Managing Innovation

Code:

MIET0006

Acronym:

GI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Innovation Management

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIET	30	Syllabus since 2008/09	1	-	6	42	162

Teaching language

English

Objectives

This course has as its main objective to disseminate knowledge on Innovation and Innovation Management. This will enable students to start research in the area, and secondly, provide them with the basic tools to analyze the processes of creation and innovation and its implications for management, exploring the ways in which innovation can be fostered in organizations. Students will develop skills to analyze the processes of creation and innovation and its implications for management and to explore ways through which innovation can be fostered in organizations.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Assess and interpret innovation processes

2. Develop and formulate managerial strategies to shape innovative performance

3. Utilise tools of innovation management to map and measure innovative activities

4. Diagnose different innovation challenges and make recommendations for resolving them

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

N/A

Program

 

1. Introduction to Innovation

 

1. Managing Innovation as a Process

 

1. Building an Innovative Organization

 

1. Developing an Innovation Strategy

 

1. Open innovation & networks.

 

1. Entrepreneurship & new ventures

 

1. Knowledge management & intellectual property

 

Mandatory literature

Joe Tidd, John Bessant; Managing Innovation, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2009. ISBN: 0470998105

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching will have a theoretical-practical nature with a cases and students’ participation in class. In class assessment focuses on the expositive part of the class and involves 10 quiz tests (5 for each part) of 10m duration. The written tests focus on the applied case studies.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	33,40
Teste	66,60
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

In multiple choice tests, out of the 6 made, we count the top grade 5.

Calculation formula of final grade

Calculation of the Final Grade:

Final Grade =0.33(3)*In class assessments (5+5) +0.33(3)*1^st written test+0.33(3)*2^nd written test

Examinations or Special Assignments

 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

N/A