Overview
Rapid technological development and increased globalisation brings with it a wealth of new business and societal opportunities and challenges as competitive advantages of societies, nations and companies continue to change. This unit focuses on developing your ability to think creatively about anticipating and responding to these developments and to identify opportunities and directions of sustainable growth. The unit develops your abilities to recommend practical innovation systems and programs for organisations. The unit improves your skills in analysing and synthesising information and developing solutions to improve the long-term sustainability of a business or organisation. You learn about concepts, principles, tools and techniques relevant to all phases of idea generation, concept development and commercialisation of new business models, new business processes, new products, new services and solutions to societal challenges. This unit identifies and explores the issues in implementing these solutions, while recognising the competencies, power and access to resources of the individual and the organisation. If you have successfully completed the unit MGMT20128 you should not enrol in this unit.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2018
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Sydney student
The marking criteria and the format of assessment 2 is quite confusing....
The convener will spend more time briefing staff on other campuses about how to explain the assignments.
Feedback from Melbourne student
I gained knowledge about business model and preparing business case. Moreover, I loved the pattern of assignment, I learned about making interesting video and have read really worthy some articles like Kodama and Itami & Nishino.
Continue with the current assessment structure and emphasis on experiential exercises in class with real-world relevance, particularly in regard to growth oriented innovations and technologies.
Feedback from Distance student
Class room interaction and the tasks provided were helpful
Ensure workshops continue to be conduced with online students in their groups to ensure they have the opportunity to interact and understand how to do well.
- discuss the range of innovation strategies and paths available to ensure future sustainability and viability of a business or organisation;
- critically analyse information that provides insight into innovation and business development processes;
- develop and evaluate innovative solutions to improve the sustainability and viability of a business or organisation;
- recommend practical innovation systems and programs which foster and commercialise innovative solutions for organisations;
- critically evaluate one’s own personal capabilities and the resources available to implement innovation and business development projects; and
- effectively communicate commercially, socially viable and ethical innovation systems and business proposals for businesses and organisations.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||||
| 4 - Research | ||||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||
Textbooks
Business Model Generation
(2010)
Authors: Osterwalder, A. & Pigneur, Y.
John Wiley and Sons
Hoboken Hoboken , NJ , USA
ISBN: 978-0-470-87641-1
Binding: Paperback
Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change
Edition: 5th edn revised (2013)
Authors: Tidd, J & Bessant, J
John Wiley and Sons
Hoboken Hoboken , NJ , USA
ISBN: 978-1-118-36063-7
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
t.andersson@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Module 1: Introduction to Innovation, Value Creation and Business Development.
Chapter
Tidd & Bessant, Chapter 1: Innovation - What it is and Why it Matters.
Osterwalder & Pigneur, Section 1: Business Model Canvas.
Events and Submissions/Topic
All students: Familiarise yourself with the unit, explore the unit website resources on Moodle, read the relevant chapters.
On-campus students: Classes contain a combination of activities including lectures, student group exercises, experiential exercises, impromptu student talks, short videos and brainstorming activities, etc.
Distance students: Introduce yourself and engage in the discussion on the website forum.
Module/Topic
Module 2: Processes and Models.
Chapter
Tidd & Bessant, Chapter 2: Innovation as a Core Business Process.
Osterwalder & Pigneur, Section 2: Business Model Patterns.
Events and Submissions/Topic
All students: Familiarise yourself with the unit, explore the unit website resources, read the relevant chapters. On-campus students: Classes contain a combination of activities including lectures, student group exercises, experiential exercises, impromptu student talks, short videos and brainstorming activities, etc.
Distance students: Use the website forum on Moodle to network with other distance students to self-select into and form groups for assessment 2.Module/Topic
Module 3: The Innovative Organisation.
Chapter
Tidd & Bessant, Chapter 3: Building the Innovative Organisation.
Osterwalder & Pigneur, Section 3: Business Model Design.
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus students: Classes contain a combination of activities including lectures, student group exercises, experiential exercises, impromptu student talks, short videos, brainstorming activities, etc.
Distance students: Network via the website forum to self-select into and form groups.
Module/Topic
Module 4: Innovation Strategies.
Chapter
Tidd & Bessant, Chapter - Chapter 4: Developing an Innovation Strategy.
Osterwalder & Pigneur - Section 4: Strategy.
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus students: Classes contain a combination of activities including lectures, student group exercises, experiential exercises, impromptu student talks, short videos and brainstorming activities, etc.
On-campus students: Final assessment 2 group formation opportunity.
Distance students: Final assessment 2 group formation opportunity.
Module/Topic
Module 5: Sources of Innovation & Innovation Networks.
Chapter
Tidd & Bessant, Chapters 5 & 6: Sources of Innovation & Innovation Networks.
Osterwalder & Pigneur, Section 5: Business Model Process.
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus students: Classes contain a combination of activities including lectures, student group exercises, experiential exercises, impromptu student talks, short videos and brainstorming activities, etc.
On-campus students: Confirm assessment 2 groups with the assigned lecturer.
Distance students: Confirm assessment 2 groups via email to the unit coordinator.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Private study.
Finish preparing assessment 1.
Module/Topic
Module 6: Forecasting and Diffusion of Innovations: Building the Innovation Case.
Chapter
Tidd & Bessant, Chapters 7 & 8: Decision Making Under Uncertainty & Building the Innovation Case.
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus students: Classes contain a combination of activities including lectures, student group exercises, experiential exercises, impromptu student talks, short videos and brainstorming activities, etc.
On-campus students: Workshops on business case preparation. Workshops include exercises relevant to the various sections of the business case. Student groups are given time to workshop their business cases in class. Groups may be required to give progress reports.
On-campus students: The order of on-campus student presentations will be confirmed this week.
Distance students: Work on your business case.
Module/Topic
Module 7: New Products and Services.
Chapter
Tidd & Bessant, Chapter 9: Creating New Products and Services.
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus students: Classes contain a lecture and workshops on business case preparation. Workshops include exercises relevant to the various sections of the business case. Student groups are given time to workshop their business cases in class. Groups may be required to give progress reports.
Distance students: Work on your business case.
Distance students: Confirm date and time of video conference presentation with the unit coordinator should you choose this option for the presentation component of assessment 2.
Individual essay and short creative video: Business models Due: Week 7 Tuesday (24 Apr 2018) 1:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Module 8: Open Innovation and Partnerships.
Chapter
Tidd & Bessant, Chapter 10: Exploiting Open Innovation and Collaboration.
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus students: Classes contain a lecture and workshops on business case preparation. Workshops include exercises relevant to the various sections of the business case. Student groups are given time to workshop their business cases in class. Groups may be required to give progress reports.
Distance students: Work on your business case.
Module/Topic
Module 9 - Innovation, Entrepreneurship and New Ventures.
Chapter
Tidd & Bessant, Chapter 11: Exploiting Entrepreneurship and New Ventures.
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus students: Classes contain a lecture and workshops on business case preparation. Workshops include exercises relevant to the various sections of the business case. Student groups are given time to workshop their business cases in class. Groups may be required to give progress reports.
Distance students: Work on your business case.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Tidd & Bessant, Chapters 12 & 13: Capturing the Benefits of Innovation & Capturing Learning from Innovation.
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus students: Classes contain a lecture and workshops on business case preparation. Workshops include exercises relevant to the various sections of the business case. Student groups are given time to workshop their business cases in class. Groups may be required to give progress reports.
On-campus students: Focus on business case presentation and writing skills.
Distance students: Work on your business case.
Module/Topic
Module 11: Innovation Trends.
To simulate what occurs in real-life organisations, on-campus students are required to listen to other groups' presentations, that is, it is compulsory to participate by being in the audience when not presenting.
Chapter
Resources are provided on the unit website.
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus students: On-campus group business case presentations or presentation preparation (depending on unit student numbers).
Distance students: Work on your business case.
Module/Topic
Unit Review.
To simulate what occurs in real-life organisations, on-campus students are required to listen to other groups' presentations, that is, it is compulsory to participate by being in the audience when not presenting.
Chapter
Resources are provided on the unit website.
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-campus students: On-campus group business case presentations are assessed.
All students: Prepare assessment 2 submission.
All students: Make sure that one person is nominated in your group to upload the group report and powerpoint presentation for submission on the unit website in Moodle.
Group report and group presentation: The business case Due: Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018) 1:00 pm AEST
1 Written Assessment
This assessment must be completed by students individually. The assessment is designed for students to develop understanding of the importance and appreciation of the close links between business strategy, business innovation and business models. The business model concept is central to this understanding. It has evolved from a term that refers to ‘the logic of the firm or the way of doing business’ to a set of conceptual analytical and creative tools that can be used to help imagine, conceptualise, deliver and capture business value. The assessment is about assessing business models using different perspectives. The assessment involves writing a 1500 word essay and explaining the essay’s main arguments via a creative video. The creative video should be of roughly three minutes duration. Assessment details and guidance will be provided on the unit website in Moodle and in class.
Week 7 Tuesday (24 Apr 2018) 1:00 pm AEST
Results and feedback will be made available on the unit website within 2 weeks.
Assessment criteria and marking rubric will be provided on the unit website in Moodle.
- discuss the range of innovation strategies and paths available to ensure future sustainability and viability of a business or organisation;
- critically analyse information that provides insight into innovation and business development processes;
- develop and evaluate innovative solutions to improve the sustainability and viability of a business or organisation;
- critically evaluate one’s own personal capabilities and the resources available to implement innovation and business development projects; and
- effectively communicate commercially, socially viable and ethical innovation systems and business proposals for businesses and organisations.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Written Assessment
This assessment must be completed by student groups. The assessment is designed for students to develop and pitch a business case in a real-world setting. The business case must be for an innovation of your choice within a specific organisation. The assessment involves writing a 2000 word group business case report and pitching the report’s main arguments and its content at a group presentation session in class (on-campus students) or video presentation (distance students). The presentation should be of roughly 12 minutes duration (depending on student numbers). Assessment details and guidance will be provided on the unit website in Moodle and in class.
Students must be networking to form the groups. Students are required to self-select into and form groups of 3 to 4 students, maximum of 5 students. On-campus students confirm groups with the assigned lecturer. Distance students confirm groups via email with the unit coordinator. This activity is to be completed by week 5. You will have the opportunity to work on the business case with your group in class from week 6.
To obtain marks for assessment 2, students must actively contribute to and participate in the creation of the group's report and actively contribute to and participate in the presentation of their group's report.
Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018) 1:00 pm AEST
Results and feedback will be made available on the unit website on certification of grades day Friday 6 July 2018.
Assessment criteria and marking rubric will be provided on the unit website in Moodle.
- discuss the range of innovation strategies and paths available to ensure future sustainability and viability of a business or organisation;
- critically analyse information that provides insight into innovation and business development processes;
- develop and evaluate innovative solutions to improve the sustainability and viability of a business or organisation;
- recommend practical innovation systems and programs which foster and commercialise innovative solutions for organisations;
- critically evaluate one’s own personal capabilities and the resources available to implement innovation and business development projects; and
- effectively communicate commercially, socially viable and ethical innovation systems and business proposals for businesses and organisations.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
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