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Semester 1, 2014
THIS UNIT IS BEING OFFERED IN: HOBART Teaching Team: Dr Colin Jones
Contents
Contact Details Page 2 Unit Description . Page 3 Prior Knowledge &/or Skills OR Prerequisite Units .. Page 3 Intended Learning Outcomes and Generic Graduate Attributes.... Page 4 Learning Expectations and Teaching Strategies Approach .. Page 5 Learning Resources .. Page 5 Details of Teaching Arrangements Page 7 Assessment Page 8 Study Schedule Page 14
Contact Details
Unit Coordinator Campus Room Number Email Phone Fax Consultation Time Dr Colin Jones Sandy Bay 111, 1 College Road Colin.Jones@utas.edu.au 6226 1937 6226 7390 By Appointment Lecturer Campus Room Number Email Phone Fax Consultation Time Dr Colin Jones Sandy Bay 111, 1 College Road Colin.Jones@utas.edu.au 6226 1937 6226 7390 By Appointment
Unit Description
Entrepreneurship is a way of looking at business that is focused on opportunities, creativity and innovation. It is also about having a passion for doing the things that are important to you, be they related to business or not. It is about challenge and persistence. It is about the development of an enterprising mindset, from which you can create the opportunities for your satisfaction. To successfully complete this unit, you will be required to make a contribution (physically, intellectually and emotionally) that may be higher than you have previously made in your past studies. Entrepreneurship is not for the faint-hearted, the timid, those who cannot cope with ambiguity or those who want black and white answers. It is for individuals who are self-motivated, resourceful and persistent. It is for those who have a sense of humour, who have a passion for implementing new ideas, who can learn from failure and bounce back from it, and who are willing to take calculated risks in their entrepreneurial endeavours. In short, it is a process of self-discovery. Within every entrepreneurship unit you will be required to participate in activities that conceive, create, and capture value as well as critique your efforts to do so. Known as the 4Cs, these activities will allow you to place yourself at the intersection of theory, practice and personal knowledge gain through which your understanding of your entrepreneurial capabilities will be determined. Partnership The University and the Tasmanian State Government entered into a Partnership Agreement in November 2000 that acknowledged the important role which higher education plays in the social and economic development of the Tasmanian community. The Entrepreneurship Major is a tangible result of this partnership, and the University acknowledges the support of the Tasmanian State Government, through the Department of Economic Development, in its introduction.
The assessments and teaching activities in this unit have been designed to develop the following graduate attributes in students: Knowledge related to entrepreneurship and most importantly, yourself, will be developed though a student-centred process that requires students to manage and reflect upon your own learning, assist in the development and application of knowledge within a team and workshop environment. This will be assessed through the pre workshop test, workshop presentations and games. Communication Skills will be developed across a range of media, including oral, verbal, written, visual that depend upon your ability to listen, understand, and empathise with members of your group. This will be assessed across workshop presentations and value creation challenge. Problem-Solving Skills will be developed by applying your initiative, creativity and planning, and organising abilities to ensure you assist in the development of a range of strategies and solutions to the tasks you encounter. This will be assessed across workshop presentations, games and value creation challenge. An awareness of global perspectives and issues of social responsibility related to the process of entrepreneurship will be developed during discussion in the workshops.
about your suitability to being entrepreneurial specifically your ability to cope with failure:
2b. Reflect upon your ability to work with others to generate and communicate in practice in a logical and coherent manner.
2c. Reflect on your ability to make sense of the process of entrepreneurship using the concepts and theories youve been introduced to. 3a. Work with others to conceive, create and capture new value using social media. 3b. Take responsibility for your own contribution to your groups achievements.
how entrepreneurs use social media to conceive, create, and capture new value:
Learning Resources
http://www.teaching-entrepreneurship.com/bld-202.html
Prescribed Text
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Recommended Texts
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Useful Websites
http://www.teaching-entrepreneurship.com http://www.entrepreneurship.org/ http://www.gemconsortium.org/ http://www.kickstarter.com http://www.ted.com
Technical requirements for MyLO For help and information about setting up your own computer and web browser for MyLO, see: http://uconnect.utas.edu.au/ You can access the University network and MyLO via a laptop computer or other mobile device. See: http://uconnect.utas.edu.au/uana.htm MyLO can be accessed in the Library computers and in computer labs. See: http://www.utas.edu.au/it/computing-distributed-systems/computer-labs-facilities-and-locations For further technical information and help, contact the UTAS Service Desk on 6226 1818 or at http://www.utas.edu.au/service-desk/
MyLO Expectations
1. Students are expected to maintain the highest standards of conduct across all modes of communication, either with staff or with other students. Penalties may be imposed if the Unit Coordinator believes that, in any instance or mode of communication, your language or content is inappropriate or offensive. MyLO is a public forum. Due levels of respect, professionalism and high ethical standards are expected of students at all times. Submission of assessment tasks via MyLO presumes that students have read, understood and abide by the requirements relating to academic conduct, and in particular, those requirements relating to plagiarism. All work submitted electronically is presumed to be signed-off by the student submitting as their own work. Any breach of this requirement will lead to student misconduct processes.
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MyLO is an Internet service for teaching and learning provided by the University. It is expected that at least once a day students will check MyLO.
Online Activities
You must prepare for this unit by making full use of the online resources available for you at: http://www.teaching-entrepreneurship.com/bld-202.html
Assessment
Assessment Schedule
In order to pass this unit you must achieve an overall mark of at least 50 per cent of the total available marks. Details of each assessment item are outlined below. Assessment Items Workshop Presentations Pre Workshop Test Workshop Game Value Creation Challenge Due Date Day 1 and 2 At the start of Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Value/Weighting 20 20 20 40 Link to Learning Outcomes 1a 1b & 2b 1c & 2a 1d, 2b, 2c, 3a & 3b
The test will take less than 15 minutes For details of the assessments for each assessment item, please see the information provided at: http://www.teaching-entrepreneurship.com/assessment-criteria.html
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Day 2 20 marks
in attracting visitors from your nominated country, return visitors from your nominated country, the bounce rate on your website, and the extent to which your visitor numbers trend upwards during the measurement period (that being the 14 days immediately prior to Day 3). You can have the focus of your efforts on fun (ie. comedy), social causes (eg. climate change), information dissemination (eg. drug awareness), or a business focus (ie. you offer something for commercial exchange). Your team must present its strategy to the class on Day 3. Each member of the team will also be required to reflect upon their personal learning from the task. http://www.teaching-entrepreneurship.com/value-creation-challenge.html
Task Length
Your presentation on Day 2 will not exceed 4 minutes. Your Day 3 presentation will not exceed 5 minutes. Your individual report on our personal learning will not exceed 1 A4 page. For details of the assessments for each assessment item, please see the information provided at: http://www.teaching-entrepreneurship.com/assessment-criteria.html
Assessment Criteria:
Day 2: Presentation 1, Day 3: Presentation 2, Within 1 week of Day 3: your personal learning statement. 40 marks (Presentation 1: 6 marks, Presentation 2: 6 marks, Measured performance of your strategy: 13 marks, Personal learning statement: 15 marks)
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mark(s) is/are incorrect. The assessor will provide a response to the request for review within five (5) days of the meeting. If the student is dissatisfied with the response they may request a formal review of assessment by the Head of School, with the request being lodged within five (5) days of the informal review being completed. A Review of Internal Assessment Form must be submitted with the formal review (http://www.studentcentre.utas.edu.au/examinations_and_results/forms_files/review_of_assessm ent.pdf).
(b) improperly disadvantages any other student. Students engaging in any form of academic misconduct may be dealt with under the Ordinance of Student Discipline. This can include imposition of penalties that range from a deduction/cancellation of marks to exclusion from a unit or the University. Details of penalties that can be imposed are available in the Ordinance of Student Discipline Part 3 Academic Misconduct, see http://www.utas.edu.au/universitycouncil/legislation/. Plagiarism is a form of cheating. It is taking and using someone elses thoughts, writings or inventions and representing them as your own, for example: using an authors words without putting them in quotation marks and citing the source; using an authors ideas without proper acknowledgment and citation; or copying another students work. using ones own work from previously submitted assessment items if repeating a unit.
If you have any doubts about how to refer to the work of others in your assignments, please consult your lecturer or tutor for relevant referencing guidelines, and the academic integrity resources on the web at http://www.academicintegrity.utas.edu.au/ The intentional copying of someone elses work as ones own is a serious offence punishable by penalties that may range from a fine or deduction/cancellation of marks and, in the most serious of cases, to exclusion from a unit, a course, or the University. The University and any persons authorised by the University may submit your assessable works to a plagiarism checking service, to obtain a report on possible instances of plagiarism. Assessable works may also be included in a reference database. It is a condition of this arrangement that the original authors permission is required before a work within the database can be viewed. For further information on this statement and general referencing guidelines, see http://www.utas.edu.au/plagiarism/ or follow the link under Policy, Procedures and Feedback on the Current Students homepage.
Workshop Program
Note: this unit operates over three days, March 22 & 23 and May 11. Your attendance is required all day during all three days. You should not enrol in this unit if you know you will not be able to commit to these dates.
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Study Schedule
Day 1 Time 9am 11am 11am 12pm 12pm 2pm 2pm 2.30pm 2.30pm 5pm 9am 11am 11am 12pm 12pm 2pm 2pm 2.30pm 2.30pm 5pm 9am to 12pm Reading Topic Unit Intro Break Process and Context Break V.S.R. Legitimacy Knowledge Transfer Playing games of luck/skill VCC Presentations and Uniting theories and our learning Due Dates Pre Test WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 + WP5 + VCC1 WG; 1, 2, 3 & 4 VCC Pres 2
Aldrich (2001) Aldrich (1999a) Aldrich (1999b) Break Agarwal (2004) Break
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