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listen and look for innovative challenges;
develop their RHS brain abilities of intuition, the
subconscious and lateral thinking;
apply both sides of the brain to the realisation of the
challenge, regardless of the resources presently available;
understand the roles played by leadership, learning, luck
and positive thinking in the innovative process;
understanding their own strengths and weaknesses as
potential innovators;
become acquainted with the government-controlled
factors which influence innovation and the latest state
of play in government understanding and assistance to
the innovative process.
Overall, this course prepares students to greet life's
challenges with a new coherent and pragmatic approach
based upon self-knowledge.
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E. References
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Golis, C.C. Enterprise & Venture Capital: A Business Builders' and
Investors' Handbook. 2nd edn, St Leonards, N.S.W., Allen & Unwin,
2. 1993
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Handy, C.B. The Age of Unreason. Boston, Mass., Haward Business
School Press, 1989
Porter, M. Competitive Strategy New York, Free Press. 1980
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~~934 Entrepreneurial Research Project
No. of hours per week: fifty-six hours over two
semesters
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A subject in the Master of Enterprise Innovation.
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VI Subject aims and description
i. - Students who have passed this subject should possess:
demonstrable mastery of fundamental quantitative and
% qualitative methods of social research;
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an understanding of the relationship between generic
social research methodology and its application to
research in the specific field of entrepreneurship;
the ability to apply acquired research skills to the writing
of a masters degree standard 'mini thesis' which
advances the existing state of knowledge of a selected
aspect of the Australian entrepreneurial environment and
thus becomes a worthy addition to the Entrepreneurial
Research (ER) literature.
Textbooks
Neuman, W.L. Social Research Methods. Qualitative and Quantitative
Approaches. Boston. Allyn and Bacon, 1991
Van Wagenen, R.K. Writing a Thesis. Substance and Style.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1991
References
Emory, W.C. and Cooper, D.R. Business Research Methods. 4th edn,
Homewood, Ill.. Irwin, 1991
Hindle, K. Entrepreneurship: A Concise Technical Definition,
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Monographs. Swinburne
University of Technology, School of lnnovation and Enterprise, No.
91-07-01, Hawthorn, Vic., Swinburne Press, 1991
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Biology
No. of hours per week: four hours (two hours of
lectures and two hours of practical work)
A first year subject offered by the School of Chemical
Sciences for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts
program.
Subject aims and description
Cell structure and function.
Basic biochemistry and nutrition: atomic composition of
humans. Structure and function of carbohvdrate. arotein
and fat. Role of enzymes, coenzymes and ;nineralaelements
in metabolism. Digestive processes. Metabolism of glucose.
Fate of dietary protein. Dietary misconceptions.
Micronutrients. Energy in the diet. Metabolism of fat. Food
additives and their toxicity.
Basic microbiology: elements of microbial world ranginq from
viruses, rickettsia,-bacteria, algae, protozoa and fungi. -
Methods of growing, isolating and handling micro-organisms.
Microbes and pathogenicity.
Genetics: genes, chromosomes, cellcycle, mitosis and meiosis.
DNA structure. Replication, transcription and translation of
genes. Genetic engineering The Human Genome Project.
Hardy-Weinberg Law, drift, flow and mutation. Cytogenetics,
karyotypes and genetic defects.
Practical work reinforces the theory.
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Biology
No. of hours per week: six hours
A second semester subject offered for first year students
enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program.
Subject aims and description
The subject introduces the cell as the basic biological unit,
considers tissues as aggregates of cells with specialised
functions and then proceeds to treat the following systems in
some detail.
Cardiovascular system: properties of blood; anatomy and
physioloqy of the heart. Mechanical and electrical events of
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the card ac cycle; cardiac output. Regulation of heart rate
and blood pressure, haemostasis.
Respiratory system: anatomy of the respiratory system; gas
exchange and transport; control of respiration. The properties
of haemoglobin.
Renal system and water balance: structure of the kidney and
urinary system. Basic renal processes. Regulation of
extracellular volume and osmolarity.
Digestive system: the arrangement and functions of the
digestive system.
Skeletal system: calcium regulation, structure of bone.
Muscular system: types of muscle and their roles. Mechanism
of contraction. Conduction in the heart.
Immune systems: reticulo endothelial system. Inflammation,
phagocytosis; lymphocytes, cell-mediated immunity,
antibody-mediated immunity.
Nervous system: nerves and excitability; transmission, the
synapse; simple reflex arc. Overview of functions and
structures in the central nervous system.
Endocrine system: functions, major glands, their products and
functions.