Course Title: Engineering and Entrepreneurship
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Engineering and Entrepreneurship
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Coordinator: Prof. Stuart Bateman
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 6672
Course Coordinator Email: stuart.bateman@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 57.3.19
Course Coordinator Availability: Email for appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
In this Course you will explore why businesses succeed whilst others fail through studying fundamental theory behind contemporary business practice and its intersection with workplace culture both for large and small (start-up) organisations. Key topics explored in this course include organisational strategic modelling, basic finance concepts, business plan development, organisational behaviour, leadership, and risk management.
If you are enrolled in this course as a component of your Bachelor Honours Program, your overall mark will contribute to the calculation of the weighted average mark (WAM).
See the WAM information web page for more information.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course is an option course so it is not required to contribute to the development of Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) though it may assist your achievement of several PLOs for the following programs:
BH068P23 Bachelor of Engineering (Advanced Manufacturing & Mechatronics) (Honours)
BH076P23 Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Systems Engineering) (Honours)
BH086AMH23 Bachelor of Engineering (Advanced Manufacturing & Mechatronics) (Honours) / Bachelor of Business
For more information on the program learning outcomes for your program, please see the program guide <http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=vpuqinw1z7jr;STATUS=A>.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Use organisation management skills and tools to undertake strategic analysis of organisations.
- Involve innovation, leadership attributes & strategic modelling to develop viable engineering-related enterprises.
- Develop a business plan for proposed enterprise that considers not only financial sustainability but also society and the environment.
- Implement strategies to build an effective, agile and innovative workplace culture considering areas such as skills, safety, reward and team in the context of ethical business practice.
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as pre-recorded lectures lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.
Prior to attending the timetabled, face-to-face sessions you will be expected to have completed the specified online activities.
You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
Overview of Assessment
This course has no hurdle requirements
Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1: Proposal of the Group Innovation Project (GIP).
Weighting 10%
This assessment supports CLO 1
Assessment 2: Strategic Analysis (Class presentation) of the Case Study (CS).
Weighting 20%
This assessment supports CLOs 1,2,
Assessment 3: Business Plan (Report & presentation) for the GIP.
Weighting 45%
This assessment supports CLOs 1, 2, 3
Assessment 4: End of Semester Assessment
Weighting 25%
This assessment supports CLOs 1, 2, 3,4
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.