112073 Innovation & Technology Management

Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Matthias Weiß

Veranstaltungsart: Seminar

Orga-Einheit: Corporate Management & Economics

Anzeige im Stundenplan: Innovation Mgt

Semesterwochenstunden: 3

Credits: 6,0
Hinweis: In Ihrer Prüfungsordnung können abweichende Credits festgelegt sein.

Standort: Campus der Zeppelin Universität

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 10 | 35

Prioritätsschema: Standard-Priorisierung

Inhalte:
Innovations and new technologies play a key role for the competitiveness of companies, especially in today’s globalized markets. However, which aspects influence the innovativeness of a company and its offerings and what can managers do address and shape these aspects in a way to enhance the innovative potential and output of their company? Therefore, this seminar will cover relevant foundations of innovation and technology management in organizations. It will offer evidence-based knowledge about and the opportunity for critical reflection of managerial options to facilitate creativity and organizational innovation.

Specific topics of innovation and technology management covered in this seminar, as listed below, will be taught in class and applied to practice-based case studies. In all these topics, a particular focus will be put on aspects of sustainability and of the digital transformation of organizations.
Creativity in organizations
Technology development and management
Opportunity recognition and trend research
Teams and teamwork for innovation
Design thinking and lean startup approach
Digital technologies (especially AI) and innovation
Open innovation
Setbacks and failures in innovative activities and how to overcome them
The Dark Side of Innovation: ethics and responsibility in innovation
Institutionalizing innovation in organizations

Lernziele:
Students

• have a deep understanding on the role and management of innovation within firms;
  
• are able to understand and apply key theories and concepts of innovation and technology management in business practice;
  
• are able to evaluate and use methods to develop, plan, and implement innovation projects;
  
• understand and recognize different situations and environments regarding technology and innovation and are able to derive specific managerial implications;
  
• are able to evaluate and use methods and tools of ITM purposefully.
  

Weitere Informationen zu den Prüfungsleistungen:
Midterm (Presentation) 30%, Exam 70%