Course content

Engineers often end up in leadership positions relatively early in their careers, where they are tasked with leading a project or initiative, typically an innovation project. Successfully leading an innovation project in an established organization puts them on the path to more senior leadership positions. This is particularly true in engineering-driven organizations. This course provides a toolkit for understanding why innovation can often be challenging in successful, established organizations. Completing this course will enhance students' ability to succeed in their innovation leadership roles.

This course demonstrates how to build and lead innovation teams, distinguish between various types of innovation, and develop an innovation portfolio. The course conveys knowledge of innovation processes, innovation management, and innovation strategy within organizations. General knowledge of structures and processes in organizations. - Specific knowledge of models and conditions pertaining to innovation processes in organizations, e.g., radical Innovation, incremental innovation, disruptive Innovation, business model innovation, innovation culture, innovation management.

The course enables students to analyze organizations to improve and enhance an organization’s innovative performance. It enables successful students to be contributors to innovation processes in any organization. The students will develop an understanding of the enablers and obstacles to innovation in organizations through readings, lectures, and discussions.

Learning outcome

The course enables students to analyze organizations to improve and enhance an organization’s innovative performance. It enables successful students to be contributors to innovation processes in any organization. The students will develop an understanding of the enablers and obstacles to innovation in organizations through readings, lectures, and discussions.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and in-class discussions of course material.

Recommended previous knowledge

This is a graduate level course. This is complimentary course (K-emne). .

Course materials

Given at start of semester.

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