| Course material in the Graduate Certificate in Research Management and Commercialisation covers the following areas:
- creativity and recognition of commercial opportunity in scientific
discovery
- project and small business management
- commercialisation and innovation processes in high technology
industries
- startup business planning, market research and business development
- options for R&D and business funding
- business, accounting and economic principles
- development, management and commercialisation of intellectual
property
- strategic communication
- valuation and assessment of high technology businesses
- government regulations and reporting
STRE6010 Professional Skills for Researchers
STRE6020 Communication in Professional Management
GBAT9101 Project Management
GSOE9820 Engineering Project Management
ECON5103 Business Economics
STRE6030 Entrepreneurial Financial Management
GBAT9126 Development of New Products and Services
STRE6010 Professional Skills for Researchers (6UOC)
Students develop expertise as it relates to their primary field of study and future career paths and objectives in the areas of intellectual property management, market reserach, research funding, and commercialisation and/or practical implementation of research outcomes. The interactions, and the different perspectives, imperatives and priorities of various collarboarative professions and fields are explored.
STRE6020 Communication in Professional Management (6UOC)
The course explores the principles of human communication processes as they relate to negotiation and persuasion in deals, agreements and teamwork. Ethics in business and stakeholder obligations are discussed in relation to establishing and fulfilling contract agreements for the commercialisation of technology-based opportunities. Students will also develop effective strategies for dealing with the media to assist business growth.
GBAT9101 Project Management (6UOC)
Project management involves the overall planning, control and coordination of a project and is the process by which the responsibility for all phases is combined within one multi-disciplinary function. This course introduces you to the project management skills required during the lifetime of a project and explores the key concepts of project management from initiation to termination, including project risk management.
GSOE9820 Engineering Project Management (6UOC)
Overview of project management, nature of several projects and maturity levels, life cycle analysis, project biding, initiation, planning, scheduling, controlling and monitoring process, managing technical and non-technical risks, concurrent relationships and overlaps between project activities, global issues in project management, technology transfer, joint ventures, negotiation and diversity in teams, standards, tools and techniques used in project management, applications.
ECON5103 Business Economics (6UOC)
An introduction to economic analysis and policy, with particular application to decision-making in business. The course provides students with the tools to use economic principles in decision-making and an understanding of the broader economic environment in which business decisions must be made.
STRE6030 Entrepreneurial Financial Management (6UOC)
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the skills and techniques required to successfully commercialise an invention or new technology. Through group learning workshops, students develop fundamental skills in accounting, and the preparation and interpretation of financial statements. Business model and strategy options for the commercialisation of technology developments and discoveries will be explored and critiqued. Students will be introduced to the stock market, investment principles and the role of private and equity finance, and economic variables in the business cycle of technology based ventures. Through the team preparation of a business plan for real technology based commercial opportunities, students will gain experiential skills in, investing, market valuations, strategic planning, budgeting, benchmarking and market research, and start-up strategies.
GBAT9126 Development of New Products and Services (6UOC)
This course incorporates both strategic and tactical dimensions of new product and service development. It demonstrates a variety of concepts and modes of thinking about innovation and product development and provides a workable knowledge of a best practice approach to product creation from concept selection through to post-launch monitoring. It also covers the organisation and management practices that are most likely to result in successful new product development, with a state-of-the-art new product development process used as a framework to integrate theory and practice.
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