COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 3510 INNOVATION MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

School of Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ÜNÜVAR

Offered to

Tourism Management
International Trade
Gastronomy And Culinary Arts
Tourism and Hotel Management

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   1. Discuss concepts of innovation, invention and research, and explore the main models of innovation process.
2   2. Assess the impact of innovation on economy, society and organization, and discover the relationship of the strategic management to innovation to obtain sustainable competitive advantage.
3   3. Develop conceptual framework for assessing the innovative capabilities of an organization and distinguish some problems related to innovation management process.
4   4. Utilize tools of innovation management to map innovation activities.
5   5. Develop oral/written communication skills; articulate and defend his/her position.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction & innovation as a core business process
2 Innovation networks and building innovation
3 Sources of innovation
4 Business needs: Framing the challenge
5 Disruptive innovation
6 Building breakthrough competences
7 Mid-term exams
8 Mid-term exams
9 Managing under uncertainty
10 Strategies for innovation
11 Developing new business, business existence
12 Case studies
13 Presentations
14 Presentations
15 Final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Tidd, J. and Bessant (2009), Managing Innovation, Fourth Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc: USA

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

Lecture by instructor, class discussion conducted by instructor, problem solving or case studies, question and answer teaching method, presentations

Assessment Methods

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

Skill in analysis, synthesis and critical thinking; skill in problem solving; skill in application via midterm and final exams

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The Regulation of Dokuz Eylul University on Education and Examination in Associate's and Bachelor's Degrees
The Codes of Practice of School of Applied Sciences on Education and Examination

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail adress of the lecturer

Office Hours

Lecture day, between the hours of 12:30-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 158

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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