BUSN28002 - Innovation Project

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit enables you to design and lead innovative projects that have social impact. You will research a social issue or problem and apply your innovation knowlege and expertise to design a project proposal that addresses this issue. You will then implement the proposed project and evaluate its social impact. You will draw upon your area of specialisation and advanced knowledge of innovation and entrepreneurship, applying what you have learned in a practical and real-life context to address social change. The project will be designed in consultation with an organisation or social change group. You may focus on challenges within your existing workplace, professional life or be involved in one of CQUniversity's social innovation initiatives.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Students are required to have successfully completed the first two units (BUSN20031 Social Innovation and BUSN20022 Disruption, Innovation and Entrepreneurship) within the Graduate Certificate in Social Innovation Leadership to be eligible to undertake the Innovation Project 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).

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Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Research Assignment 30%
2. Written Assessment 20%
3. Project (applied) 50%

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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Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Research and design an innovation project that demonstrates a critical understanding of contemporary leadership, social innovation and entrepreneurship.
  2. Critically analyse and evaluate primary and secondary research to develop an innovation project in response to a social issue or problem.
  3. Implement and evaluate an innovation project by applying contemporary leadership, social innovation and entrepreneurship concepts to complex social contexts.
  4. Effectively communicate the research, design and evaluation stages of the innovation project to a professional standard.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Research Assignment • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • •
3 - Project (applied) • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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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
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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