LB5207 - Entrepreneurship

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Business

Risk Society and the acturialisation of social life: notions of risk; culture, risk and value. Organisational Risk and Value Creation: value creation; sources of risk; value at risk. Risk Management: exposure mapping; philosophies and strategies; risk treatment systems. Topics in Risk Management: environmental risk; fraud; risk financing. Governance and Risk: control; assurance; risk management structures; politics of risk society.

Learning Outcomes

• understand the notion of Risk Society and its implications;
• align notions of value creation, resource utilisation and risk management;
• develop skills in risk analysis and modelling, in relation to various types of risks facing organisations;
• develop an appreciation of relationships between organisational governance and risk management structures.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• The ability to use and interpret different media;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 4
Census Date 20-Mar-2009
Face to face teaching 13-Mar-2009 to 29-Mar-2009 (Face to face dates Fri 13 & 27/3 (6-9pm); Sat 14 & 28/3 & Sun 15 & 29/3 (9-5pm). Exam date is yet to be determined.)
Coordinator:	Mr Dwight Lemke
Lecturer:	Mrs Moina Lettice.
Contact hours:	40 hours lectures - Consisting of 30 hrs lectures and 10 hrs of lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coord/Lect:	Mr Dwight Lemke.
Contact hours:	40 hours lectures - Consisting of 30 hrs lectures and 10 hrs of lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52
Census Date 24-Jul-2009
Coordinator:	Mr Dwight Lemke
Contact hours:	40 hours lectures - Consisting of 30 hrs lectures and 10 hrs of lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%).
JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 51
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Face to face teaching 14-Mar-2009 to 14-Apr-2009 (Block mode 14/3/09-14/4/09)
Coordinator:	Mr Dwight Lemke
Contact hours:	40 hours lectures - Consisting of 30 hrs lectures and 10 hrs of lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22
Census Date 14-Aug-2009
Coord/Lect:	Mr Dwight Lemke.
Contact hours:	40 hours lectures - Consisting of 30 hrs lectures and 10 hrs of lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%).

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