Overview
Digital media industries are characterised by innovation, entrepreneurship and disruptive new business models. This unit will equip you with the entrepreneurial skills and knowledge required to start your own business in the digital media industries. You will be guided through the processes of planning, starting and running a new technology-based enterprise. You will learn how to analyse the business models of existing organisations, how to recognise business model patterns, and how to design innovative business models for ventures within your field of interest.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: 48 units of credit
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 - 2017
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate 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.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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 Staff observation of student performance
Some students enrol in this course too early in their program, and consequently lack the knowledge and skills that are needed to fully engage with the course material.
Change the prerequisite for MMST13017 from 36 credit points to 48 credit points.
The prerequisite for MMST13017 was changed from 36 credit points to 48 credit points to prevent students from enrolling in this unit too early in their course.
- explain the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in promoting economic growth
- develop plans for starting, running and growing a small business
- analyse the business models of existing organisations, and recognise business model patterns
- design innovative business models, employing techniques such as customer insights, ideation, visual thinking, protoyping, storytelling and scenarios
- evaluate a business model and examine its environment
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 3 - Practical and Written Assessment - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Practical and Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers
(2010)
Authors: Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur
John Wiley & Sons
Hoboken Hoboken , New Jersey , USA
ISBN: 978-0470876411
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Course Resources Online (accessible via CQUniversity Library)
- Microsoft Word
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.pace@cqu.edu.au
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1. Getting a job
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2. Starting a business
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3. Marketing and intellectual property
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4. Finances and clients
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5. The Business Model Canvas
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6. Patterns: Unbundled, Long Tail and Multi-Sided Platform business models
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7. Patterns: Free and Open business models
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8. Design: Customer Insights and Ideation
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9. Design: Visual Thinking and Prototyping
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10. Design: Storytelling and Scenarios
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11. Strategy
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12. Process and outlook
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REQUIRED RESOURCES
You must have access to the following resources for this unit.
UNIT WEB SITE
The unit web site provides essential resources for the unit such as a Study Guide and an online discussion forum. It can be accessed at moodle.cqu.edu.au
TEXTBOOK
You will need to obtain a copy of the prescribed textbook. Details are provided in this unit profile.
STUDY GUIDE
The online Study Guide will direct you to all of the essential readings and exercises for each module of the unit. The Study Guide is available in Adobe Portable Document format (PDF) from the unit web site.
COURSE RESOURCES ONLINE
Some of the readings for this unit are PDF files that must be downloaded from the CQUniversity Library's Course Resources Online service. The Study Guide will direct you to the Course Resources Online service when necessary.
DISCUSSION FORUM
An online discussion forum will be provided through the unit web site for discussing matters that relate to the unit. The discussion forum is the primary means of support for off-campus students who want assistance with tutorial exercises and assignments. If you seek help with the assignments through the discussion forum, do not post parts of your solution there because that could encourage plagiarism.
WORD PROCESSOR
You will need a word processor such as Microsoft Word for writing parts of your assignments.
ADOBE ACROBAT READER
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is a free program that lets you view, navigate and print PDF documents like the MMST13017 Study Guide. Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from the Adobe web site at www.adobe.com.
1 Practical and Written Assessment
This assignment requires you to imagine that you are starting a small business within the digital media industries, and to prepare a business plan with the aid of a template. Please refer to the unit web site for the assignment details.
Week 5 Friday (7 Apr 2017) 9:00 pm AEST
2 weeks after submission
Please refer to the unit web site for the detailed assessment criteria.
- explain the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in promoting economic growth
- develop plans for starting, running and growing a small business
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Practical and Written Assessment
This assignment requires you to describe and analyse the business model of an existing business using the Business Model Canvas. You must also write a report that explains the nine building blocks of your Business Model Canvas and discusses how your chosen business resembles one of the business model patterns described in chapter two of the textbook. Please refer to the unit web site for the assignment details.
Week 8 Friday (5 May 2017) 9:00 pm AEST
2 weeks after submission
Please refer to the unit web site for the detailed assessment criteria.
- explain the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in promoting economic growth
- analyse the business models of existing organisations, and recognise business model patterns
- evaluate a business model and examine its environment
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Practical and Written Assessment
This assignment requires you to design a business model for an innovative new business that uses digital technology to provide a novel product or service. You must create a Business Model Canvas to describe your business model. You must prepare a Customer Empathy Map and write a story that explains the business model from a customer’s perspective. You must also write a report that explains the nine building blocks of your Business Model Canvas and evaluates your model with a classic ‘Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats’ (SWOT) analysis. Please refer to the unit web site for the assignment details.
Week 12 Friday (2 June 2017) 9:00 pm AEST
2 weeks after submission
Please refer to the unit web site for the detailed assessment criteria.
- explain the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in promoting economic growth
- analyse the business models of existing organisations, and recognise business model patterns
- design innovative business models, employing techniques such as customer insights, ideation, visual thinking, protoyping, storytelling and scenarios
- evaluate a business model and examine its environment
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
