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Innovation Management

2022/2023
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
4
ECTS credits
Course type:
Compulsory course
When:
4 year, 2 module

Instructors

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is devoted to strategic management of innovation. General purpose of this course is students’ acquaintance with fundamentals of Management of Innovation and studying its toolkit. The course is aimed mostly at corporate level of Management of Innovation, though other fields of this very important part of economic and social life are also considered.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Defining types and patterns of innovation
  • Search of the sources of innovation and ideas generating
  • Defining innovation-related strategic decisions within organizations
  • Managing the processes of new product development
  • Developing the paths of cooperation for innovation-based projects
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Acquire experience of working in team on analysis in the areas of technology management and policy
  • Be able to critically assess various types of analyses in the area of innovation and actively take part in independent analysis
  • Learn major strategic issues involved in technology management at organisational level including in open and collaborative innovation
  • Learn to analyse, synthesize and critically use various indicators of technical change and innovation
  • Make students develop their data collection and analysis skills.
  • Learn the major patterns of dynamics of technical change and evaluate ongoing structural changes within that context
  • Learn the major models of technology diffusion and factors involved in their design
  • Be able to manage the processes of new product development
  • Be able to assess capacity to extrapolate from existing researchand scholarshiptoidentify new or revised approaches to policy and practicedevelopstudents ability to understand and analyse
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • The Theoretical Foundations of Innovation
  • Patterns of Innovation
  • Market Adoption and Technology Diffusion
  • Managing Innovation within Firms
  • Managing Organizational Knowledge
  • Protecting Intellectual Property
  • Networks and Collaboration Strategies
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking In-class activity (case studies, group tasks, quizzes)
  • non-blocking Research based essay
  • non-blocking Group Project
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2022/2023 2nd module
    0.3 * In-class activity (case studies, group tasks, quizzes) + 0.3 * Group Project + 0.4 * Research based essay
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • • Dodgson, M, et al. (2008) The Management of Technological Innovation : Strategy and Practice, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
  • Trott, P. (2017). Innovation Management and New Product Development (Vol. Sixth edition). Harlow, Enlgand: Pearson. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1419855

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Chesbrough, H. (2012). Open Innovation. Research Technology Management, 55(4), 20. https://doi.org/10.5437/08956308X5504085
  • Daniel Marco-Stefan Kleber. (2018). Design Thinking for Creating an Increased Value Proposition to Improve Customer Experience. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.B1673540
  • Frank, S. J. (2006). Intellectual Property for Managers and Investors : A Guide to Evaluating, Protecting and Exploiting IP. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=148150
  • Phillips, J. J., & Phillips, P. P. (2018). Using Design-Thinking in Your Innovation Projects. Journal for Quality & Participation, 41(3), 12–15. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bsu&AN=136243422
  • Reiter-Palmon R. Team Creativity and Innovation, 2017. Oxford Scholarship Online (available: HSE Electronic Resources / Oxford Scholarship online).DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190222093.001.0001
  • Schoemaker, P. J. H., Heaton, S., & Teece, D. (2018). Innovation, Dynamic Capabilities, and Leadership. California Management Review, 61(1), 15–42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0008125618790246
  • The Oxford handbook of group creativity and innovation. (2019). Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnar&AN=edsnar.oai.pure.rug.nl.publications.c911f8c4.a6e2.428b.b7fa.81051607f066