Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

The course is broken into three distinctive groups:
introductory, extending and integrating. Under normal
circumstances, Swinburne Bachelor of Engineering/
Technology graduates are exempt from the introductory
group, but must complete the extending and integrating
groups of subjects.
Introductory group
Hours
per week
EF611 Management Fundamentals (1 sem) 4
EF614 Management Practice (1 sem) 4
Plus one of:
EF612 Engineering Management (2 sem) 2
EF613 Industrial Engineering (2 sem) 2
Extending group
EF620 Human Aspects (I sem) 2
EF621 Financial and Legal Aspects (1 sem) 3
EF623 Marketing (1 sem) 3
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Two chosen from:
EF622 Engineering Management
EF625 Computing - Business Applications and Systems
0, EF626 Computing -Engineering Applications and
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Systems
g. EF629 Sales Management
EF630 Manufacturing Management
-? EF631 Physical Distribution Management
EF633 ~ n eManagement
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EF634 Civil Engineering Management
2. EF635 Construction Technology
EF711 Product Development and Life Cycles
EF712 Opportunity and Feasiblity Analysis
3
a EF713 The Entrepreneurial Organisation
g MM714 Risk Analysis
MM715 Risk Engineering
MM716 Risk Evaluation
MM718 Risk Finance Management
8 or other approved subject
Electives run for either two or three hours per week and for
one semester. Electives can run in either semester and are
dependent on demand.
Integrating group
EF641 Management Practice 1 (1 sem) 6
EF624 Management Practice (1 sem) 6
Offered full-time in semester two only.
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Only available to participants with at least three years
full-time work experience; offered part-time in semester
one only.
The course essentially takes a problem-based approach, the
learning being 'end' rather than 'means' driven.
The extensive use of Australian and relevant international
case studies throughout the program ensures that subjects
are seen as opportunities to explore in more depth the
analysis of various aspects of management science. \
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Graduate Diploma in
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
This program has been developed for people who intend to
start new, innovative businesses or to play a leading role in
an entrepreneurial unit of an established company.
Business and government initiatives for future technological
development should be enhanced as a result of:
the completion of a degree or diploma in any discipline
with experience in new businesss creation
* the training of young technocrats to be proactive in the
search for change; for the seeking out of ideas and the
subsequent development of those which appear
promising; and
the retention of venture capital in Australia.
The main aim is to train graduates from diverse disciplines in
the theoretical and practical aspects of the commercialisation
of an invention beginning with a valid prototype or adequate
conceptual model.
The course should be of interest not only to potential
entrepreneurs but also to 'entrepreneurial professionals' and
'friends of entrepreneurs'. This includes people with an
entrepreneurial outlook who wish to stay within an
organisation and practise entrepreneurship therein. Students
are taught to identify 'what business area they are in' and to
evaluate 'whether the opportunity will result in a profitable
business'. This is achieved through an integrated program of
subjects.
Admission requirements
All applicants should comply with one of the following:
the completion of a degree or diploma in any discipline
with experience in new business creation
a limited number of applicants not meeting the
requirements above may be admitted after interview on
the basis of considerable relevant experience and level of
responsibility in industry or business.
In selecting students for the course, the course convener
takes into consideration the balance of skills required for
team participation and hence attendance at an interview
may be required.
Duration of course
The course is designed to be completed after two years of
part-time study.
Classes are held in the evening and the usual requirement for
attendance is two nights per week.
Team teaching is used in most subjects as well as extensive
input from specialist industry personnel.
Course structure (1991 syllabus)
Weekly
contact hours
Year 1 Sern 1 Sem2
EF711 Product Development for Life
EF713
Cycles** 3
The Entrepreneurial
Organisation 3
EF715 Accounting for New Ventures 3
EF812 Entrepreneurship, Law and Ethics 3
Year 2
EF712
Opportunity and Feasibility
Analysis** 3
EF810 New Venture Marketing 3
EF811 New Venture Financial Planning 3
EF814 The Business Plan 3
** Presented in block teaching mode generally on a
Friday and Saturday