Course Catalog 2009-2010 Open University Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Olavi Uusitalo

Implementations

No implementations

Requirements

Passed assignments and final exam. Attendance in lectures is compulsory.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

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.

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 be a normal final examination reflecting the full scope and content of the course.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Innovation and Entrepreneurship	Drucker, Peter F.			Edition 1985 or newer one.		English
Other literature	Readings and cases	Several					English

Prerequisites

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