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Gold Coast | | |
Lismore | | |
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Unit description
This unit covers the fundamentals of starting a business from scratch, building and sustaining that business, and continually renewing and refreshing the business.
Unit content
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Business start-up: A strategic focus
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Customer-focusing the business: A marketing focus
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Get the right people: A people focus
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Manage your money: A financial focus
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Sustaining the business: A responsible business focus
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Making it all happen: A technology focus
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competenceOn completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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1 | Demonstrate a critical understanding of building business case and strategic plan for a new business | | Creativity | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
2 | Demonstrate an ability to develop financial models and balance sheets | | Creativity | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
3 | Understanding the role of communication, data and information systems in starting a business | | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of building business case and strategic plan for a new business
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- Demonstrate an ability to develop financial models and balance sheets
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- Understanding the role of communication, data and information systems in starting a business
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
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