This is an individual assessment and it focuses on two main learning objectives: Identify and critically discuss contemporary issues in entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability; using academic and industry sources, research the need for entrepreneurship and innovation to address the complexities of sustainability challenges.

You are required to develop an academic essay, identifying or synthesising contemporary issues related to sustainability and innovation challenges. The essay should build upon the information from the academic (e.g. research articles published in peer-reviewed journals) and practitioner (e.g. industry reports, webpages, magazines) literature about the issues. The total length of the essay should not exceed 2,000 words (+/- 10%), excluding the title page, reference list, table(s), figure(s), and appendices. Note that tables and figures are optional and should only be used if relevant and clearly referred to in the body of the essay. Please develop and submit this assessment in essay format.

• Demonstrated understanding of the concept of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability (10%).
• Evidence-based identification and discussion of sustainability and innovation related issues facing contemporary entrepreneurship (25%).
• Developed conclusion of the essay (15%).
• Written communication skills, including choices made regarding appropriate structure to essay (introduction, body, conclusion) and use of formal tone, word choice, expression, grammar, punctuation and correct spelling using Australian English (20%).
• Used at least 10 references including academic (minimum 5) and practitioner supporting your argument (15%).
• Quality of references and their conformity to the CQU APA Referencing Guide (APA 7) (15%).

The assessment will be marked against the rubric which will be made available on the Moodle page and can be accessed from this link.

This is a group task and it covers three main learning objectives: Understand and use collaborative processes to explore entrepreneurship or innovation opportunities to address sustainability challenges; identify and critically discuss contemporary issues in entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability; critically analyse and formulate strategies to exploit sustainable entrepreneurial and innovation opportunities in the ecosystem of a contemporary enterprise.

In this assessment, you will be provided with the opportunity to choose group members and generate a group. The students, who are unable to choose the group members, will be randomly allocated to different groups by the unit coordinator. As a group, you are required to select an industry and then identify the contemporary sustainability issues affecting the industry. Next, you are required to select any four companies in this industry and discuss their strategies to address these issues.

This assessment has two major parts:

Part B: Group Report (25%)

You are required to develop a 1,500-word (+/- 10%) business report, offering critical analysis and discussion on the contemporary sustainability challenges faced by the industry and four companies. You can select any industry (e.g., food and beverage, chemical, mining, construction, etc) of your interest and four companies from the same industry.

Part B: Group Presentation (15%)

Using zoom, record a (maximum) 10-minute presentation discussing contemporary sustainability issues affecting the industry and how companies in this industry address these issues. Each group member will be expected to present their aspects of the presentation in no more than 3-minutes. Your presentation must be delivered professionally and should be both creative and persuasive. Evidence supporting your ideas must be included in the notes section of your PowerPoint slides. The PowerPoint slides along with the recording should be submitted in Moodle for marking.

Note:

Each group member needs to equally contribute to the group task; otherwise, the mark will not be allocated on an equal basis. You are expected to select a team leader and organise group meetings to develop consensus on the choice of industry and companies and the distribution of work among group members. After that, there needs to be regular communication, exchange of ideas, feedback and exchange of materials between the group members until the completion of the group report, as well as a PowerPoint presentation. In case of conflict on contributions within a group, the UC will decide the mark allocation through the evidence-based system for Self and Peer Assessment (SPA).

• Effective explanation of sustainability challenges faced by the industry (25%).
• Critical analysis and discussion of sustainability challenges faced by companies within the industry (30%).
• Linkage of companies and industry challenges: Whether and how challenges faced by the companies differ or resemble the industry challenges? (20%)
• At least 8 peer-reviewed articles, following CQU APA Style Guide (15%).
• Quality of written communication (10%).

• Clear and succinct presentation of key sustainability challenges facing the industry (20%). 
• Presented concise sustainably related challenges faced by four companies within the selected industry (25%).
• Presented measures/strategies to address the identified issues of sustainability (20%).
• Shown evidence (references where needed) that they have done background research to inform the contents of the presentation (15%).
• Exhibited visual and oral communication skills to clearly explain their insights (10%).
• An Appropriate number of slides and time management to communicate the message (10%).

The assessment will be marked against the rubric which will be made available on the Moodle page and can be accessed from this link.

This is an individual assessment and focuses on three main learning objectives: Understand and use collaborative processes to explore entrepreneurship or innovation opportunities to address sustainability challenges; using academic and industry sources, research the need for entrepreneurship and innovation to address the complexities of sustainability challenges; critically analyse and formulate strategies to exploit sustainable entrepreneurial and innovation opportunities in the ecosystem of a contemporary enterprise.

Building upon your knowledge and work from the group assessment, you are required to select one company from the chosen industry and then further delve into issues of innovation and sustainability in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and propose workable recommendations. The required length for this assessment is 2,000 words (+/- 10%). The word count includes the text from the introduction to the conclusion/recommendations sections. The assessment should be submitted in a business report format. 

• Provided a clear and concise introduction and the rationale behind the choice of the enterprise/company from the industry (25%).
• Discussed the contemporary issues of innovation and sustainability faced by the selected enterprise (30%).
• Developed the linkage of these issues across the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the selected enterprise (20%).
• Proposed workable recommendations to deal with the issues (15%).
• Presented appropriate level of written communication skills and used at least 10 peer-reviewed journal articles following the APA Style Guide of CQU (10%).

The assessment will be marked against the rubric which will be made available on the Moodle page and can  be accessed from this link.