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Entrepreneur Within (MGMT90229)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2022
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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 problem-solving methods 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 and 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, including thinking critically and creatively. 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 dilemmas faced by entrepreneurs.
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 the ability to handle themselves under pressure;
- Demonstrate the ability to think critically and creatively to solve entrepreneurial problems and face entrepreneurial dilemmas.
Generic skills
High level of development:
- Develop problem-solving skills through in-class exercises
- Develop creative ways of solving unfamiliar problems, through in-class seminar exercises
- Learn to adopt new ideas from participation in class
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 one of the following:
- MC-ENTRPSP Master of Entrepreneurship
- MC-ETRENH Master of Entrepreneurship (Enhanced)
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Class preparation (e.g. preparing answers to questions posted on Canvas) and participation (via Discussion Board on Canvas and/or in the classroom)
| Throughout the semester | 10% |
Written assignment - personal entrepreneurial abilities
| Week 4 | 25% |
Written assignment - ethical decision making
| Week 8 | 25% |
Written assignment- becoming an entrepreneur
| Week 12 | 40% |
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Dates & times
Not available in 2022
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