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Management of Innovations in the Enterprise

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Course Unit Code152-0338/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
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
1. Key issues in innovation management
2. Innovation as a management process
3. Basic approaches to the creation of innovation strategy
4. The importance of the national and competitive business environment for innovation strategy
5. Creativity, innovation, motivation
6. Effective process integration and learning
7. Gaining knowledge from the market
8. Selected methods for innovation management
9. Internal processes management
10. Learning through business enterprise
11. Economic aspects of innovation
12. Protection of intellectual and industrial property
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
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