2024/2025 KAN-CCBLO1802U New Frontiers or More of the Same: Understanding Innovation in Asian Emerging Economies
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New Frontiers or More of the Same: Understanding Innovation in Asian Emerging Economies |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory (also offered as elective) |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Semester |
Start time of the course | Spring |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
Study board |
Study Board for BSc and MSc in Business, Language and Culture,
MSc
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Last updated on 24-06-2024 |
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Course prerequisites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Students wanting to take this elective should
have basic knowledge of economics, business economics, and
innovation theories.
In addition; the students should also bring to class a box of discarded items from their home to be used in class. This box and its items are important for the progression of the class. It is important to note that students should keep the items small, easy to work with, easy to disassemble into components for reconstruction purposes. This box of discarded domestic items will be used as resource material for understanding innovation and its practice. Each student will bring this box of discarded objects to the first class. |
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The focus of this course is to expose the student to the dynamic nature of the emerging economies. Why they are dynamic, what impact does this dynamic nature have on innovation and how do the emerging Asian economies engage with innovation. Are they actually innovative or simply reengineer innovative ideas from other parts of the world? Do they understand what it takes to innovate?
The literature, (those articles that inspired the student most and why).
Reflections from the workshops (the scrum report is a document prepared by students about each class, how it flowed, the issues discussed, the ideas missed and additional literature from the web which could be useful for the topic).
The personal diary (where the students records his or her personal reflections about the class, what they learnt, what they are unclear about and need feedback from the resource person or the group on and questions that they would like addressed in feedback sessions during the next class).
And finally their experiences from the group itself, (how their and the group innovative idea evolved, what were the challenges and how did the group use the literature to help address the innovative journey). :
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Description of the teaching methods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The teaching methodology will take the format of
workshop and seminars and is designed to be interactive, reflective
and engaging with importance given to feedback. Contact hours will
primarily focus on reflective thinking, critical appreciation and
hands on experiential understanding of the innovation process
through dialogue and analysis of learning by doing.
The class workshop will unfold in three modules, of 45 minutes each. The first module will be dedicated to group work, with the resource person shuffling between groups, providing feedback and engaging the students in their group work, listening to the students’ ideas., The second module will be dedicated to a game, the game will be designed in a way to bring out the key theme of the class workshop, and the third module will be dedicated to lectures which will in a workshop mode deliver the key ideas from the literature. This structure will be maintained throughout the course. |
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Feedback during the teaching period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This class is designed to be interactive; therefore students must be committed to working in groups and asking questions at every stage of their innovative journey. Giving feedback and receiving feedback is an important part of the course design therefore students must be prepared to seek and receive feedback from the resource person. Furthermore additional one-to-one feedback sessions can be prearranged by the student at the end of every class, for a period of maximum 15 min per face-to-face session. This will take place at the resource persons office. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Expected literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General reference book for the course; These two books to be used as reference books for the course
Book 1 Godin, B. (2015). Innovation Contested: The Idea of Innovation Over the Centuries. Routledge. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=kIscBgAAQBAJ&pgis=1
Book 2 Acemoglu, D., & Robinson, J. (2013). Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. Retrieved December 9, 2015, from http://www.amazon.com/Why-Nations-Fail-Origins-Prosperity/dp/0307719227
Complete literature list will be available on Canvas. |