INNOVENT 308 : Advanced Entrepreneurship

Business and Economics

2025 Semester Two (1255) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Extends entrepreneurial knowledge and applies advanced skills in the context of a student-defined project focused on an innovative opportunity with international potential. Develops an integrated understanding of the complex interactions with internal and external stakeholders that are relevant for scaling an entrepreneurial opportunity.

Course Overview

Building upon foundations developed in pre-requisite courses, Advanced Entrepreneurship provides a context, develops and reinforces knowledge and skills including market research, needs assessment, market sizing, value propositions, customer acquisition, unit economics, business models and pitching to identify, develop and present an innovative entrepreneurial opportunity that could be successfully scaled-up (either locally or internationally).   Students work individually and in groups to consider innovative solutions,  identify markets, and create strategies that maximise the impact a solution creates.  The course embraces a range of innovative solutions, including traditional and social enterprises, technology, consumer goods and new models or approaches to societal and commercial challenges.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: INNOVENT 204 Restriction: INNOVENT 303

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 3: Knowledge and Practice
Capability 4: Critical Thinking
Capability 5: Solution Seeking
Capability 6: Communication
Capability 8: Ethics and Professionalism
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Commerce

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Analyse and evaluate the scalability potential of entrepreneurial firms to identify growth opportunities and make scaling recommendations (Capability 3, 4, 5 and 6.2)
  2. Apply discipline and pre-requisite course knowledge to develop an understanding of international market potential and size. (Capability 3, 4, 5 and 6.2)
  3. Engage in reflective thinking to develop plans that guide and inform future entrepreneurial actions (Capability 3, 4, 5, 6.2 and 8)
  4. Work collaboratively to present a viable business plan for a scalable entrepreneurial opportunity and strategies to maximise the impact created from it. (Capability 3, 4, 5, 6.1 and 6.2)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Scalable Venture Evaluation 35% Individual Coursework
Impact and scaling pitch 30% Group Coursework
Reflective portfolio 35% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4
Scalable Venture Evaluation
Impact and scaling pitch
Reflective portfolio

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect about 10 hours of lectures, 2 hours of guest speakers, 20 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 80 hours of work on assignments and presentations.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is strongly advised at scheduled activities, including lectures and tutorials/workshops to complete the components of the course. Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities, including workshops/tutorials might not be available as recordings. The course may include live online events, including group discussions and tutorials. The activities for this course are scheduled as a one hour lecture and two-hour workshop weekly.

Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Course content will be provided online through Canvas, the University’s learning management system, Talis, and a required text.  Content includes resources, readings, videos, and workbooks necessary to understand key concepts and complete required assignments. The required text is the popular and approachable Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

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Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 10/12/2024 10:05 a.m.