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Prescribed Learning Outcomes - Entrepreneurship and Management

The courses for Entrepreneurship and Management are as follows:
Entrepreneurship 12
Management Innovation 12


Entrepreneurship 12
Entrepreneurial Concepts It is expected that students will:

  • identify and evaluate ethical business opportunities that emerge from an environmental scan
  • design, review, and present a feasibility study for a business idea
  • select, use, evaluate, and defend appropriate research methods used to establish market potential
  • describe methods that protect intellectual property
  • explain the role of innovation in entrepreneurship
Business Plan Formulation It is expected that students will:

  • develop and evaluate a business plan and operating strategy for a venture
  • create a mission statement and objectives for a venture
  • compare the criteria used by various sources of venture capital to provide funding
Business Plan Operation It is expected that students will:

  • implement a venture to take advantage of an opportunity
  • assess a venture in terms of its objectives
Teamwork and Networking It is expected that students will:

  • identify the roles of leadership and teamwork in entrepreneurial activity
  • apply teamwork skills to solve a business problem
  • demonstrate a commitment to high standards of legal and ethical behaviour when operating a venture
  • assess how personal attributes influence the success of a venture
  • establish and use criteria to evaluate group processes and their own roles and contributions to the group process
  • develop and maintain a personal network of business contacts


Management Innovation 12
Organizing for Business It is expected that students will:

  • describe the role of entrepreneurship in the establishment of businesses
  • compare various types of legal forms of business with regard to ease of formation, ability to raise capital, division of ownership and control, liability considerations, and continuity
  • analyse the formal organizational structures of a range of existing businesses
  • describe changes and adjustments that businesses make as they grow and develop, including diversifying, creating subsidiaries and franchises, and expanding internationally
Managing for Business It is expected that students will:

  • describe a range of corporate cultures and the underlying value system associated with each
  • explain the management functions of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling
  • identify and describe ways in which individuals handle management functions in an ethical manner
  • identify and evaluate a range of management styles
  • evaluate a range of motivational and leadership models
  • apply collaborative problem-solving and decision-making skills and co-operative strategies to complete business tasks
  • demonstrate aspects of human resource management in fulfilling team goals
  • describe human resource management practices that include issues of harassment, gender bias, ethical standards, and diverse cultural values
Opportunities Within Organizations It is expected that students will:

  • identify, describe, and analyse external challenges to business, including increasing competition, globalization, changing customer needs and wants, demographic change, unions, government intervention, and societal influences
  • analyse the impact on business of external factors, including unions, government intervention, societal influences, and competitors
  • explain the impact on business of internal factors, including the hierarchical structure, internal bureaucracy, communication flow, and established policies
  • analyse the effects of information technology on the structure of organizations
  • compare business management to intrapreneurship within a business
  • describe the role intrapreneurship plays in business renewal
  • analyse aspects of organizations and identify instances in which intrapreneurship was applied or could have been applied
  • evaluate intrapreneurial opportunities in work experience environments or career pathways
Entrepreneurship in Organizations It is expected that students will:

  • evaluate the readiness of corporate cultures to accommodate intrapreneurial activity
  • outline the skills and attributes needed by individuals to manage and respond to change in the workplace
  • analyse models that show how organizations introduce innovative activity in response to challenges and change, including venture teams, outsourcing, and re-engineering
  • apply intrapreneurial principles to address business challenges
  • evaluate the contribution of intrapreneurial activity to corporate cultures, and its impact on the well-being of workers
  • describe the entrepreneurial spirit currently found in existing organizations


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