Details for LEA311 Creativity and Entrepreneurship

Harnessing creativity and entrepreneurship can be transformative, offering fresh solutions to today’s challenges. This unit empowers students with the theories and practical skills to launch ventures that drive systemic and social change. Focusing on sustainability and ethical considerations, it guides future leaders in developing business models, particularly for non-profit and Christian organisations.

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: LEA311
• Credit points: 10

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Prerequisite

The following courses are prerequisites:

• At least 80credit points including LEA201—Leadership Principles

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Evaluate creative entrepreneurial ventures orenterprises that have exerted influence for systemic and social change. This includes consideration of intrapreneurship;
2. Describe the special challenges for the 21st Century and how to create services and businesses that offer sustainable solutions;
3. Evaluate different business models and their application to new business ventures, particularly non-profit organisations or Christian services. This includes consideration of issues of ethics, social impact and sustainablility;
4. Describe processes and strategies to build a team of partners, customers, complementors and suppliers;
5. Create a business plan for a small business or new venture that reflects personal purpose and values into a profitable business proposition. This should include a researched plan of an appropriate legal form, raising funds, set up administration, evaluating risks, appropriate insurances, etc;
6. Describe and reflect on the personal challenges related to running a small business or new enterprise.

Subject Content

1. What helps and what hinders entrepreneuring? 
2. How do entrepreneurs tend to think and operate? 
3. What wisdom/toolkits might help me as an entrepreneur?
4. What do I do when things are going really well?
5. What is ‘social’ about social entrepreneurship
6. Individual Project 
7. Social entrepreneurship

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face to Face (on site)
• E-Learning (online)
• Intensive
• Extensive

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Written Report (50%)
• Forum Posts (20%) 
• Presentation and Business Model Canvas Plan (30%)

Prescribed Text

•  Read, S., Sarasvathy, S., Dew, N., & Wiltbank, R. (2017).  Effectual Entrepreneurship (2nd ed.). Routledge. 

Please consult your instructor before purchasing any textbooks.