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Entrepreneur Within (MGMT90229)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Year Long
Dr Rob Leach robert.leach@unimelb.edu.au
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Overview
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The purpose of this subject is to help students develop the personal insights, ethical decision-making skills and interpersonal capabilities that will be critical to being a successful entrepreneur. The subject will look at four interrelated cognitive and emotional domains. First, self understanding, which will address where being an Entrepreneur fits into the student’s life/career; what strengths they bring; what the particular challenges will be for them and how to set up and use opportunities for reflective learning. Second, self management skills, which will focus on those which are especially important for entrepreneurs including: the resilience skills to handle pressure and failure, time and priority management skills, and the skills to manage success. Third, ethical decision making, which will explore a person’s values, different methods of making ethical decisions, the identification and management of cognitive biases and the application of ethical decision making skills to the type of concrete dilemma’s faced by entrepreneurs. Finally, skills to manage others and your network. Key elements addressed include: the insight into others needed to help build effective teams and how to manage team dynamics, approaches to influencing/motivating others, the mindsets and skills required for delegation and capabilities needed for effective leadership.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- describe the development of personal skills and values;
- evaluate ethical issues in starting and growing an enterprise, understand the frameworks for ethical decision making and demonstrate an awareness of how cognitive bias and other aspects of cognition can distort good decision making;
- demonstrate the ability to manage self and others and the ability to handle themselves under pressure, give feedback, collaborate, network and delegate;
- demonstrate the capacity to reflect and learn in the context of entrepreneurial leadership.
Generic skills
High level of development:
- Develop problem-solving skills through in-class seminar exercises
- Develop creative ways of solving unfamiliar problems, through in-class seminar exercises
- Learn to adopt new ideas, from participation in lecture aspects of seminars
Moderate level of development:
- Think critically, and organise knowledge, from consideration of the lecture material
- Plan effective work schedules, to meet the regular deadlines for submission of assessable work
- Present an argument, by reflecting on those presented in the lecture series.
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the MC-ENTR Master of Entrepreneurship
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Reflection on personal strengths, vulnerabilities, and team role using tools introduced in subject
| Due late March | 20% |
Written assignment: How is my team functioning?
| Due mid April | 10% |
A piece of art representing your personal journey as an entrepreneur, with a 250 word exegetical commentary | Due late May | 20% |
Written assignment: How Do I Make Ethical Decisions?
| Due late August | 20% |
Narrative assignment: Who am I as an entrepreneur?
| Due late September | 30% |
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Dates & times
- Year Long
Principal coordinator Robert Leach Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours (one 3 hour seminar per week) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 31 May 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Year Long contact information
Dr Rob Leach robert.leach@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Further information
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Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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Type Name Course Master of Entrepreneurship
Last updated: 9 April 2024