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2015/2016  KAN-CCMVV4033U  CASES in Strategic Management of Innovation and Technology

English Title
CASES in Strategic Management of Innovation and Technology

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Quarter
Start time of the course Autumn, Second Quarter
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Max. participants 200
Study board
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Christer Karlsson - Department of Operations Management (OM)
Teacher Irene Christensen - ic.om@cbs.dk

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Main academic disciplines
  • Innovation
  • Management
  • Strategy
Last updated on 11-08-2015
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: The student will after the course:
• Understand the strategic management of core competencies of value adding processes
• Be able to identify different managerial challenges related to those
• Be trained in analyzing complex problematic situations
• Be able to do such analyses across different cases of firms with variations in e.g. industry, size, technologies
• Be trained in developing, assessing and comparing different patterns of action
• Be skilled in applying different management technologies and be able to explain the concepts, their objectives, and application in practice
• Be trained in arguing for best appropriate proposed managerial action
Examination
CASES in Strategic Management of Innovation and Technology:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance.
Individual or group exam Individual
Size of written product Max. 5 pages
The synopsis should be a cross-cases analysis applying theories and models from the readings.
Assignment type Synopsis
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and second internal examiner
Exam period Winter
Aids allowed to bring to the exam Limited aids, see the list below:
Synopsis + textbook + own notes + computer without internet access
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Course content and structure

Strategic management of Innovation and Technology is about understanding what creates competitive advantages through building unique competencies. A certain strength is the one of innovative capability, but also the management of technological development. Technology is the knowledge area (logy) of techniques of products, services and processes, how to create them and how to manage them, not to be misunderstood as technique. Important areas that are covered in the course are Technology as knowledge of Products/Services and processes, Patterns of Industrial Innovation, Developing the Innovative Capabilities and core competencies, Sourcing and transfer of knowledge, Venturing processes, Systems for Innovation, Managing from Research to development, Organizing and utilizing global resources, Development strategy; Organizing and Leading teams, Developing the Learning Organization. This is dealt with both within and across cases analyses. Hence, along with being able to do the analysis of the listed areas in the individual firm, the student is supposed to be able to compare and contrast cases covered in the course.
 

The course's development of personal competences:

The students will develop their competences in acting as managers and management consultants. They will have to analyze complex situations based on complex but limited data, sort out what is more and less relevant, apply what they get from literature, develop alternative ways of action, make choices, recommendations and propose action. The course aims at training skills for line managers and management consultants.
 

Please be aware that this course is also part of a minor in Process and Innovation Management.

Teaching methods
The format of this course is case based learning, often understood as the Harvard or Stanford Business School style. Theory is introduced by scientific articles and students will have to prepare case based sessions. The teacher acts as a facilitator of a range of alternative processes although with a well planned learning objective and outcome. Students prepare case analyses and then present them in plenary.
Further Information

This course is part of the minor in Process Management and Innovation

 
Expected literature

Book with many articles and cases:

· Burgelman, R. et al: Strategic Management of Innovation & Technology, 4th edition, 2008 and complementary articles

 

Alternative may be separate cases and articles only.
Last updated on 11-08-2015