309460 (v.1) Business Plans and SET Start Ups 501

Area:

Faculty of Science

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

The practical writing of a business plan and the practical issues of starting a company are the focus of this unit. Focus will be on enterprise ventures in the science, engineering and technology (SET) sectors. Case studies will be real business cases with the aim of giving practical insight of issues and techniques learned from the other course units. Focusing on a number of issues of key importance for business start-ups, this unit places emphasis on advice and support available in developing the business plan. The importance of creativity and innovation in SET entrepreneurship is addressed. Particular emphasis is placed on sensible risk management and frameworks for assessing risks are presented using a variety of risk assessment and modeling techniques.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

080301 Business Management

Funding Cluster:

02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External