This is an individual assessment. You are required to write a short 2000-word business report that identifies, analyses, and synthesises contemporary Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainability (EIS) challenges from a selected Australian industry perspective of your choice. Your lecturer must approve your choice of Australian industry. 

First, research the concepts and relationships between entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainability. Then, research the need for innovation and entrepreneurship to address the complexities of sustainability challenges from a selected Australian industry perspective (e.g. agriculture, manufacturing, mining, education, tourism, etc). The report must build on information from well-regarded academic (e.g. research articles published in peer-reviewed journals) and practitioner (e.g. industry reports, webpages, magazines) literature about the issues. Workshop activities will address this. You must discuss the scope of your report at the workshops.

The total length of the report should not exceed 2000 words (+/- 10%), excluding the title page, executive summary, table of contents, reference list, table(s), figure(s), and appendices. Note that tables and figures are optional and should only be used if relevant and referred to in the body of the report. You must develop and submit this assessment in the short business report format. This will be discussed at the workshops. Further assessment details and guidance are provided on the unit website in Moodle.

You are strongly encouraged to discuss your assessment ideas, research progress, and self-reflection at the workshops with fellow students and your local lecturer before you complete and submit the assessment.

Assessment submissions with high Turn-It-In similarity scores and AI scores will be investigated according to CQUniversity academic misconduct policies and procedures.

Your report must demonstrate:

1. Effective use of the executive summary. (10%)
2. Understanding of the concepts of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainability (EIS) and their complex relationships. (10%)
3. Effective identification, analysis, and synthesis of EIS opportunities and threats external to the selected industry. Key assumptions associated with the analysis and synthesis must be provided. (15%)
4. Effective identification, analysis, and synthesis of EIS strengths and weaknesses internal to the selected industry. Key assumptions associated with the analysis and synthesis must be provided. (15%)
5. Effective synthesis of key findings with important industry EIS challenges included in the conclusion. (15%)
6. Candid and critical self-reflection about the assessment task, including a reflection on the development of personal competencies and skills; identification of own personal strengths and weaknesses, supported with suggestions for self-improvement. (15%)
7. Good written communication skills embedding sound arguments supported by sound references, use of professional tone, word choice, expression, grammar, punctuation, and correct spelling using Australian English (10%). 
8. Use of at least 10 quality in-text (APA 7) references, including academic (minimum 5) and practitioner supporting your argument. Conformity to the CQU APA 7 Referencing Guide (10%). 

This is a team assessment. 

Your team must investigate and propose how an Australian business can apply innovation and entrepreneurship methodologies and practices to address sustainability challenges. This assessment has two significant parts focused on the same business proposal.

Part A: Team Report (25%)

You are required to develop a 1,500-word (+/- 10%) business proposal using the short report format. Your team report must investigate and propose how an Australian business can apply innovation and entrepreneurship methodologies and practices to address sustainability challenges. Only one team member must submit the business proposal to Moodle's unit website.

Part B: Team Presentation (15%)

Using Zoom, record a maximum 10-minute presentation. Each team member must present their aspects of the Team Presentation in no more than 3 minutes. Your Presentation must investigate and propose how an Australian business can apply innovation and entrepreneurship methodologies and practices to address sustainability challenges. Your Presentation must be delivered professionally and should be both creative and persuasive. Key references supporting your ideas must be included in the notes section of your PowerPoint presentation. The PowerPoint presentation and the Zoom recording must be submitted to the unit website in Moodle. Note: If there are few students in the unit, we may use the Zoom workshop for live Presentations and Zoom recording.

Important

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

Assessment details and guidance will be provided on the unit website in Moodle and in class. You are strongly encouraged to discuss your assessment ideas and suggestions in class with fellow students and your local lecturer before you complete and submit the assessment.

Part A: Team report.

Your report must demonstrate:

1. Effective use of the Executive Summary and the Introduction. (10%)
2. Understanding the Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainability (EIS) concepts and their complex relationships in the context of how an Australian business can apply innovation and entrepreneurship methodologies and practices to address sustainability challenges. (10%)
3. Effective identification, analysis, and synthesis that supports the ideas and proposals for how an Australian business can apply innovation and entrepreneurship methodologies and practices to address sustainability challenges. (40%)
4. Effective synthesis of key ideas and proposals in the conclusion. (10%)
5. Candid and critical team self-reflection about the assessment task, including a reflection on developing personal competencies and skills, identifying team strengths and weaknesses, and suggestions for team self-improvement. (10%)
6. Good written communication skills embedding sound arguments supported by proper references, use of professional tone, word choice, expression, grammar, punctuation, and correct spelling using Australian English (10%). 
7. Use at least 10 quality in-text (APA 7) references, including academic peer-reviewed (minimum 5) and practitioner references supporting your arguments. Conformity to the CQU APA 7 Referencing Guide (10%). 

Part B: Team Presentation.

Your Presentationmust demonstrate:

1. Understanding the Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainability (EIS) concepts and their complex relationships in the context of how an Australian business can apply innovation and entrepreneurship methodologies and practices to address sustainability challenges. (10%)
2. Effective identification, analysis, and synthesis that supports the ideas and proposals for how an Australian business can apply innovation and entrepreneurship methodologies and practices to address sustainability challenges. (40%)
3. Effective synthesis of key ideas and proposals in the conclusion. (10%)
4. Candid and critical team self-reflection about the assessment task, including a reflection on developing personal competencies and skills, identifying team strengths and weaknesses, and suggestions for team self-improvement. (10%)
5. Demonstrate evidence (references) that you have done background research to inform the contents of the Presentation (10%)
6. Exhibit visual and oral communication skills to explain your insights clearly (10%)
7. Use an appropriate number of slides to communicate the message (10%)

This is an individual assessment.

You are required to write a 2000-word (+/- 10%) short business report containing a business proposal focused on building Circular Economy capabilities within a Business Innovation Ecosystem.

The report must answer the following questions using different resources and search criteria:

• How can Kmart in Australia build world-class Circular Economy capabilities within a business innovation ecosystem it leads to address its UN SDG 12 targets?
• What Circular Economy collaborative innovation processes, methodologies, practices, and tools should Kmart use within the innovation ecosystem?

In answering these questions, you must compare your findings regarding:

• Effective identification, analysis, and synthesis of internet search results using Google and Chat GPT (include references).
• Effective identification, analysis, and synthesis of unit website materials (include references).
• Effective identification, analysis, and synthesis of academic and professional practitioner literature (include references).

The total length of the report should not exceed 2000 words (+/- 10%), excluding the title page, executive summary, table of contents, reference list, table(s), figure(s), and appendices. You must develop and submit this assessment in the short business report format.

You are strongly encouraged to discuss your assessment ideas, research progress, and self-reflection at the workshops with fellow students and your local lecturer before you complete and submit the assessment.

Assessment submissions with high Turn-It-In similarity and AI scores will be investigated in accordance with CQUniversity academic misconduct policies and procedures.

Your report must demonstrate:

1. Effective use of the Executive Summary and the Introduction. (10%)
2. In-depth understanding of the Circular Economy and UN SDG 12 related concepts. (10%)
3. Effective identification, analysis, and synthesis of internet search results using Google and Chat GPT (include references). (10%)
4. Effective identification, analysis, and synthesis of unit website materials (include references). (10%)
5. Effective identification, analysis, and synthesis of academic and professional practitioner literature (include references). (10%)
6. Effectively compare the three different sources of information in table format with supporting argumentation. (10%)
7. Effective synthesis of key ideas and proposals in the conclusion. (10%)
8. Candid and critical self-reflection about the assessment task, including a reflection on the development of personal competencies and skills; identification of your own personal strengths and weaknesses, supported with suggestions for self-improvement. (10%)
9. Good written communication skills embedding sound arguments supported by proper references, use of professional tone, word choice, expression, grammar, punctuation, and correct spelling using Australian English. (10%) 
10. Use at least 20 quality in-text (APA 7) references supporting your findings and arguments. Conformity to the CQU APA 7 Referencing Guide. (10%)