Area: | School of Management |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 11043 (v.3) Management (Entrepreneurship) 568 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Focus on new venture creation and growth and new product development processes. Attention is also given to the role of the entrepreneur in the growth cycle, financing of new ventures, controlling resources and building sustainable growth. Intrapreneuring via innovation in the larger firm or government agency is examined as well as facilitation of new innovative enterprise outcomes. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have an understanding of the relationship between entrepreneurial capabilities, innovation and enterprise and administrative capabilities, management skills and systems, and how one impedes or assists the other. Understanding of the factors assisting or impeding growth in technology-based enterprise is different from the management of other organisations. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Timmons J. (1999). New Venture Creation. Sydney, McGraw-Hill. Vesper, K. (1990). New Venture Strategies. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall. Vesper, K. (1996). New Venture Experience. (revised edition). Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall. |
Unit Texts: | Schaper, M. and Volery, T. (2002). Entrepreneurship and Small Business: An Asia-Pacific Guide. 3rd ed. Perth, Vineyard Press. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Internal Unit Assessment 60%. Final Examination 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 80300 Business and Management (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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