Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Viken Kortian
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:
Case study response
Assessment Type 1 : Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2 : 20 hours
Due: Weeks: 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, &11
Weighting: 30%
Case studies on Engineering Control and Reliability
On successful completion you will be able to:
• Apply international standards for quality control and quality improvement.
• Apply knowledge of quality control to evaluate the impact on the engineering discipline and on business management, supply chain solutions and project management.
• Conduct total quality management, including determining productivity and cost relationships, utilising quality systems and their components and the interaction between quality and design functions.
• Synthesize advanced and integrated knowledge of process capability and improvement studies, control charting, techniques for quality studies and design for quality improvement.
Midterm assignment
Assessment Type 1 : Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2 : 16 hours
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 30%
Midterm project and practice based work
On successful completion you will be able to:
• Apply international standards for quality control and quality improvement.
• Apply knowledge of quality control to evaluate the impact on the engineering discipline and on business management, supply chain solutions and project management.
• Conduct total quality management, including determining productivity and cost relationships, utilising quality systems and their components and the interaction between quality and design functions.
• Synthesize advanced and integrated knowledge of process capability and improvement studies, control charting, techniques for quality studies and design for quality improvement.
Final examination
Assessment Type 1 : Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2 : 24 hours
Due: During final exam period
Weighting: 40%
Final Examination
On successful completion you will be able to:
• Apply international standards for quality control and quality improvement.
• Apply knowledge of quality control to evaluate the impact on the engineering discipline and on business management, supply chain solutions and project management.
• Conduct total quality management, including determining productivity and cost relationships, utilising quality systems and their components and the interaction between quality and design functions.
• Synthesize advanced and integrated knowledge of process capability and improvement studies, control charting, techniques for quality studies and design for quality improvement.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
• the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
• the Writing Centre for academic skills support.
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Case Studies | 30% | No | Weeks 2, 5, 6, 10, and 11 |
Active Engagement | 10% | No | Week 8 |
Business Proposal | 40% | No | Week 12 |
Midterm group project | 20% | No | Week 7 |
Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Weeks 2, 5, 6, 10, and 11
Weighting: 30%
Case studies on Engineering Entrepreneurship
Assessment Type 1: Simulation/role play
Indicative Time on Task 2: 0 hours
Due: Week 8
Weighting: 10%
Active Engagement and Contribution in the classrom SGTA activities
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
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
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Topic |
Content / Reference |
Tutorials |
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Course overview. Background to innovation and entrepreneurship. |
Ch.1 |
Dow Corning Deck Protector |
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Opportunities and Strategies |
Ch. 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Dr Johns Products* |
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Concept Summary & Risk |
Ch. 6 & 7 |
Ecowash- Lean Start Up |
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Intellectual Property – Patent Searching |
Guest Lecturer |
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5 |
Intellectual Property – Patenting Process |
Guest Lecturer |
Molecular Insights Pharmaceuticals* |
6 |
Product Development. Marketing and Sales. Types of Ventures. |
Ch. 8, 9, & 10 |
Google Glass Development* |
7 |
New Enterprise, Resources and Operations Mid Term Assignment Due |
Ch 12, 13, & 14 |
DJI Innovation – Product Development for Start Ups |
8 |
Entrepreneurship Simulation – The Start Up Game |
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9 |
Design for Six Sigma |
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DfSS at Ford. |
10 |
The Financial Plan & Sources of Capital |
Ch.16, 17, & 18 |
Equity Crowdfunding Symbid Entering the US* |
11 |
Deal Presentations, Negotiations and Leading Ventures to Success |
Ch 19 & 20 |
How to pitch a brilliant idea. * |
12 |
Presentation / Pitch Final Assignment Due |
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Tutorials
* Discuss in class and hand in Case Study Questions
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Introduction to statistics optional lecture has been added.
Master of Engineering Management is not EA accredited and therefor not applicable.
Unit information based on version 2023.02 of the Handbook