Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

The student must be able to:

• Describe and understand general capabilities needed for organisations to become and stay innovative in their business development.
• Describe and understand general abilities and conditions needed for people to become and stay entrepreneurial.
• Describe and understand tools and methods for supporting entrepreneurial processes with an emphasis on discovery processes.
• Describe and understand theories of creative methodologies and creative mind-set (dedicated ressources will be allocated for the initiation and sustaining of the objective).

Skills

The student must be able to:

• Identify and analyse a need or problem using various theoretical perspectives related to a business development process.
• Use creative theory and methods in discovery processes.
• Be able to assess and analyse the entrepreneurial/innovation capabilities of the unit of analysis in focus.
• The student must be able to identify possible conceptual solutions or development directions for solutions by using theory and creative skills.

Competences

The student must be able to:

• Approach an empirical field and identify a problem or need related to innovative and/or entrepreneurial processes and theories thereof, with an emphasis on discovery.
• Contribute to the development of a conceptual solution by relating innovation and/or entrepreneurship theories with empirical insight.
• Critically evaluate analysis and solutions.
• Situational application/facilitation of creative skills (dedicated ressources will be allocated to the initiation and sustaining of the objective).

Type of instruction

The module is carried out as group-based, problem-oriented project work. The group work is carried out as an independent work process in which the students themselves organise and coordinate their workload in collaboration with a supervisor. The project is carried out in groups with normally no more than 6 members.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 15 ECTS project module the expected workload is 450 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams