COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE USAGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FIRMS AND SECTOR ANALYSIS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5042 THE USAGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FIRMS AND SECTOR ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FAHRIYE HILAL HALICIOĞLU

Offered to

Structural Construction Design
Structural Construction Design

Course Objective

The course aims to give information about innovation and its importance in the building industry. It explains innovation, technological developments and entrepreneurship in the building industry. It covers definition of innovation, entrepreneurship and competitiveness, drivers of innovation, types of innovations, incremental and radical innovations, importance of R&D (Research and Development) at the firm and sector levels for creating innovations, innovations in the project, organization, sector levels and their applications in the building industry, challenges and success factors in technology and innovation management in the building industry, the usage of technological innovations in building design and construction firms and sector analysis, strategic approaches to using of technological innovations in building design and construction firms and sector analysis. Also, in this course it is given information about the latest innovation (eco-innovation) approaches to green building projects undertaken by building design and construction firms in the green building industry, importance of managing technology and innovation for the success of green building design and construction organizations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the importance of innovation for success at the project, organization and sector levels in the building industry.
2   Having basic skills to analyze the usage of innovation at the project, organization and sector levels in the building industry.
3   Having basic skills on entrepreneurship through understanding reasons underlying strategic decisions making by the firms in the building industry.
4   Understanding the importance of managing technology and innovation for the success of green building design and construction organizations.
5   Having basic skills on monitoring technologic innovations in the building industry.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 An overview of the course and an introduction to innovation.
2 Definition of innovation, competitiveness, entrepreneurship and technological developments in the building industry. Drivers of innovation.
3 Types of innovation: Organizational innovation, process innovation, product innovation. Incremental and radical innovations. Importance of R&D (Research and Development) at firm and sector levels for creating innovations.
4 Innovations in the project, organization and sector levels and their applications in the building industry.
5 Innovations in the project, organization and sector levels and their applications in the building industry.
6 Challenges and success factors in technology and innovation management in the building industry.
7 The usage of technological innovations in building design and construction firms and sector analysis.
8 Strategic approaches to using of technological innovations in building design and construction firms and sector analysis.
9 The latest innovation (eco-innovation) approaches to green building projects undertaken by building design and construction firms in the green building industry.
10 Importance of managing technology and innovation for the success of green building projects and also building design and construction organizations.
11 Student seminars on research topics
12 Student seminars on research topics
13 Student seminars on research topics
14 Student seminars on research topics
15 Submission of the research assignment

Recomended or Required Reading

Bossink, B. A. G. (2004). Managing Drivers of Innovation in Construction Networks. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, May/June, 130 (3), 337 - 345. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2004)130:3(337)
Burgelman, R. A., Christensen, C. M. and Wheelwright, S. C. (2004). Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, NY.
EU-European Comission (2013). Innovation Union Scoreboard Report 2013. http://ec.europa.eu
Halıcıoğlu, F. H. & Erdem, N. S. (2014). Yapı Endüstrisinde Eko-Inovasyon üzerine bir Analiz: Akıllı Yapı Malzemeleri Sektöründeki Firmaların Başarı Faktörleri. Dizayn & Konstrüksiyon, Özel Sayı (339), 36 - 46.
Jofre, S. (2011). The Challenge of a Greener European Construction Sector: Views on Technology-Driven (Eco) Innovation. Report 2.2011, February, DTU Management Engineering Department of Management Engineering Technical University of Denmark, http://www.man.dtu.dk








Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, research assignment, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT/PRESENTATION
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 +FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 +RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assignment and Presentation %40 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Final %60 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Architecture
Department of Architecture
hilal.halicioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Tutorials 3 2 6
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 22 22
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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