The Entrepreneurial Me
Apply your entrepreneurial understanding to your own aspirations and context.
Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
10 hours
The Entrepreneurial Me
Apply your entrepreneurial understanding to your own aspirations and context
What type of entrepreneur are you, or what type would you eventually like to become? From the economic perspective, entrepreneurship is about trade, profit and innovation for growth.
From a psychological perspective, it’s about people and their networks. From a sociological perspective, entrepreneurship is about society, the intersection of people, place and context.
Individuals take different paths through entrepreneurship and this short course aims to draw together the various dimensions that might influence those choices.
What topics will you cover?
• How values and beliefs motivate your behaviour
• Your goals and aspirations
• What success looks like to you
• How your ethics and beliefs impact upon your entrepreneurial practice
• Whether your view of success has a sustainable or ethical dimension
• Your entrepreneur archetype(s)
Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Reflect upon your own entrepreneurial profile and mindset
- Explore how your goals, values, beliefs and aspirations impact upon your entrepreneurial mindset and/or actions
- Apply a range of theoretical perspectives to your personal context
- Debate the role and value of entrepreneurship in a range of societal contexts
Who is the course for?
This course is for students undertaking the graduate/ postgraduate certificate, jointly delivered by Coventry University and Deakin University.
Who will you learn with?
Cherisse Hoyte is an associate professor of entrepreneurship in Coventry University’s International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship. Her area of expertise is entrepreneurial sensemaking.
Prof Maas is the Director of the International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship at Coventry University. Has broad international business and academic experiences in various countries.
Dr Matt Mount (Ph.D) is Assistant Professor of Strategy and Innovation at Deakin Business School. He is an expert in the area of strategy and innovation processes.
Dr Colin Higgins is an Associate Professor in Management at Deakin University and also leads Deakin's Global Courses. He teaches strategy and researches how companies engage with sustainability
Who developed the course?
Coventry University
Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.
Established
1992Location
Coventry
Deakin University
Deakin University is one of Australia’s largest universities with more than 61,000 students and over 15,000 online.
Established
1974Location
Melbourne, AustraliaWorld ranking
Top 280Source: QS World University Rankings 2021
Learning on FutureLearn
Your learning, your rules
- Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
Join a global classroom
- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
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