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Innovation management in businessLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: MB00ED85

Credits

5 op

Teaching language

  • English

Objective

You learn how to manage new services and product development processes and how to commercialize them.
You are able to identify and apply soft skills behind innovation management.
You learn how to manage collaborative innovation networks (i.e. crowdfunding, crowdsourcing).
You are able to manage complex internal and external innovation processes in firms.

Content

How to manage new service and product development processes and how to commercialize them?
What are the soft skills behind innovation management?
How to manage collaborative innovation networks (i.e. crowdfunding, crowdsourcing)?
How to manage complex internal and external innovation processes in firms?

Enrollment

08.04.2024 - 21.04.2024

Timing

01.09.2024 - 31.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

RDI portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Liiketalouden koulutusyksikkö, Kouvola (vanhettu)

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • English
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Master's Degree Programme in International Business Management
Teachers
  • Mikhail Nemilentsev
Teacher in charge

Mikhail Nemilentsev

Groups
  • MBKV24KY
    International business management, master studies

Objective

You learn how to manage new services and product development processes and how to commercialize them.
You are able to identify and apply soft skills behind innovation management.
You learn how to manage collaborative innovation networks (i.e. crowdfunding, crowdsourcing).
You are able to manage complex internal and external innovation processes in firms.

Content

How to manage new service and product development processes and how to commercialize them?
What are the soft skills behind innovation management?
How to manage collaborative innovation networks (i.e. crowdfunding, crowdsourcing)?
How to manage complex internal and external innovation processes in firms?

Opiskelumateriaali

Materials will be published in Learn by the beginning of the course.
-The recommended book for the course: Innovation and entrepreneurship / John Bessant and Joe Tidd. - Third Edition. Wiley. Available in Xamk e-library.

Extra sources for those who interested:

Unlocking the Customer Value Chain: How Decoupling Drives Consumer Disruption – by Thales S. Teixeira & Greg Piechota
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail - by Clayton M. Christensen
Find Your Why – by Simon Sinek, David Mead, Peter Docker
Design Thinking and Innovation Metrics – by Michael Lewrick
The Human Side of Innovation: The Power of People in Love with People - by Mauro Porcini
Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure - by Vaclav Smil
Intended Consequences: How to Build Market-Leading Companies with Responsible Innovation - by Hemant Taneja, Kevin Maney, et al.

Yksilölliset oppimisväylät

Certain course parts can be completed individually. However, a group work is motivated through an evaluated work task.

TKI ja työelämäyhteistyö

4 ECTS of this course are based on the RDI task(s).

Tentit ja muut määräajat

There are no exams or tests in this course. Students instead fulfill individual and group tasks.

Kansainvälinen yhteistyö

The students are provided by the international study and business examples and cases. RDI cooperation is aimed at international development.

Opiskelijan työmäärä

5 ECTS is equivalent to 135 hours of student work.

Toteutuksen osien kuvaus

The course content is based on international aspects of innovations, innovation competences and innovation management. More exact description will be given in the beginning of the course.

Further information

The course will be organized mainly on campus in the presence mode.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

50% of the course evaluation comes from a group task. 50% of the course evaluation comes from an individual task.

Enrollment

06.04.2023 - 21.04.2023

Timing

04.09.2023 - 31.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

RDI portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Business

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • English
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Master's Degree Programme in International Business Management
Teachers
  • Mikhail Nemilentsev
Teacher in charge

Mikhail Nemilentsev

Groups
  • MBKV23KY
    International business management, master studies

Objective

You learn how to manage new services and product development processes and how to commercialize them.
You are able to identify and apply soft skills behind innovation management.
You learn how to manage collaborative innovation networks (i.e. crowdfunding, crowdsourcing).
You are able to manage complex internal and external innovation processes in firms.

Content

How to manage new service and product development processes and how to commercialize them?
What are the soft skills behind innovation management?
How to manage collaborative innovation networks (i.e. crowdfunding, crowdsourcing)?
How to manage complex internal and external innovation processes in firms?

Opiskelumateriaali

Materials will be published in Learn by the beginning of the course.
-The recommended book for the course: Innovation and entrepreneurship / John Bessant and Joe Tidd. - Third Edition. Wiley. Available in Xamk e-library.

Yksilölliset oppimisväylät

Certain course parts can be completed individually. However, a group work is motivated through an evaluated work task.

TKI ja työelämäyhteistyö

4 ECTS of this course are based on the RDI task(s).

Tentit ja muut määräajat

There are no exams or tests in this course. Students instead fulfill individual and group tasks.

Kansainvälinen yhteistyö

The students are provided by the international study and business examples and cases. RDI cooperation is aimed at international development.

Opiskelijan työmäärä

5 ECTS is equivalent to 135 hours of student work.

Toteutuksen osien kuvaus

The course content is based on international aspects of innovations, innovation competences and innovation management. More exact description will be given in the beginning of the course.

Further information

The course will be organized mainly on campus in the presence mode.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

50% of the course evaluation comes from a group task. 50% of the course evaluation comes from an individual task.

Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022

Timing

05.09.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

RDI portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Unit

Department of Business

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • English
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Master's Degree Programme in International Business Management
Teachers
  • Mikhail Nemilentsev
Teacher in charge

Mikhail Nemilentsev

Groups
  • MBKV22KY
    International business management, master studies

Objective

You learn how to manage new services and product development processes and how to commercialize them.
You are able to identify and apply soft skills behind innovation management.
You learn how to manage collaborative innovation networks (i.e. crowdfunding, crowdsourcing).
You are able to manage complex internal and external innovation processes in firms.

Content

How to manage new service and product development processes and how to commercialize them?
What are the soft skills behind innovation management?
How to manage collaborative innovation networks (i.e. crowdfunding, crowdsourcing)?
How to manage complex internal and external innovation processes in firms?

Opiskelumateriaali

Materials will be published in Learn by the beginning of the course.
-The recommended book for the course: Innovation and entrepreneurship / John Bessant and Joe Tidd. - Third Edition. Wiley. Available in Xamk e-library.

Yksilölliset oppimisväylät

Certain course parts can be completed individually. However, a group work is motivated through an evaluated work task.

TKI ja työelämäyhteistyö

3 ECTS of this course are based on the RDI task(s).

Tentit ja muut määräajat

There are no exams or tests in this course. Students instead fulfill individual and group tasks.

Kansainvälinen yhteistyö

The students are provided by the international study and business examples and cases. RDI cooperation is aimed at international development.

Opiskelijan työmäärä

5 ECTS is equivalent to 135 hours of student work.

Toteutuksen osien kuvaus

The course content is based on international aspects of innovations, innovation competences and innovation management. More exact description will be given in the beginning of the course.

Further information

The first and second classes are organized in a hybrid mode. Students are encouraged to participate both in campus and remotely. The third (last) class is organized face-to-face in the Kouvola campus.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

50% of the course evaluation comes from a group task. 50% of the course evaluation comes from an individual task.