Postgraduate Course: Managing Innovation in Context (CMSE11310)
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 | The course will provide students with a foundational understanding of the core concepts and frameworks in innovation that will be built on in the programme.
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| Course description |
The objective of the course is to provide students with a foundational knowledge of the key concepts and frameworks of innovation and an awareness of their practical application necessary for later practical and theoretical courses in the proposed MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The course is a core element of a new programme with its aims and objectives integrated with the co-development of other courses on the proposed programme. There is no overlap with current level 10 courses.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe and discuss critically the toolbox of theories, frameworks and methods to manage innovation at firm level, including their history and current controversies.
- Apply these theories, frameworks and methods to the management of innovation in any organisational context.
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Reading List
-Buchanan, R.(1992) Wicked Problems in Design Thinking, Design Issues, 8(2), 5-21.
-Osterwalder, A and Pigneur, Y (2010) Business Model Generation, Wiley, New Jersey.
-Johnson, MW, Christiensen, CM and Kagermann, H (2008) Reinventing your business model, Harvard Business Review, 86(12), 57-68.
-O'Cass, A, Song, M and Yuan, L (2013) Anatomy of service innovation: Introduction to the special issue, Journal of Business Research, 66, 1060-1062.
-Martin, R (2009) Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage, Harvard Business Press, Boston.
-Verganti, R (2009) Design driven innovation: Changing the rule of competition by radically innovating what things mean, Harvard Business Press, Boston.
-Tidd, J and Bessant, J (2013) Managing Innovation, 5th edition, Wiley, Chichester. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Cognitive and subject specific skills:
-Analyse and evaluate innovation processes orally and in writing, (using presentations, project and essay work).;
-Research, synthesise and present materials relating to complex and problematic innovation processes.
Transferable skills:
-Engage in the collaborative critical analysis and evaluation of complex problems;
-Research information from a range of sources, critically analyse it and present their findings verbally, textually and using online media;
-Manage a project, including the management of their own time and the planning of key milestones. |
| Keywords | EI-MIC |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Raluca Bunduchi
Tel: (0131 6)51 5544
Email: Raluca.Bunduchi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Samantha Rice
Tel: (0131 6)51 5332
Email: Samantha.Rice@ed.ac.uk |
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