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MGMT3011 – PACE: Entrepreneurship Project

2025 – Session 2, In person-scheduled-weekday, North Ryde

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff
Erik Lundmark
erik.lundmark@mq.edu.au
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
130cp at 1000 level or above
Corequisites Corequisites
MGMT3000 or MGMT3050 or MKTG3012​
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

This unit focuses on the synthesis and application of entrepreneurship knowledge in practice. By focusing on contemporary challenges facing entrepreneurs, students will synthesise and apply their acquired knowledge to real-world scenarios such as managing start-up ventures or corporate entrepreneurship. The unit will develop students’ abilities to endorse appropriate business models and strategies to create and realise opportunities beyond the university setting.  

Visit Employability Connect for important information on this unit including required preparation and closing dates for PACE activities.

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Integrate and synthesise relevant theory from disciplines such as management, marketing and finance and apply to the entrepreneurship context.
  • ULO2: Critically evaluate entrepreneurship theory with reference to real-world scenarios
  • ULO3: Collaborate effectively with a team to develop and pitch a solution to an entrepreneurial business challenge.

General Assessment Information

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.  

For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Skills Development: Entrepreneurial Research for Practice 40% No 03/10/2025
Professional Practice: Solving Entrepreneurial Challenges 30% No Video Pitch and report 30 Oct, Q&A in class 3 Nov
Skills Development: Reflection 30% No 8 Nov

Skills Development: Entrepreneurial Research for Practice

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 03/10/2025
Weighting: 40%

 

The purpose of this assessment is for you to apply entrepreneurship theory in a real-world scenario.

You will conduct research that provides relevant information to your industry partner and present it in a report.

Skills in focus:

  • Discipline knowledge
  • Communication
  • Work readiness

Deliverable: Written report (3 page max., excluding compulsory appendices and materials).

Individual assessment.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Integrate and synthesise relevant theory from disciplines such as management, marketing and finance and apply to the entrepreneurship context.
  • Critically evaluate entrepreneurship theory with reference to real-world scenarios

Professional Practice: Solving Entrepreneurial Challenges

Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: Video Pitch and report 30 Oct, Q&A in class 3 Nov
Weighting: 30%

 

The purpose of this assessment is for you to develop your ability to collaborate in a group and with an industry partner to produce sound solutions to an entrepreneurial challenge formulated by your industry partner.

You will work in a group to engage with the industry partner challenge throughout the session, present a written solution and pitch it to the industry partner.

Skills in focus:

  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Work readiness
  • Critical thinking & problem solving

Deliverable: Written report (3 pages max., excluding compulsory appendices and supplemental materials) accompanied by a 5 min group pitch.

Group assessment.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Integrate and synthesise relevant theory from disciplines such as management, marketing and finance and apply to the entrepreneurship context.
  • Critically evaluate entrepreneurship theory with reference to real-world scenarios
  • Collaborate effectively with a team to develop and pitch a solution to an entrepreneurial business challenge.

Skills Development: Reflection

Assessment Type 1: Reflective Writing
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 8 Nov
Weighting: 30%

 

The purpose of this assessment is for you to critically reflect on your engagement and contributions during the entrepreneurship project.

You will identify and analyse your individual contributions and evaluate your impact on group discussions and activities. You will support your reflection with concrete examples from the unit and your interpretation to these examples and how they relate to theory covered in the unit and the major.

Skills in focus:

  • Work readiness
  • Discipline knowledge.

Deliverable: Written essay (1,000 words max., excluding supporting materials and appendices).

Individual assessment

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Integrate and synthesise relevant theory from disciplines such as management, marketing and finance and apply to the entrepreneurship context.
  • Critically evaluate entrepreneurship theory with reference to real-world scenarios
  • Collaborate effectively with a team to develop and pitch a solution to an entrepreneurial business challenge.

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

Delivery and Resources

This unit is built on ongoing work in the scheduled workshops and with the team and industry partner outside of scheduled activities. It requires access to software to produce video material in MP4 format and word/PDF documents. Most workshops will run in the scheduled tutorial (Mondays). However, week 3 and 7 are scheduled as joint sessions in the MQ Incubator Monday 12-2PM. Week 10 is scheduled as a joint session in the MQ incubator Thursday 16 October 12-4PM. Week 13 is scheduled as a joint session Monday 3 November 11AM-3PM.

Unit Schedule

Most workshops will run in the scheduled tutorial (Mondays). However, week 3 and 7 are scheduled as joint sessions in the MQ Incubator Monday 12-2PM. Week 10 is scheduled as a joint session in the MQ incubator Thursday 16 October 12-4PM. Week 13 is scheduled as a joint session Monday 3 November 11AM-3PM.

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Changes since First Published

Date Description
23/07/2025 The due dates for the latter two assignments had been swapped and have now been corrected. It was obvious from the previous information that the due dates referred to the wrong tasks.

Unit information based on version 2025.03 of the Handbook