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Program Director Contact Details: Postgraduate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Name: Associate Professor Stephen Zhang
email: stephen.zhang@adelaide.edu.au

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Teaching Staff
Trimester 1 and Semester 1 - On-campus course
Name: Prof Paul Steffens
email: paul.steffens@adelaide.edu.au
Researcher Profile:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Discuss the attitudes, values, characteristics, behaviour, and processes associated with possessing an entrepreneurial mindset and engaging in successful appropriate entrepreneurial behaviour.
2	Discuss what is meant by entrepreneurship and innovation from both a theoretical and practical perspective, and the role of the entrepreneur in the new enterprise creation process.
3	Critique an entrepreneurial process / journey, reflecting on inherent paradoxes associated with entrepreneurship.
4	Develop a personal development plan for future entrepreneurial action and continued learning based on personal reflection and external feedback.
5	Engage in a continuing learning process through the interaction with peers in related topics, as individuals and as team members.

Nielsen, S. L., Klyver, K., Evald, M. R., & Bager, T. (2017). Entrepreneurship in theory and practice: paradoxes in play. 2nd Edition. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 978 1 78536 447 1

There is a wide range of material available on the course topics including the following:

Bygrave, W and Zackarakis, A, Corbett, A. (2016) Entrepreneurship, 4th Edition, John Wiley and Co.

Drucker, P. (1999) Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford.

Fagerberg, J, Mowery, DC and Nelson, RR (2005) The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford University Press, NY.

Hisrich, R.D., Peters, M. P., and Shepherd, D. (2016) Entrepreneurship, 10th Edition. McGraw-Hill Irwin, Boston.

Frederick, H., Kuratko, D. & O’Connor, A. (2018) Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, and Practice, Asia Pacific 5th Edition, Cengage.

Spinelli, Stephen Jr. and Adams, Robert Jr. (2015). New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century – A Pacific Rim Perspective, 10th Edition. McGraw-Hill Irwin. 

Journals
There is a range of journals where entrepreneurship research scholars publish their research, such as (note that this list is not definitive):
· Journal of Business Venturing
· Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
· Journal of Small Business Management
· International Small Business Management
· Small Business Economics
· Academy of Management Review
· Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
· Venture Capital
· Family Business review

Web links

Library Resources
The 成人大片’s Barr Smith Library provides a range of learning resources including texts, journals, periodicals, magazines, and access to online databases and information services. It also offers a virtual library which is accessible via the University’s website. .

is the 成人大片's online learning environment. It is used to support traditional face-to-face lectures, tutorials and workshops at the University. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments for each online course of study.

This course is offered in blended learning mode with the face-to-face component offered as intensives.

As a guide, a 3 unit course comprises a total of 156 hours work (this includes face-to-face contact, any online components, and self directed study).

This is a draft schedule and is a guide only. The timetable may be changed during the course delivery if necessary.

Session	Content
1	What is Entrepreneurship and Innovation? Some Definitions and contexts.
2	The entrepreneur: Born or made?
3	Emergence of opportunities: Created or Discovered?
4	The Entrepreneurial Process: Planning or Improvising?
5	Resourcing Entrepreneurship: Exploration or Exploitation?
6	Networking: Rational or Embedded?
7	Planning: Management tool or creativity curb?
8	The Entrepreneurial Mind: Entrepreneurial thinking or design thinking?
9	Entrepreneurial mindset and action: developing the opportunity
10	Entrepreneurial mindset and action: goal setting
11	Entrepreneurial mindset and action: getting feedback
12	Entrepreneurial mindset and action: execution
13	Social Entrepreneurship: Business or a better world?

#	Assessment Task	Task type	Length	Weighting	Learning Outcomes
1	Two (2) multiple choice and short answer question tests	Individual	2 x 25 questions	2 x 10% (20% in total)	1,2
2	Entrepreneur Interview	Group	Maximum of 3,000 words	30%	1,2,3,5
3	Self-Reflection and Personal Development Plan	Individual	Maximum of 3,000 words	40%	1,2,4,5
4	Course Participation	Individual	N/A	10%	1-5
	Total			100%

Students should attend all classes in order to pass the course. There is considerable experiential learning during classes that build your knowledge and thus enable you to be successful in this course.

Course results may be subject to moderation by the Assessment Review Committee.

Two (2) Multiple Choice and Short Answer Question Tests
Read and understand the materials presented during the lectures and the readings. Answer the questions.

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Entrepreneur Interview
Conduct an interview with two entrepreneurs who have been in business for at least three years using the guidelines in MyUni. The business should be growth oriented and / or exhibit innovation in its products or services, systems, processes, etc. Reflect on the responses obtained during the interviews using the theory and frameworks in the course to critically compare and contrast the two entrepreneurs and their entrepreneurial journeys.

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Self-Reflection & Personal DevelopmentPlan
Keep a journal during the course recording reflections of your learning through classes, reading materials and engaging in assessment tasks. Undertake self-reflection of your entrepreneurial mindset and behaviours. Undertake interviews with two close friends or family regarding their perceptions of your entrepreneurial mindset and behaviours. Develop a personal development plan outlining your intentions for future entrepreneurial mindset, development and behaviours. Use the theory and frameworks presented in the course to guide your reflection and plans.

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Course Participation
Part of your assessment is based on your participation in the class activities and discussion during the two course intensives.

All text based assignments must be submitted via MyUni:

• Assignment Submission: Assignments should not be emailed to the instructor; they must be lodged via the MyUni Course site (unless specified to do both).
• Cover Sheet: Please include in the assignment a completed 成人大片 Assessment Cover Sheet (found in MyUni, under Modules) providing details of yourself and your team members (if applicable), your assignment, the course, date submitted, etc. as well as the declaration signed by you that this is your (your team’s) work. Note that the declaration on any electronically submitted assignment will be deemed to have the same authority as a signed declaration.
• Backup Copy of Assignments: You are advised to keep a copy of your assignments in case the submitted copy goes missing. Please ensure that all assignment pages are numbered. If your assignment contains confidential information, you should discuss any concerns with the Course Lecturer prior to submission.
• Assessment extensions request: An application for Assessment Extension should be made before the due date of the assignment to the Course Lecturer. Normally, extensions will only be granted for a maximum of two weeks from the original assignment submission date. Extensions will only be granted in cases of genuine medical, compassionate or extenuating circumstances. See sections 3 and 7a) i. in particular on assessment extensions in the Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment (MACA) Policy.
• Failure to submit: Failure to submit an assignment on time or by the agreed extension deadline may result in penalties and may incur a fail grade. Note that a late penalty of 5% of the total available marks for that assessment item will be incurred each day an assignment is handed in late (Unless otherwise stated in 'Assessment Related Requirements' or 'Assessment Detail' above). Assignments handed in after 14 days from the due submission date will fail even if a 100% mark is granted for the work.
• Resubmission: of an assignment after reworking it to obtain a better mark will not normally be accepted. Approval for resubmission will only be granted on medical or compassionate grounds.
• Appealing a mark or grade: If you are dissatisfied with your mark or grade, you may request a review or re-mark. There must be academic or procedural reasons for your request, so you can’t simply request a re-mark because you are disappointed with your result. For more information on the process see Assessment Grievance: Appealing a mark or grade