Technology and Innovation Management

The students will be introduced to the basics of operational innovation management. This includes a deeper understanding of the term innovation, as well as the challenges of in- and intercompany innovation processes.
People from different backgrounds and departments are involved in the development of innovative products and processes in varying intensity. Therefore it is important to have a clear project and process structure, communication, information flow, and interface management from the beginning of the idea generation to the end of the innovation process.

Detailed course contents

Module Organisation and Innovation Management (former ABWL 3 /b1)

Module Organisation and Innovation Management (former ABWL 3 /b1)

Definition of the term innovation (degree of innovation, innovation type etc.)

• Innovation management (functional and institutional perspective)
• Influencing factors innovation management
• Innovations process:

  • Initiative: Emergence of innovations
  • Definition of the innovative problem
  • Goal formation of innovative decission processes
  • Controlling of innovation processes (process organization, controlling)
  • Interface management
  • Finding alternatives, creativity
    
  • Success evaluation of innovations

The Human Side of Innovation (Successor of Mgt. of Innov. II)

The Human Side of Innovation focuses on the people involved in innovation processes. The two main concepts concentrated on are: promotors and teams.

• Key roles in innovation processes - mono-personal concepts
• Promotors - expert, power, process and realtionship promotor
• Opponents in innovation processes
• Team work models
  
• Successfactor "Cooperation of innovation teams" = "Team Work Quality"
• Entrepreneurship - an innovative challenge for unique personalities?

Strategic Management of Innovation (Successor of Mgt. of Innov. III)

Strategic Management of Innovation focuses on strategic challenges in innovation management. In addition to the innovation management lectures students can attend tutorials in which they work on case studies.

• Innovation strategies: Sourcing Strategies, Exploitation Strategies, Timing Strategies
• Competitive advantages through network competence
• User driven innovation: Lead-User and Lead-Markets
• Impact of partner-fit on the course and success of European R&D projects
  

Technology Management

Technology Management lecture

• Basics of and terms in technology management
  
• Developmental phases in technology management
• Importance of technology management
• Technological life cycle
  
• Technological trend curves
  
• Technology-S-curve
• Developmental model of industries
  
• Summary and implications of developmental models
  
• Technological foresight
  
• Derivation of technology strategies
  
• Implementation of technology strategies

Integrierte Veranstaltung (lecture + tutorial) in Technology Mangement
The IV Technology Management contains the lecture Technology Management as well as the tutorial Technology Management. The latter consists of practice-oriented, computer based scenario analyses in team work. The IV's capacity is limited. The tutorial can only be attended in combination with the lecture. The team work dates will be set up individually.