Course: Knowledge and Innovation Management in English

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Course title Knowledge and Innovation Management in English
Course code KPM/AKIM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Nosková Marta, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction to innovation management. Basic concepts and models of innovation processes. Innovation impulses. Entrepreneurship and innovation. Assessment of innovation performance and potential. Creativity (barriers, supporting methods). Structuring the new product development processes. Innovation marketing and diffusion of innovations. Introduction to knowledge management. Knowledge types and their transformation. Knowledge in a company. Intellectual property. Intellectual capital. Current trends (Industry 4.0, ...). Course review, final evaluation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, E-learning, Multimedia supported teaching, Skills demonstration, Task-based study method, Textual studies, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 13 hours per semester
  • Team project (50/number of students) - 15 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 15 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
- Master basic management disciplines.
Skills
To search information resources and to employ them.
To be proficient in English language on the required level (min. B2)
Work in the PC environment minimally on user level.
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
Preparedness to the team work.
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To apply basic knowledge of methods, approaches and tools used in innovation and knowledge management.
To work with innovation impulses, to evaluate opportunities.
To use innovation techniques
To know priinciples of knowldege classification and transformation
To know principles of the intellectual property valuation and protection
To know innovation models (disruptive and open) and examples of their application
Skills
Learn from case studies
To be able to elaborate case study of innovation or knowledge work
Apply methods and tools supporting creativity, innovations and knowledge work.
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Practicum
E-learning
Multimedia supported teaching
Task-based study method
Textual studies
Skills demonstration
Collaborative instruction
Self-study of literature
Skills
Students' portfolio
Self-study of literature
Competences
Discussion
Skills demonstration
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Group presentation at a seminar
Project
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Combined exam
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Group presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Bessant, J. R. Innovation. 1st American ed. New York : DK Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7566-5555-6.
  • Bessant, J. R.; Tidd, Joseph. Innovation and entrepreneurship. Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2007. ISBN 978-0-470-03269-5.
  • Cooper, Robert G. Winning at new products : accelerating the process from idea to launch. 3rd ed. New York : Basic Books, 2001. ISBN 0-7382-0463-3.
  • Chesbrough, Henry W. Open innovation : the new imperative for creating and profiting from technology. Boston : Harvard Business School Press, 2006. ISBN 1-4221-0283-1.
  • Christensen, Clayton M. The innovator's dilemma : the revolutionary book that will changed the way you do business. New York : HarperCollins, 2003. ISBN 0-06-052199-6.
  • Tidd, Joseph; Bessant, J. R. Managing innovation : integrating technological, market and organizational change. 4th ed. Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2009. ISBN 978-0-470-99810-6.
  • Tucker, Robert B. Driving growth through innovation : how leading firms are transforming their futures. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002. ISBN 1-57675-187-2.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Economics Study plan (Version): Business Economics and Management (2017) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer