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Leadership for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Unit Code: HBO680

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

One teaching period

36 hours

Hawthorn

All Stage 1 and 2 units

Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A core unit in the pre-2012 Master of Business Administration program. It's content is deemed equivalent to, and will be delivered under unit code and title of Leadership for Innovation (HBO682).Please follow the link for more information on the unit.

Aims & Objectives:

This unit is designed to provide students with skills and practice that are critical in leading innovative and entrepreneurial activities and ventures in established organisations. Its focus is the individual and collective leadership behaviours and practices that enable organisations to develop innovative teams and cultures, and successfully establish and sustain high growth entrepreneurial initiatives. It is intended that students are able to apply effective thinking and practice in a range of organisational, industry and cultural contexts.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand the leadership practices required as established organisations renew and revitalise themselves
recognise and help to manage the tension between leading entrepreneurial ventures and innovative activities and the other, established or entrenched elements of the organisation
diagnose and plan for the cultural and other organisational practices needed to support entrepreneurial and innovative activity in established organisations
design new venture architectures to optimise the odds for success in an established organisation
build entrepreneurial teams
have insight into their own qualities and development needs as leaders of entrepreneurial and innovative teams in organisational settings
understand the issues involved in leading entrepreneurial and innovative teams and organisations

Teaching Methods:

Case studies; experiential exercises; lectures/ discussions; and team-based project.

Assessment:

Individual assignment (30% - 40%)
Individual Learning Contract (40% - 50%)

Peer coaching debriefing reflection (10% - 20%)

Participation (5% - 15%)

Generic Skills Outcomes:

Leadership: Interdependence; Engaging with Ambiguity and Paradox; Effective Action and Influence
Global Focus: Transportable Management Skills
Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Enterprise creation and/or Development; Practising the Art of Creative Destruction
Lifelong Learning: Reflective Inquiry; Hearing and Learning from Direct Feedback; Insight into Personal Blocks to Learning; Capacity to Source and Evaluate Information and Conceptual Frameworks; Team-based Learning

Content:

Overview of leadership issues in entrepreneurship and innovation in the context of established organisations
The futures dimension and relevance of non-linear reality entrepreneurship and innovation
Creative destruction versus new business creation: its implications for leadership behaviour and organisation practices
Holding and managing the tension of competing corporate mind-sets
Leading corporate entrepreneurship at every level of organisation
Creating cultures and architectures for innovation and entrepreneurship in corporations
Creating and sustaining entrepreneurial and innovative teams in established organisations
Strategic relationship management
Leadership capabilities and emotional intelligence, including self-assessment
International and cross-cultural applications