Course Catalog 2007-2008

TETA-5306 MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION, 4 cr
Management of Innovation

Courses persons responsible
Olavi Uusitalo

Lecturetimes and places
Per II: Wednesday 12 - 14, F PIENI SALI 1
Per II: Thursday 10 - 12, F PIENI SALI 1

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - 5 h/week - - - -
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
On completion of this course, students should be able to: have a knowledge of sources of innovative opportunity; have a general understanding of the importance of the positioning of a new product; have ideas of a creative, innovative person and organization.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Sources of innovative opportunity: unexpected, incongruities, process need, industry and market structures etc.       
2. Complementary assets such as marketing channels, high quality manufacturing and complementary technologies       
3. Entrepreneurial strategies in commercialising inventions for small and large businesses.       
4. Characteristics of inventor and entrepreneur.       

Requirements for completing the course
Passed assignments and final exam. Attendance in lectures is compulsory.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • The course is graded based on three criteria: 1) Class participation 10%, 2) written case reports and literature synopsis 30%, and 3) examination 60% (in the exam 50% of the maximum is prerequisite). There will normal final examination reflecting the full scope and content of the course.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Book Innovation and Entrepreneurship Drucker, Peter       Yes  English 
    Other literature Cases and readings Several       Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TETA-1300 TETA-1300 Marketing Management 4 Mandatory
    TETA-2300 TETA-2300 Business to Business Marketing 4 Mandatory
    TETA-5320 TETA-5320 Marketing Management and Global Networks 4 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - In the visualization of objects and phenomena, e.g. animations, demonstrations, simulations, video clips
    - The course utilizes a learning platform, which? Moodle

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 50 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 50 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 67.5
    Assignments 40
    Total sum 107.5

    Principles and starting points related to the instruction and learning of the course

  • The course has lectures, case analysis and preparation of the literature synopses in groups. Students will give presentation on their assignments.

    • Correspondence of content
    2905040 Management of Innovation

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    Last modified 15.05.2007
    Modified byEila Pajarre