| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Trimester 1, offshore teaching period |
| Old unit code |
455.608 |
| Content |
This unit introduces students to the nature and characteristics of entrepreneurship and innovation and explores the interrelationship between the two within contemporary economies from a managerial perspective. The nature of enterprise behaviour and the characteristics of entrepreneurs in both large and small organisations are examined, as are the policy issues associated with encouraging enterprise and innovation within large organisations and the wider community. Students examine their own propensity for enterprise and creativity, while exploring the nature and process of innovation. They are provided with an understanding of how technology and innovation are distinct but related constructs, as well as the psychological, social and cultural forces influencing new venture creation. The fundamentals of opportunity recognition and screening of new venture ideas are examined from both a macro and micro perspective. |
| Assessment |
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley), Singapore, Manila |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: any four of MGMT8501 Organisational Behaviour, MGMT8502 Accounting, MGMT8503 Economic Management and Strategy, MGMT8504 Data Analysis and Decision Making, MGMT8505 International Management, MGMT8506 Ethical Dimensions of Organisations, Management and Leadership, MGMT8530 Managerial Finance, MGMT8550 Marketing Principles |
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| Unit web page |
http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/studentnet
[Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2010.]
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