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CS-803 (D) · Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship/Official Syllabus

Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CS-803 (D)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Innovation, the basic definition and classification

  • Innovation, the basic definition and classification
  • The relationship of innovation and entrepreneurship, creation of competitive advantage based on innovation
  • Innovative models
  • Product, process, organizational and marketing innovation and their role in business development
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Unit 2

Sources of innovation

  • Sources of innovation (push, pull, analogies), transfer of technology
  • Creative methods and approaches used in innovation management
  • Approaches to management of the innovation process (agile management, Six Thinking Hats, NUF test)
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Unit 3

Project approach to innovation management

  • Project approach to innovation management, method Stage Gate, its essence, adaptation of access to selected business models
  • In-house business development of the innovation process in the company
  • Open Innovation as a modern concept, the limits of this method and its benefits for business development
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Unit 4

Innovations aimed at humans

  • Innovations aimed at humans, role of co-creation in the innovation process
  • The strategy of innovation process, types and selection of appropriate strategies
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Unit 5

Measurement and evaluation of the benefits of innovation

  • Measurement and evaluation of the benefits of innovation for business (financial and non-financial metrics, their combination and choice)
  • Barriers to innovation in business, innovation failure and its causes, post-audits of innovative projects
  • Organization and facilitation of an innovation workshop

Reference Books

  • Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers — T. Clark, A. Osterwalder, Y. Pigneur
  • Managing innovation: integrating technological, market and organizational change — J R. Bessant, J. Tidd
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