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Indigenous Business Ecosystems (MGMT90287)
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Overview
Availability | May - Online |
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Indigenous entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems are characterized by a complex set of interconnected elements: traditional territory, leadership, culture, capital markets, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members that continuously interact, collaborate, and compete in response to the specific dynamics of a particular region.
This subject aims to introduce students to the key issues, concerns, and theories of Indigenous hybrid venture creation in the context of entrepreneurial ecosystems that are unique to a region’s particular socioeconomic needs and priorities for social, cultural, spiritual, and environmental value creation. This subject aims to support students to build a framework for the practice of Indigenous entrepreneurship through generating insights into the creation, management, and development of new ventures by and for Indigenous peoples that are responsive to the community, its values, traditions, culture and socioeconomic needs.
Examining the objectives of Indigenous entrepreneurship in context of social interrelationships and interdependencies will bring students into critical discussions between community’s cultural and spiritual understandings, beliefs, practices, and socioeconomic needs. Understanding the tensions inherent in Indigenous business ecosystems and the way that organisations and individuals are embedded in a particular geographical, environmental and community context will lead to a more sophisticated understanding of what is at stake and at play in Indigenous business ecosystems. The subject will explore Indigenous entrepreneurship, hybrid venture creation and entrepreneurial ecosystems and students will be encouraged to apply them to their own practice, experience and/or context of entrepreneurship.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate an integrated understanding of Indigenous entrepreneurship theory and practice and its importance to communities and society.
- Explain and critically analyse current understandings of the Indigenous entrepreneur, the entrepreneurial mindset in context of Indigenous entrepreneurial ecosystems.
- Develop practical insights into conceiving and developing innovative new hybrid business ventures.
- Identify and critically analyze important strategic issues related to Indigenous entrepreneurship and hybrid venture creation.
- Communicate entrepreneurial venture ideas and business models to demonstrate customer/community empathy and value propositions inherent to Indigenous entrepreneurial venture creation.
- Participate in developing innovative ideas for hybrid venture creation that facilitate a practical understanding of regional development and Indigenous entrepreneurial ecosystems.
- Apply practices of Indigenous entrepreneurial thought, action, and reasoning to facilitate entrepreneurial venture creation and/or entrepreneurial activities their territories.
Generic skills
- Critical evaluation of evidence in support of an argument or proposition.
- Problem solving in management through the application of appropriate management theories, principles and data.
- Demonstrate a capacity to successfully engage in collaborative activities such as group-based work and activities.
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
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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Individual Assignment - Personal Reflection Video
| Week 2 | 10% |
Individual Assignment - Reflective Learning Journal
| Week 3 | 20% |
Group Presentation – Indigenous Hybrid Venture Prototype
| Week 7 | 40% |
Group Report - Indigenous Hybrid Venture Prototype
| Week 8 | 30% |
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Dates & times
- May - Online
Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Eight-week delivery – weekly workshops 90 minutes via zoom (12 hours) Online resources – teacher led video content (3 hours), readings (40 hours), online engagement (40 hours), cohort led tutorial gatherings (40 hours) Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 2 May 2022 to 26 June 2022 Last self-enrol date 13 May 2022 Census date 20 May 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 June 2022 Assessment period ends 3 July 2022
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 9 April 2024