| CODE | IOT5029 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Innovation in Organisations | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | The Edward de Bono Institute for Creative Thinking and Innovation | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit addresses the issue of innovation in organisations and how creative ideas are harnessed in a strategic attempt to foster innovatorganisations. The possibility of conducting innovation audits in organisations to assess factors that enable and factors that inhibit innovation will be discussed. Bridging the gap that many perceive between the classroom and the world of business is a key concern of many organisations and firms. The studwill include a blend of theoretical material (to establish an academic underpinning) and practical exercises to encourage experiential learning. Indicative Content: - What is innovation, incremental and radical innovation; - Idea management systems in organisations; - What is an innovation audit? Important considerations; how can innovation be ‘audited’ (sample audits provided); - Organisational climate and culture; - Innovation in NGOs, Charities and State funded organisations; - Disruptive innovation; Value creation (Swiss watches); - Open innovation (von Hippel); - Lead users; product development; - Teams – including Belbin’s typology; - Barriers to innovation in organisations; - Idea scouts, idea connectors and innovation champions. Study-Unit Aims: Students will be expected to recognise the conditions that facilitate organisational creativity and innovation and to understand how they can be fosand implemented. They will be expected to identify obstacles to creativity and innovation which may exist at various levels within an organization and to explore wwhich these may be overcome. This will enable students to achieve an understanding of the importance of strategically managing innovation within an organisation and to be capaexploring and developing strategies which will enable increased innovation. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe the link between creativity and innovation- ‘creative ideas feed the innovation process’; - Analyse the development of innovation principles (including Schumpeter’s notion of ‘creative destruction’). 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Conduct strategic assessments of organisational innovation; - Develop innovation strategies in organisations; - Identify the key issues that create barriers and those that enable innovation in organisations; - Design strategies to overcome any identified barriers to innovation in organisations. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Goodman, M. and Dingli, Sandra (2017) Creativity and Strategic Innovation Management: Directions for future value in changing times, Second eRoutledge (Taylor & Francis Group), ISBN 978-1-138-67509-4. - Tidd, J., Bessant, J. & Pavitt, K. (2005). Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological and Organization Change. 3rd ed. Hoboken: Wiley. London. [pdf available https://erl.ucc.edu.gh/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3001/1/%5BJoe_Tidd%2C_John_Bessant%2C_Keith_Pavitt%5D_Managing_In%28BookZZ.org%2. Supplementary Readings: - Christensen, C.M. (1997). The Innovator's Dilemma, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA. - Christensen, C.M., Overdorf, M., MacMillan, I., McGrath, R., (2001). Harvard Business Review on Innovation. Cambridge MA. - Christensen, C.M., Overdorf, M. (2000), Meeting the challenge of disruptive change, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 78 No.2, pp.66-77. Cambridge. - Christensen, C.M., Raynor, M.E. (2003). The Innovator's Solution. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA. - Goodman, M. and Dingli, S. (2013) Creativity and Strategic Innovation Management, Routledge (particularly Ch. 8 to Ch. 15). - Drucker, P. (2006). Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Harper Row, New York. - Majaro, Simon (1989) The Creative Gap, Longman Trade/Caroline House. - Tidd, J., Bessant, J. & Pavitt, K. (2007). Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Wiley. London. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Online Lecture and Workshop | ||||||||||||
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