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This course leverages your innovation and creative thinking through a real-world project to make a difference for an organisation. Over the course of the semester, you will work in a team to come up with a concept solution to a challenge posed by a business, social enterprise or other organisation. If you have your own idea for a venture you may have the opportunity to work on that venture as your project. You will gain real-world experience working with key stakeholders and mentors and will learn to apply a number of business tools and techniques as you come up with your concept solutions. This is an opportunity for you to have a real impact for an organisation.
This course allows students to work along with start-up founders and enables students’ creative thinking to address real business problems. Over the course of the semester, students work in teams, either on the business ideas that they are passionate about or work with start-up founders to solve business challenges in practice. Students will gain real-world experience working with different stakeholders and learn how to apply business tools and techniques that are suitable in start-up contexts. This is an opportunity for students to practice and make a real impact.
The objectives of the course are:1. Understand the nature of startups.2. Apply business knowledge to address real-world challenges.3. Practice leadership, communication skills, problem-solving skills through project-based learning.4. Evaluate new opportunities for a startup venture.5. Create a business plan through opportunity assessment.
120 points at 100-level or above
BSNS290
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Lectures for this course are recorded using the ECHO360 lecture recording system
Claire Bi
Assessment in Te Reo MāoriIn recognising that Te Reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand, the University provides for students who may wish to use Te Reo Māori in their assessment. If you intend to submit your work in Te Reo Māori you are required to do the following:Read the Assessment in Te Reo Māori Policy and ensure that you meet the conditions set out in the policy. This includes, but is not limited to, informing the Course Coordinator 1) no later than 10 working days after the commencement of the course that you wish to use Te Reo Māori and 2) at least 15 working days before each assessment due date that you wish to use Te Reo Māori.
Bland, D. J., & Osterwalder, A; Testing business ideas: A field guide for rapid experimentation (Vol. 3) ; John Wiley & Sons, 2019.
Blank, S., & Dorf, B; The startup owner's manual: The step-by-step guide for building a great company ; John Wiley & Sons, 2020.
Learning resources posted on LEARN.
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Domestic fee $893.00
International fee $4,200.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see University Centre for Entrepreneurship .