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Management of Innovations in the Enterprise

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Course Unit Code152-0338/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KRI13Ing. Pavlína Křibíková, Ph.D.,MBA,LL.M.
STE65Ing. Zuzana Stefanovová, Ph.D.
Summary
The aim of this course is to deepen existing knowledge about innovations and innovation process as one of the key enterprise processes. An attention is paid to key questions which are usually solved by managing innovations at operational and strategic levels. Theoretical background of specialized topics is completed by concrete examples of product innovations and innovation processes from a business practice.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1. To introduce key issues related to the management of innovations
2. To acquire knowledge about innovations, to acquire skills necessary for the management of innovations at operational and strategic levels
3. To apply and modify functional model of innovations management by using case study in practice
4. To analyze and classify (in a case study) a series of sequential steps realized when managing innovation process.
5. To work out a process of innovation management including its formalization.
6. To evaluate and interpret created process.
7. To reach improved management skills of the students when managing innovations in an enterprise.
Course Contents
ST1: Key issues related to the management of innovations
ST2: Innovations as management process
ST3: Strategic approach to the management of innovations
ST4: Creation of effective strategic partnerships
ST5: Creation of innovative product
ST6: Management of internal processes in order to create an innovation
ST7: Selected methods for managing innovations and innovation process
ST8: Resources and ways of financing innovations
ST9: Evaluation and creation of innovations
ST10: Designing innovative entrepreneurship
ST11: Support of innovative entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic
ST12: Actual topic
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BLAŽEK, Lukáš a kol. Řízení inovací a změn. Praha: Vysoká škola finanční a správní, 2019. 165 s. ISBN 978-80-7408-183-5.
CAGÁŇOVÁ, Dagmar. Inovation management. Plzeň: Vydav. a naklad. Aleš Čeněk, 2020. 181 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-819-8.
TIDD, Joe and John BESSANT. Managing Innovation. 7th ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2020. 624 p. ISBN 978-11-197-1330-2.
COLLINS, Jim a Marten T. HANSEN. Firmy, které se rozhodly být skvělé. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2021. 303 s. ISBN 978-80-271-3026-9.
KRŠÁK, Branislav, Lubomír ŠTRBA a Sidor SCABA. Inovačný manažment. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2021. 81 s. ISBN 978-80-248-4586-9.
TROTT, Paul. Innovation Management and New Product Development. 7th ed. London: Pearson, 2020. 568 p. ISBN 978-12-922-5152-3.
Recommended Reading:
LACHMAYER, Roland, Behrend BODE and Stefan KAIERLE. Innovative Product Development by Additive Manufacturing. Berlin: Springer, 2023. 490 p. ISBN 978-30-312-7260-8.
OECD/Eurostat. Oslo Manual 2018: Guidelines for Collecting, Reporting and Using Data on Innovation, 4th ed. The Measurement of Scientific, Technological and Innovation Activities. OECDPublishing, Paris/Eurostat, Luxembourg. https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264304604-en
ŠPAČEK, Miroslav a Karel ČERNÝ. Kreativní metody v inovacích. Praha: Oeconomia, naklad. VŠE, 2020. 349 s. ISBN 978-80-245-2322-4.
NOVÁK, Adam. Inovace je rozhodnutí: kompletní návod, jak dělat inovace nejen v byznysu. Praha: Grada, 2017. 205 s. ISBN 978-80-271-0333-1.
VANCE, Ashlee. Elon Musk. Tesla, Space X a hledání fantastické budoucnosti. Brno: Jan Melvil, 2015. 400 s. ISBN 97880-87270-73-8.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 18
        ExaminationExamination65 33