Structured Methods of New Product Development and Creativity Management: A Teaching Experience

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2009

Authors

António Augusto Fernandes (Author) FEUP; Sónia da Silva Vieira (Author) FEUP; Albertina P. Medeiros (Author) FEUP; Renato M. Natal Jorge (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Creativity and Innovation Management

Vol. 18 No. 3

Pages: 160-175

ISSN: 0963-1690

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Indexing

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Process engineering

Other information

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2009.00529.x

Abstract (EN): Using structured methods for managing business innovation can be an effective way to improve the ideation process. Teaching structured methods is a potent way to enhance the innovative capabilities of companies and to develop creative products for the marketplace. In this paper, structured models of innovation and product development are reviewed and an approach to them is presented, based on several MSc student projects. The implications for managers, such as the need to train employees in structured methods, and the implications for those who teach innovation management are discussed in detail.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific