MGMT20142 - Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation are processes that seek to exploit opportunities and develop effective, efficient, sustainable solutions to complex problems, and aims to improve business value, as well as addressing sustainability challenges. The unit will include contemporary social, environmental and economic sustainability problems. With a focus on action learning and case study analysis, you will develop the ability to explore entrepreneurial and innovation opportunities that address sustainability challenges in the ecosystem of contemporary enterprises. You will develop problem-solving skills using critical analysis in a practical context. Collaborative practices, such as design thinking, co-creation, and social innovation, will equip you to address sustainability challenges.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 30%
2. Group Work 40%
3. Written Assessment 30%

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%).

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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.

Source: The unit received a rating of 100% positive student feedback on all Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation (SUTE) criteria.
Feedback
The student feedback about the unit content, unit delivery, unit assessments, and the lecturer's constructive feedback is very positive.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the current learning and teaching philosophy and learning and teaching implementation be maintained and strengthened where possible.
Action Taken
The problem-based learning approach is maintained. It requires students to engage in a combination of inductive and deductive thinking (analytical and creative thinking) when engaging in innovation and entrepreneurship activities to address sustainability challenges. The unit enables students to relate and apply innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability concepts, methods, and practices to their particular industry and business challenges in the workshop discussions, workshop activities, and assessments.
Source: The unit received a rating of 100% positive student feedback on all Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation (SUTE) criteria.
Feedback
The student feedback about the unit content, delivery, and assessments, as well as the lecturer's constructive feedback, is very positive.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the current learning and teaching philosophy and learning and teaching implementation be maintained and strengthened where possible.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Identify and critically discuss contemporary issues in entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability
  2. Understand and use collaborative processes to explore entrepreneurship or innovation opportunities to address sustainability challenges
  3. Using academic and industry sources, research the need for entrepreneurship and innovation to address the complexities of sustainability challenges
  4. Critically analyse and formulate strategies to exploit sustainable entrepreneurial and innovation opportunities in the ecosystem of a contemporary enterprise.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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