Course overview
This course provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge of entrepreneurship and innovation, and explores their impact on organisational management and leadership, business strategy, and business conduct. The course provides existing and nascent entrepreneurs with a framework for thinking about the driving forces that underpin innovative and growth oriented entrepreneurial businesses, including application to newly formed ventures, existing small to medium size growth-oriented ventures, and entrepreneurial ventures within larger corporations. Students completing the course develop a body of knowledge that contributes to a comprehensive and integrated application of principles of entrepreneurship and innovation to recent developments in the field of senior organisational management and leadership in international business environments. The aim of this course is topics covered in this course include: Introduction to Entrepreneurship; Opportunity Recognition; Managing Innovation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Initiating Entrepreneurial Ventures; The Entrepreneur and The Team; Entrepreneurial Finance Pt.1; Entrepreneurial Finance Pt.2; Strategic Entrepreneurial Growth; Social Entrepreneurship and The Global Environment.
Course learning outcomes
- Critically reflect on theoretical and practice-based principles of entrepreneurship and innovation, and the impacts these have on organisational management and leadership.
- Critically assess and evaluate the driving forces that underpin innovative and growth oriented entrepreneurial businesses, including application to newly formed ventures, existing small to medium size growth-oriented ventures, and entrepreneurial ventures within larger corporations.
- Apply principles of entrepreneurship and innovation to organisational management and leadership in international business environments.
- Demonstrate Business Enterprise Skills: i) Self Management (intermediate level); ii) Problem Solving (intermediate level); iii) Written Communication (intermediate level); and iv) Oral Communication (intermediate level).
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