PPR5500 Design management and entrepreneurship
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
PPR5500 Design management and entrepreneurship is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2021 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before PPR5500
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After PPR5500
No unit lists PPR5500 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
Using investigative processes and industry case studies you will learn the role of management and associated strategic processes integral to a successful and sustainable design practice. You will acquire skills in entrepreneurship, business negotiation, teamwork, written and verbal communication, budgeting, market identification and user needs, start-up cultures and project management across a broad range of design undertakings that includes complex multidisciplinary projects.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | On campus |
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Assessment Task 1: Paper: What makes entrepreneurs tick?40%
- Assessment Task 2: Student Driven Tutorial (group)20%
- Assessment Task 3: Business Plan for a Digital Media Enterprise40%
- Assessment Task 2: The Name Game20%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply current theories and practices in design management to design projects of varying complexity;
- 2
Understand and act upon the relationship between organisational strategy and design planning;
- 3
Understand the principles of entrepreneurship, innovation management and commercialisation;
- 4
Understand how to develop a sustainable design business model;
- 5
Demonstrate skills in collaboration and clear communication.
Workload and teaching
- Seminars24 hours
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
10 hours per week including 2 contact hours plus 8 hours of independent study.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Wil-Kie Tan
- Dr Debbie Symons
- Chief Examiners
- Mr Jeffrey Janet
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for PPR5500?
PPR5500 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is PPR5500 offered?
In 2021, PPR5500 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Caulfield.
Does PPR5500 have an exam?
No. PPR5500 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.