COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UMN 4242 INNOVATION MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ENGIN BAĞIŞ ÖZTÜRK

Offered to

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Course Objective

This course aims to equip students with an understanding of the main issues in management of innovation at both strategic and operational levels. The course also studies concept of innovation, its importance in organizations and evidence of different approaches. Besides, the course focuses on strategies, tools and techniques, competencies, external and internal forces shaping strategy for managing innovation process better. Accordingly, firm s innovation capability, characteristics of new projects, core competencies, assessment and intellectual property are studied.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Discuss concepts of innovation, invention and research
2   Explore the main models of innovation process
3   Assess the impact of innovation on economy, society and organization
4   Discover the relationship of the strategic management to innovation to obtain sustainable competitive advantage
5   Develop conceptual framework for assessing the innovative capabilities of an organization.
6   Distinguish some problems related to innovation management process.
7   Utilize tools of innovation management to map innovation activities.
8   Develop oral/written communication skills; articulate and defend his/her position.
9   Develop and enhance the essential interpersonal skills to be an effective team member

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is innovation How successful companies get innovative
2 Innovation process
3 Business needs: Framing the challenge
4 Disruptive innovation
5 Building breakthrough competences
6 Case Study
7 Managing under uncertainty
8 Strategies for innovation
9 Developing new business, business existence
10 Case Study
11 Case Study
12 Review

Recomended or Required Reading

Chesbrough, Henry. (2006). Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape. Harvard Business School Press.

Chesbourgh, Henry. (2003). Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology. Harvard Business School Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Case Studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 CSA CaseAnalysis
3 FN Final
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.30 +CSA * 0.40 + FN * 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 0.30 + CSA * 0.40 + RST * 0.30


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will assess and interpret each stage of innovation process.
2. The learner will linkage innovation strategies and competitive advantage
3. The learner will develop innovation management process by utilizing tools of innovation management.
4. The learner will critically analyze challenges in innovation management.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70% of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

omur.ozmen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 1 12
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Other: Case study 3 8 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.25
LO.34525
LO.44555
LO.545
LO.645
LO.735
LO.855
LO.9544