Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

This course focuses on managing innovation and technology as well as organizational change, which often accompany technological innovations. Relatedly, the course highlights that innovation and technological development needs innovation and change management to successfully develop, implement and realize inventions and new technologies.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Have gained understanding of the role of and relationship between innovation, technology and change in organizations, networks of organizations or supply chains.
• Have gained understanding of different types of innovation and innovation management theories.
• Have gained knowledge about organizational change and change management methods, and theories.

Skills

• Have gained understanding of the role of and relationship between innovation, technology and change in organizations, networks of organizations or supply chains.
• Have gained understanding of different types of innovation and innovation management theories.
• Have gained knowledge about organizational change and change management methods, and theories.

Competences

• Be able to design, evaluate, and improve innovation, technology, and change management initiatives and processes in an organization, network of organizations or supply chains.
• Be able to operationalise and apply theories and methods about innovation, technology, and change management to analyse and evaluate such initiatives in an organization, network of organizations or supply chains.
• Be able to realise and implement innovation, technology, and change management initiatives in an organization, network of organizations or supply chains.

Type of instruction

The teaching is organized in accordance with the general form of teaching. Please see the programme cirruculum §17.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 5 ECTS course module the expected workload is 150 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams