Summary

Students will learn core concepts that can make innovation projects more successful and profitable, and to then apply those concepts to real business cases of known successes and failures with a focus on the economic and organizational conditions that advance technological innovation by firms

Content

Keywords

Technology

Innovation

Strategy

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Identify and evaluate strategies and structures that are more likely to lead to success
• Apply theory and best practices for assessing the potential for new ideas to convert into new products, technologies and businesses
• Apply different theoretical perspectives on technology strategy and innovation, think creatively about alternative courses of action, and ask insightful questions

Transversal skills

• Communicate effectively, being understood, including across different languages and cultures.
• Evaluate one's own performance in the team, receive and respond appropriately to feedback.
• Identify the different roles that are involved in well-functioning teams and assume different roles, including leadership roles.
• Keep appropriate documentation for group meetings.
• Resolve conflicts in ways that are productive for the task and the people concerned.
• Access and evaluate appropriate sources of information.
• Take feedback (critique) and respond in an appropriate manner.
• Summarize an article or a technical report.

Assessment methods

• 20% Class Participation and/or Contribution
• 20% Take Home Midterm Exam
• 20% Individual Report
• 20% Team Project
• 20% Take Home Final Exam

Supervision

Resources

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)

No

Bibliography

A reading list will be distributed at the beginning of the course.

A case packet will be made available online for purchase.

Prerequisite for

MGT-411 Innovation Management