Course Title: Business Innovation Project
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Business Innovation Project
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Coordinator: Dr Jason Downs
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 5113
Course Coordinator Email: jason.downs@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Building 80, City Campus
Course Coordinator Availability: via email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None.
Course Description
Work on some of the most dynamic business challenges and opportunities with our diverse industry partners (collaboration with Activator) or your own idea to create real impact. With the guidance of the RMIT Activator, students will develop an entrepreneurial mind and skill set, applying these to solve problems and create new opportunities in real time. Along with Activator students will connect with our leading industry translation centres like the Cyber Ready Cloud innovation centre, Blockchain Innovation Hub or Health Transformation Lab to work alongside partners.
This course is a WIL project, where you will work on real problems with the support of industry and/or Centre partners who will provide additional expertise and feedback throughout the project.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
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On successful completion of this course you should be able to:
- Develop an entrepreneurial mindset and the skills to support venture creation and growth.
- Apply design thinking principles and other techniques to explore a contemporary business issue or opportunity.
- Develop relevant strategies and a project action plan to implement solutions that are responsive to identified problems and opportunities.
- Present a project proposal to key stakeholders to gain support for adoption and implementation.
- Respond to and reflect on feedback to develop personal strategies for improvement.
Overview of Learning Activities
This course is delivered as a blend of face-to-face activities (such as: workshops, lectures and group or industry-based tasks) and online learning. Learning will be focused around the completion of a 12-week project, which will be supported through in-class and online activities. This may include: project development activities; guest speakers/expert commentators; prescribed readings; researching and analysing specific information; solving problems; producing artefacts; proposing solutions; seeking and providing peer feedback; and reflective praxis.
Overview of Learning Resources
Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies/Canvas. Class activities, recordings, notes and outcomes are posted on Canvas.
Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. Visit the RMIT library website for further details. Assistance is available online via our chat and email services, face to face at our campus libraries or via the telephone on (03) 9925 2020.
Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows.
Assessment Task 1: 15%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 5
Assessment Task 2: 35% (WIL)
Linked CLOs: 2, 3
Assessment Task 3: 50% (WIL)
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on progress, milestones and approaches, and by individual consultation.