Unit of Study BUSN2009 The Founder's Journey (2025)

Future students:
T: 1800 626 481
E: Email your enquiry here

Current students:
Contact: Faculty of Business, Law and Arts

Students studying at an education collaboration:
Please contact your relevant institution

Show me unit information for year

Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Unit description

Critically analyses the role of the founder from business startup to maturity. Students explore the evolution of the startup process and build their entrepreneurial knowledge across various contexts of leadership, building teams, managing external stakeholders, executing strategy and financing.

Unit content

Module 1: Understanding Entrepreneurs

Module 2: The Founder's dilemma

Module 3: Moving from 'me' to 'we'

Module 4: The importance of managing stakeholders

Module 5: Letting go

Module 6: Pains and Gains of the Founder's journey

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term1	Term1
Melbourne	N/A	Term1
Online	Term1	Term1
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby	N/A	Term4
Perth	N/A	Term1
Sydney	N/A	Term1

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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

identify the traits, behaviours and competencies necessary to become a successful business founder

demonstrate self-awareness of current capabilities and deficiencies in skills to effectively navigate the entrepreneurial journey

examine the differing leadership and communication proficiencies required to navigate through the venture development stages individually and/or in groups

relate the importance of stakeholders to entrepreneurial ventures.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	30%
Presentation	30%
Presentation	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	30%
Presentation	30%
Presentation	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	30%
Presentation	30%
Presentation	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	30%
Presentation	30%
Presentation	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	30%
Presentation	30%
Presentation	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	30%
Presentation	30%
Presentation	40%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

Prescribed text information is not currently available.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.

Prescribed Texts

Prescribed text information is not currently available.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.

Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full-fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees.

Find out more for domestic fees