2006 Course Summary Sheet

! Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (GS37*) (GS25) (GS45)

(GS77)
* International Course Code This document will assist you with the selection of your study program and completion of your enrolment. Other useful information can be found on the Student Services website http://studentservices.qut.com/, which can also be accessed via the Online Enrolment portlet. Attention to all Students: This course was discontinued in 2005. However, students who are currently enrolled in this course will be able to continue with their enrolment to the completion of this course. Location: Gardens Point campus. Course Duration: 3 semesters (full-time) or 6 semesters (part-time). The course must be completed within a maximum time period of five years. Total Credit Points: 144 Standard Credit Points/Full-time Semester: 48 (Two six-week teaching periods equate to one university semester for BGSB courses) Course Coordinator: Dr Lyndal Drennan, MBA Director; Telephone 07 3864 1419, Facsimile 07 3864 1299, Email: mbadirector@qut.edu.au IMPORTANT COURSE SPECIFIC ENROLMENT ADVICE Students are expected to enrol as per the standard structure outlined on this Course Summary Sheet, and are responsible for ensuring their unit selection is correct. Failure to do so may result in financial and academic penalties. Continuing Students All continuing students must refer to the Course Updates on page 3 to ensure that course requirements are met. Students who cannot determine an enrolment program should contact BGSB Student Services.

Course Design: Students must complete 11 core and 7 required units from the MBA (Entrepreneurship) program plus 36 credit points of masters level coursework units in a subject area pertaining to their proposed technology innovation. Course Structure and Unit Selection Students should contact the Brisbane Graduate School of Business on 07 3864 1264 to discuss their Enrolment Program. Students must obtain approval from the MBA Director before undertaking particular elective units. In all cases they will need to convince the MBA Director that the electives chosen are related to the proposed new venture. The MBA units require the development of strategic, marketing, and financial plans for a new venture prior to the completion of a formal business plan. This program is inherently flexible in that units may be taken in a variety of possible sequences, depending on student interest, and availability of the technology units in any given semester. Note that core or elective units may be taken in earlier or later teaching periods (if pre-requisites are respected) to accommodate the schedule of offering for a particular unit/s. Teaching Period (6TP1, 6TP2, 6TP3, 6TP4, 6TP5, 6TP6) Students undertaking 6 credit point units will be required to nominate a teaching period which correlates to the start date of teaching. The terminology for these is 6TP1 through to 6TP6 and students will need to nominate the correct teaching period on their online enrolment. Please refer to the BGSB Academic Calendar for the start dates of each teaching period: http://www.bgsb.qut.edu.au/currentstud/generalinfo/acacalendar.jsp. Prerequisites Prerequisite requirements for the following units are deemed to have been satisfied upon admission to this course, except for those specifically identified in brackets and italics. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have successfully completed prerequisites to a unit where applicable. Where elective units may be undertaken, students should check prerequisite requirements in the unit synopsis section of the QUT Handbook and obtain approval from the Subject Area Coordinator prior to enrolment.

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Unit Offerings Students are advised to consult the faculty timetable prior to the start of each teaching period, as information at this stage is tentative. The BGSB timetable is available online: http://www.bgsb.qut.com/currentstud/timetables/

Important Note: please ensure you select the correct teaching period, class and location code for all units you are enrolled in. All units in this course have a location of Gardens Point and a class of Internal.

COURSE STRUCTURE The following eleven (11) MBA core units must be completed: Credit Points 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Contact Hrs/Wk 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Teaching Period 6TP1:2:3:4:5:6 6TP2:4:6 6TP1:3:5 6TP1:3:4:5 6TP2:4:6 6TP1:3:5 6TP2:4:6 6TP1:3:5 6TP1:3:5 6TP1:3:5 6TP2:4:6

Core Units GSN401 Managing in the Global Business Environment GSN404 Financial Statements Analysis 1 GSN405 Strategic Management (GSN405) GSN408 Fundamentals of Marketing Management GSN410 Entrepreneurship GSN412 Business Law 1 (GSN401) GSN413 Financial Management 1 (GSN403) GSN415 Understanding Leadership GSN416 Business Plans 1 (96cp including GSN404, 408, 410, 413, 415) GSN490 Managing Technological Innovation (48cp including GSN405) GSN491 Economics in Business 1 Plus the following seven (7) required units: Required Units GSN418 Marketing Strategy Development (GSN408) GSN420 New Venture Strategy (GSN405, 410) GSN426 Business Plans 2 (GSN416, 420 and 429 OR GSN416, 420, 427 and 430) GSN427 Financial Statements Analysis 2 GSN429 New Venture Marketing (GSN408, 410) GSN430 New Venture Resourcing (GSN404, 410) GSN460 Creative Problem Solving

Credit Points 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Contact Hrs/Wk 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Teaching Period 6TP1:5 6TP4 6TP5 6TP4 6TP3 6TP1:5 6TP2:4:6

The BGSB reserves the right to run any of these units in alternate delivery mode if there are less than 15 enrolments. Technology Innovation Elective Units Plus 36 credit points of masters level coursework units in a subject area pertaining to a proposed technology innovation. Depending on the subject area of the proposed technology innovation, these electives may be taken from any Faculty, including Business. The postgraduate coursework in a technology field may be at the Masters level or higher, depending on the prior degrees already held by the individual. Applicants who have already completed a Masters or Doctoral degree in their technology area may be awarded up to 36 credit points for prior study upon admission to the MEntrep&Innov program for relevant postgraduate technology units taken within the past five years.

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COURSE UPDATES IMPORTANT ENROLMENT INFORMATION FOR CONTINUING STUDENTS The information below is to inform students of changes to course information. Students should read the course requirements information that applies to all continuing students and any other information below that pertains to their program of study. Students who require further advice should consult the relevant school to ensure that course requirements are met. COURSE REQUIREMENTS This course was discontinued in 2005. However, students who are currently enrolled in this course will be able to continue with their enrolment to the completion of this course. MBA CORE UNITS From 6TP1 2005, the MBA core units have been revised with the units GSN402, GSN411 and GSN414 being discontinued. If GSN402 and GSN411 are not completed in one of the final 2005 unit offerings, students must transfer into the new MBA core structure using the table below as a guide: Discontinued core unit not completed: GSN402 Strategic Use of Information Technology GSN411 Economics of Strategy 1 Replacement unit from new MBA core: GSN490 Managing Technological Innovation GSN491 Economics in Business 1

From 6TP1 2005, GSN416 Business Plans 1 has been revised as an integrative, capstone MBA unit with the prerequisite unit requirements amended accordingly. Students who consider they are unable to meet the revised prerequisite requirements of 96cp including GSN404, 408, 410, 413 and 415 within the timeframe of their planned program must contact BGSB Student Services to apply for a prerequisite waiver. The unit GSN415 Leadership 1 was renamed Understanding Leadership from 6TP4, 2003.

GS37, GS25, GS45, GS77

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