Course Title: Digital Entrepreneurship
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Digital Entrepreneurship
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BUSM2478 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 2 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 2 2023, Sem 1 2024 |
BUSM2479 |
RMIT University Vietnam |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face |
Viet2 2020, Viet1 2021, Viet1 2022, Viet1 2023, Viet1 2024 |
BUSM2480 |
RMIT Vietnam Hanoi Campus |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face |
Viet1 2021, Viet1 2022, Viet3 2023 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BUSM4745 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JulDec2020 (KP5) |
BUSM4745 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JanJun2022 (KP1) |
BUSM4745 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JulDec2022 (All) |
BUSM4745 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JanJun2023 (KP3) |
BUSM4745 |
RMIT Online |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Internet |
JanJun2024 (KP1) |
Course Coordinator: Jessica Helmi
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 (3) 99250264
Course Coordinator Email: jessica.helmi@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: B013
Course Coordinator Availability: via email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
This course is intended to encourage you to reflect and apply the managerial capabilities required in the face of the digital revolution. The course focuses on digital innovation and transformation, adoption of an entrepreneurial mindset to understand and apply digital entrepreneurship management within existing organisations, and the start-up of new digital ventures.
The course examines the business application of concepts drawn from the key literature on digital innovation. You will develop your understanding of how digital entrepreneurship contributes to the digital economy, the trends and issues affecting digital entrepreneurship including digital technologies and digital innovation, facilitators and barriers to digital entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship and the differing requirements for success in various countries and regions.
You will develop your understanding of what is required to succeed as a digital entrepreneur in both existing businesses and innovative new start-ups, and how to manage and lead these organisations in an ethical and sustainable manner.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
None
Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:
CLO1: Evaluate the economic and technological factors that are at the heart of the digital revolution occurring in the global economy.
CLO2: Apply contemporary business knowledge to manage the implementation of digital entrepreneurship in existing and start-up organisations.
CLO3. Research and critique digital entrepreneurship and digital technology management strategies and practices.
CLO4: Critically reflect on and apply best practice and learning from examples and case studies to assess and evaluate digital entrepreneurship practices.
CLO5: Justify business decisions regarding new digital business ventures which are ethical and sustainable.
Overview of Learning Activities
In this course you will be encouraged to be an active and collaborative learner. Your learning will be supported through various in-class and online activities comprising individual work. These may include quizzes; assignments; prescribed readings; sourcing; researching and analysing specific information; solving problems; and producing written work
Overview of Learning Resources
Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies\Canvas. The lecture notes and workshop notes are posted on Canvas.
Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. Visit the RMIT library website for further details. Assistance is available online via our chat and email services, face to face at our campus libraries or via the telephone on (03) 9925 2020.
Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:
Assessment Task 1: 30%
Linked CLOs: 1, 3, 4
Assessment Task 2: 30%
Linked CLOs: 1, 3, 4
Assessment Task 3: 40%
Linked CLOs: 2, 4, 5