Description

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, students should be able to;

• Explain different types of innovation and innovation dynamics.
• Identify strategic innovation challenges in organizations.
• Explore core innovation and the key enablers required for successful innovation in existing operations, business and markets.
• Develop managerial approaches to organize innovation processes.
• Explore the key capabilities which support successful innovation.
• Reflect on innovation responses in real case studies.

The program targets;

• Professionals both in the public and private sectors who have an interest in innovation and would wish to improve their knowledge or make innovation happen in their organization.

Course Content

• Identify obstacles, sources and pitfalls that affect successful management of innovation.
• Differentiate between innovation in core business and transformative business opportunities.
• Discuss why management of innovation is important.
• Identify key enablers for managing innovation in core business.
• Evaluate actions required in own organization(s) for improving management of innovation in core business.
• Describe the disruptive nature of innovation.
• Identify managerial approaches to respond to disruptive change.
• Define the concept of open innovation and the openness continuum.
• Identify the different approaches through which open and collaborative innovation occurs.
• Evaluate actions required in own organization(s) for gaining value from open and collaborative innovation.
• Reflect on the core elements of design thinking (DT).
• Explore how design thinking can be used to foster innovation, with exposure to some tools and methods of design thinking.
• Explain sources of corporate knowledge and protectable intellectual property rights.
• Identify risks associated with knowledge leakage and IP infringement.
• Explore proactive and reactive strategies for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
• Analyze innovation capabilities at own organization.

Training Format:

• All materials are made available through our Online Learning Platform
• Students should commit approximately 5-6 hours of their time per week

Materials Provided:

Online delivery of curriculum materials, exercises and templates.

Assignments:

In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content, students will be required to submit assignments at the end of every month.