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Postgraduate Course: Management of R&D and Product Innovation (MSc) (CMSE11094)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits15
Home subject areaCommon Courses (Management School) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is concerned with understanding how companies in the research-based industries (e.g. software, pharmaceuticals, life-sciences and digital products) bring products to market. Specifically, by the end of the course students should be able to:

- comment intelligently on the economic significance and nature of innovation
- combine and analyse critically empirical evidence and relevant conceptual material on the innovation process in the R&D-based industries, in particular the biotechnology, software and ecommerce industries
- address the complexities of specific practical problems surrounding the management of innovation, such as issues in the management of R&D, design, technology transfer and technological collaboration
- debate related issues of public and private policy
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary.
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  52
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 150 ( Lecture Hours 20, Online Activities 70, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 57 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Knowledge and Understanding:

1. better understand product innovation processes,
2. critically appreciate literature relevant to product innovation processes,
3. appreciate product innovation processes in selected emergent sectors, and
4. link product innovation processes to a range of organisational and social issues


2. Cognitive Skills:

1. The ability, verbally and in writing, (using presentations, project and essay work), to analyse and evaluate research and innovation processes.
2. To demonstrate the ability to independently research, synthesise and present materials relating to complex and problematic innovation processes.


3. Subject Specific Skills:

1. Engaging in critical discussions on product research and innovation processes, adhering to rigorous rules of evidence and defending hypotheses in group discussions.
2. In searching, assessing, utilising and presenting data, information and knowledge from physical and digital sources.
3. To independently conceptualise, plan and execute a research project.

Assessment Information
30% Blog
30% Individual report on group project
40% Group project developing a portfolio and a group presentation.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list There are no required texts for the course. All of the materials required will be accessible via the course Learn site, with particular reading recommended to suit students¿ interests on countries/sectors/technologies.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsMGMT-MR+D
Contacts
Course organiserDr Raluca Bunduchi
Tel: (0131 6)51 5544
Email: Raluca.Bunduchi@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk
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