Minimum university college entrance requirements
A101206 Innovation Management
Students should gain insight into the various techniques used in innovation processes and project development. After completing the course, the candidate will have a better understanding of the need for innovation and continuous development of projects. Students also will understand the factors which enhance and hinder innovation processes in a company. In this course, students will also be offered insight into how various tools and methods can be used to improve innovation within a company.
-Models of innovation
-The innovation system
-Strategic alliances and networks
-Initiating and management of projects
-Tools for project management (MS-project)
-Benchmarking and analysis of innovation performance within a company
Lectures, seminars, group and individual exercises. The students will make an analysis of the innovation performance in a local company. This work will be organised as a project and documented in a report which will be presented for the cooperating company, as well as for the other students in the course. Each group ha 3 to 4 members. A draft version of the report will be commented by the lecturer. The project report and the presentations count 40%.
The final project report must be finished 3 weeks before the project presentation.
