TECHCOMM 3001 - New Venture Planning
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2014
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code TECHCOMM 3001 Course New Venture Planning Coordinating Unit Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation & Innov Centre Term Semester 2 Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Intensive: Lectures and practicals Assessment Individual assignments, group project, journal Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Gary Hancock
Name: Professor Noel Lindsay
Short Bio:
Noel graduated from The University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and a PhD in Commerce. Prior to his current position, he held positions at The University of Queensland (Director, Centre for the Development of Entrepreneurs), Bond University (in Australia – Director, Australian Centre for Family Business; and in South Africa – Director, MBA Program), and the University of South Australia (Director, Centre for the Development of Entrepreneurs). He joined the University of Adelaide’s Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) as its Director in July 2006 where he also is the Professor of Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation. In 2012, Noel was seconded from his position as Director of the ECIC to the position of Academic Director Singapore Operations where he is responsible for the academic operations of the Ngee Ann Adelaide Education Centre. He currently is also Acting Head of the School of Marketing and Management.
Noel's research interests include both business and social entrepreneurship. He lectures in the areas of entrepreneurship, business planning, and venture finance.
As an entrepreneur, Noel has successfully established, grown, and harvested a number of business ventures in Australia, Malaysia, and South Africa. In addition to his entrepreneurship experience, Noel also was a Director of a $22m Australian venture capital fund for a number of years that invested between $1 - 3 million in growth oriented entrepreneurial ventures.
Noel has an accounting background in public practice including the corporate insolvency field (in the area of company liquidations and receiverships). He currently is an associate director in a firm of chartered accountants in Adelaide where he consults in the areas of family enterprise, entrepreneurial finance, and strategic planning. Noel is a Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and a Fellow of CPA Australia (he holds public practicing certificates with both organisations), and he is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Email: noel.lindsay@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: +61 8 8313 2561Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
Opening intensive:
Monday 15th to Wednesday 17th September
9-4pm
Napier 210
Closing intensive:
Monday 13th to Wednesday 15th October
9-4pm
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
1 Understand how to develop a strategic business plan 2 Develop their own effective strategic business plan 3 Know how to communicate their business plan effectively to financiers and other stakeholders 4 Understand the pros and cons of developing a business plan University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Knowledge and understanding of the content and techniques of a chosen discipline at advanced levels that are internationally recognised. 1-4 The ability to locate, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources in a planned and timely manner. 2,3 An ability to apply effective, creative and innovative solutions, both independently and cooperatively, to current and future problems. 2,4 Skills of a high order in interpersonal understanding, teamwork and communication. 2,3 A proficiency in the appropriate use of contemporary technologies. 1-4 -
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M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
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