S_INO Innovation management

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Romana Kušnirová, DiS., PhD. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Romana Kušnirová, DiS., PhD.
Department of Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
S_INO/S01: Thu 9:40–11:10 N107, R. Kušnirová
Prerequisites
OBOR ( CAP )
Prerequisites are not required.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The student will learn to use managerial tools in the preparation and implementation of various types of innovations, which are the main source for increasing the efficiency and competitiveness of the company. The graduate of the subject will understand the issue of innovative corporate strategies and the importance of intellectual property protection, the issue of implementation and commercialization of the findings of scientific research and innovation activities.
Learning outcomes
Upon graduation of the course, students will be able to:
1. understand the role of scientific research and development activities in a company,
2. understand the role of knowledge capital of an enterprise,
3. develop criteria for evaluating innovation projects,
4. manage scientific research and development activities in an operational managerial manner; understand the nature of strategic innovation decision making,
5. understand the basic tools for securing and protecting intellectual property.
Syllabus
  • Lectures
  • 1. Innovation and the innovation management process.
  • 2. Criteria for evaluating innovation strategies.
  • 3. Strategic and operational innovation management.
  • 4. Evaluating the feasibility of an innovation strategy.
  • 5. Economic effects of innovation.
  • 6. The firm's investment programme and the financing of innovation.
  • 7. Innovation in services.
  • 8. Science, research and development.
  • 9. Technology transfer.
  • 10. The human factor in the innovation process.
  • 11. Risk and uncertainty in decision-making about innovation plans and legal protection of innovation.
  • 12. Innovation projects in the European and international context.
  • 13. Evaluation of innovation projects.
Literature
    required literature
  • TIDD, J. et al. 2020. Managing Innovation Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change.Velká Británie. Wiley. ISBN 9781119713302
  • VEBER J. et al., 2017. Management inovací. Praha. Management Press, Albatros Media a.s. ISBN 978-80-726-1424-0
  • KERZNER H. 2019. Innovation Project Management Methods, Case Studies, and Tools for Managing Innovation Projects. Velká Británie. Wiley. ISBN 9781119587293
    recommended literature
  • CHRISTENSEN, C. M. (2024). The Innovator's Dilemma, with a New Foreword: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Spojené státy americké: Harvard Business Review Press. ISBN 9781647826765
  • RANANUJAM, M., TACKE, G. (2016). Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price. Německo: Wiley, ISBN 9781119240860
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Exercise
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Continuous rating20 
Preparation for Lectures30 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial30 
Preparation for the Final Test24 
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion26 
Total:1560
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – final 70 %
Application of theoretical knowledge 30 %
Exam conditions
To successfully complete the course, it is necessary to achieve a total of at least 70% of the interim and final evaluation under the conditions set out below. In the continuous evaluation, 30 points can be obtained, i.e. 30%. A total of 70 points, i.e. 70%, can be obtained in the final evaluation. Overall classification of the course, ie points for the final evaluation (70 - 0) + points from the continuous evaluation (30 - 0): A 100 - 90, B 89,99 - 84, C 83,99 - 77, D 76,99 - 73, E 72.99 - 70, FX 69.99 - 30, F 29.99 - 0. The full-time student is obliged to meet the mandatory 70% attendance at contact classes, i.e. everything except lectures. If the participation is not met, the student will be automatically classified "F".
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Erasmus.
Teacher's information
Attendance at classes in all forms is solved by a separate internal standard of VŠTE (Records of student attendance at VŠTE). For full-time students, 70% attendance at seminars is mandatory. Students with an individual study plan (ISP) will take only a 100-point final test in the examination period from the subject Innovation Management. Students are obliged to contact the teacher of the subject Innovation Management in person or in writing immediately after the approval of the individual study plan (ISP). If the student does not do so, his ISP will not be taken into account.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2022, winter 2022, SUMMER 2023, winter 2023, winter 2024.
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