engineering context. It will provide students with fundamental knowledge and procedures of creating successful ventures. The course will include the process of understanding customer requirements and converting these into specifications of a product and then designing a process to produce these. The course will also include other aspects that support entrepreneurship such as business planning, financial management, sources of finance, crowdfunding, entrepreneurial behaviour and technology management. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Grading and passing requirement for unit In order to pass this unit, a student must obtain a mark of 50 or more for the unit (i.e. obtain a passing grade P/ CR/ D/ HD). For further details about grading, please refer below in the policies and procedures section. Late submissions and Resubmissions For assignments handed in late, the following penalties apply 0-48hrs: -50%, >48hrs: -100%. Extenuating circumstances will be considered upon lodgement of a formal notice of disruption of studies. Resubmissions of work are generally allowed unless stated prior or otherwise.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Business Proposal | 40% | No | Week 12 |
Midterm group project | 20% | No | Week 7 |
Case Studies | 30% | No | Weeks 2, 5, 6, 10, & 11 |
Active Engagement | 10% | No | Week 8 |
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 40%
Written report on a new venture with the purpose of gaining funding to start the business
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 16 hours
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 20%
Midterm group project and team work activity
Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 12 hours
Due: Weeks 2, 5, 6, 10, & 11
Weighting: 30%
Case studies on Engineering Entrepreneurship
Assessment Type 1: Simulation/role play
Indicative Time on Task 2: 12 hours
Due: Week 8
Weighting: 10%
Active Engagement and Contribution in the tutorial activities
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Technology Venture: From Idea to Enterprise (McGraw Hill), Fifth Edition
Thomas Byers, Richard Dorf, and Andrew Nelson
ISBN 978-1-260-08508-2
Refer to iLearn for more information.
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Unit information based on version 2022.03 of the Handbook