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2018/2019 DIP-DIMAO1005U Innovation People & Network
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| Innovation People & Network |
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| Language | English |
| Course ECTS | 5 ECTS |
| Type | Mandatory |
| Level | Graduate Diploma |
| Duration | Two Semesters |
| Start time of the course | Autumn |
| Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
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Study Board for Graduate Diploma in Business
Administration
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| Last updated on 20-09-2018 | |
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After this course, students shall have developed
the following competences:
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The aim of the course is to build students mindsets and abilities in understanding what innovation is, what it means to innovators and what the factors are that influence both successful and failing innovations.
Innovation is a journey into the unknown – and this course prepares students to this journey. The innovation journey is portrayed (e.g. by Teece 1996) as a search for a new product or market opportunity, along a path which is characterized by uncertainty, path dependency, cumulativeness, irreversibility, technological interrelatedness, tacitness, and inappropriability. With these properties of innovation, it is not surprising that not all innovations are successful, and empirical studies show that only few innovations really succeed to navigate this multifaceted and complex pathway of challenges. This course sets out to give students insights into the mechanisms driving both successful and unsuccessful innovation journeys, and thereby prepare them to concur the challenges an innovation journey may entail via experiencing real life examples: Innovators will tell “their story”, share their experiences and discuss with students.
The presentations and discussion will center around two basic issues relevant for innovation that are strongly interrelated with the content of the predecessor courses, namely types of innovations and the determinants of innovation.
Types of innovation The types of innovations are many, and in the course the speakers presenting their innovation journeys will address a variety of types of innovations, such as product innovations, technological innovations, aesthetic innovations, organizational or administrative innovations, innovations understood as diffusion and adaptations of new behaviors in organizations, radical vs. incremental innovations, etc.
Determinants of innovation The speakers will center their talks around are the following categories related to determinants of successful (and failing) innovation:
After this course, students shall have developed knowledge on:
After this course, students shall have developed the following skills:
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| The course is an introduction to 8-10 real-life
narratives/cases on innovations by inspiring innovators (speakers).
The students' interaction with each of the speakers will be
through interviews, discussions, workshops and networking. The
course uses a participatory-learning approach and requires active
participation from the students, facilitated by the Studio
environment and incorporates blended learning elements.
The course is organized in the form of 3 full-day workshops: • Students meet in groups and present their insights on innovators/speakers as well as possible areas of interest to interview the speaker about (students should already from home have identified an area and at least 5 specific questions in this field (detailed instructions and material for class preparation will be available on LEARN). The areas of interest are based on the learnings from previous HDIM courses and a specific framework developed for this course (also provided via LEARN) • Student groups develop and present an interview guide for the speakers • The entire class will decide on the final interview guides • Innovators (speakers) arrive in class • Each innovator gives a 20 min presentation; this talk is an introductory talk to his/her personnel innovation journey or their innovation insight and the main take-a-ways the speaker would like students to remember from his/her case • Students conduct a spotlight interview (1 hour) with the speakers on stage • A general discussion in which all students are invited to participate actively will be facilitated by the course coordinator (30min) • The last part of the session is informal networking facilitated by snacks and drinks After each workshop, a team of students is responsible for writing a report in which they have analyzed the speakers' innovation journey. This report shall be distributed to all course participants, and be part of the material to be used in the exam. The reports will not be evaluated by the teaching team. |
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| Students will receive feedback during the discussions with guest speakers, fellow students and guest speakers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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