Postgraduate Course: Management of R&D and Product Innovation (MSc) (CMSE11094)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | This 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
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| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 52 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 20,
Online Activities 70,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
57 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
30% Blog
30% Individual report on group project
40% Group project developing a portfolio and a group presentation. |
| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
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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. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | MGMT-MRD-MSC |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Raluca Bunduchi
Tel: (0131 6)51 5544
Email: Raluca.Bunduchi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Peter Newcombe
Tel: (0131 6)51 3013
Email: Peter.Newcombe@ed.ac.uk |
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