COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INNOVATION, INVENTION AND CREATIVITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBE 6071 INNOVATION, INVENTION AND CREATIVITY ELECTIVE 1 1 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BURCU FELEKOĞLU

Offered to

Statistics (English)

Course Objective

The course aims the students: i) to get the knowledge on the conceptual foundation of innovation, creativity and invention, and on the fundamentals of research and development activities, ii) to gain basic skills in innovation management, and iii) to be conscious about the intellectual property rights.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to describe the conceptual foundations of innovation, creativity and invention
2   Be able to describe types of innovation
3   Be able to describe climate factors which support creativity and innovation
4   Be able to show understanding and knowledge of innovation management process
5   Be able to show understanding and knowledge of national innovation systems
6   Be able to show understanding of intellectual property rights

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Creativity
2 A brief history of technological developments and inventions
3 Creativity, invention and nature
4 Conceptual foundations of innovation, creativity and invention
5 Types of innovation
6 Innovation examples
7 Climate factors which support creativity and innovation
8 Innovation management process
9 National innovation systems
10 Knowledge management
11 Intellectual property rights
12 Mid-term exam
13 Project presentations
14 Project presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

TEXTBOOK:
Tidd, J. and Bessant J. (2009) Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change, 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Sawyer, R. Keith. (2006) Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation. Oxford U. Press.
2. Kay, Ronald. (2012) Managing Creativity in Science and Hi-Tech. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
3. Katz, R., Ed. (2001) The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation, Oxford U. Press.
4. Carayannis, E.G., Ed. (2013) Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Springer.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, presentations, group discussions and projects.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 PRJ PROJECT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.40 + PRJ * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof.Dr. Burcu Felekoglu
burcu.felekoglu@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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 3 12 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Project Preparation 1 25 25
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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