Course objectives:
Introduce students to
Teacher: Jiří Vacek, HJ211, mail: vacekj@kpm.zcu.cz, phone: +420-377633619, mobile: +420-724003943
TIME SCHEDULE
HJ210, Monday, 14:50 - 17:00
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Lectures |
Seminars: |
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21.2. |
Introduction, basic concepts |
Course administration and requirements, term paper proposal |
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28.2. |
Importance of innovations Disruptive and open innovations |
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7.3. |
European innovation scoreboard 2008, http://www.proinno-europe.eu/admin/uploaded_documents/EIS2008_Final_report-pv.pdf |
Assessment of the company innovation potential – practice |
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14.3. |
Structuring and valuing the new product development process (AEDS2006, AEDS2007, AEDS2008) |
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21.3. |
Innovation impulses Innovation management techniques - |
Innovation impulses - discussion, examples Innovation management techniques and skills |
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28.3. |
Creativity – basics, techniques Innovation programs and education |
Term paper – progress report Creativity: individual and group Innovation and human resources |
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Team work. Conflict resolution Company innovation culture |
Team performance. Conflict resolution – questionnaire |
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18.4. |
Decision making for managers |
Decision making – computer support |
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Knowledge management, Intellectual capital
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Intellectual property rights |
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11 |
2.5. |
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Term papers´ presentations |
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12 |
9.5. |
Final test |
Term papers´ presentations |
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16.5. |
remaining presentations, recording grades, ... |
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REQUIREMENTS:
Submit term paper focused on innovation management (approx. 10 pages), prepare presentation and deliver it to the class at the seminar (15 min.).
Suggested topics:
GPS, mobile phones, alternative energy resources, microcredits, service innovation, hybrid cars, ICT in government, Tata small car (India), Maglev in China, Wikipedia, e-business, ...
product/service or innovation performer in your country (Zara in Spain, ...)
case, success story - Harvard Business Review, The Economist (Technology Quarterly, Special reports), MIT Technology Review)
innovation system of your country, comparison with others
Pass the written test (10 questions, 0-5 points each, grading see ECTS-grading).
RESOURCES
Presentation (ppt - 4 MB, pdf - 2,1 MB)
Recommended literature
SVEIBY K.E., The Knowledge Organisation, http://www.sveiby.com/articles/KOS1.html
Innovation Management in a Knowledge-Driven Economy, European Commision, Brussels, 2004, ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/innovation-policy/studies/studies_innovation_management_final_report.pdf
European Guide to Good Practice in Knowledge Management,
ftp://cenftp1.cenorm.be/PUBLIC/CWAs/e-Europe/KM/CWA14924-01-2004-Mar.pdf
ftp://cenftp1.cenorm.be/PUBLIC/CWAs/e-Europe/KM/CWA14924-02-2004-Mar.pdf
ftp://cenftp1.cenorm.be/PUBLIC/CWAs/e-Europe/KM/CWA14924-03-2004-Mar.pdf
ftp://cenftp1.cenorm.be/PUBLIC/CWAs/e-Europe/KM/CWA14924-04-2004-Mar.pdf
Knowledge Management, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_management
RICARDIS: Reporting Intellectual Capital to Augment Research, Development and Innovation in SMEs, EUR 22095 EN, European Commision, Brussles, 2006, ISBN 92-79-02149-4, http://ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/pdf/download_en/2006-2977_web1.pdf#search=%22RICARDIS%20EUR%2022095%22
Seeking and implementation of innovation opportunities, edited by J.Vacek, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, 2001, available at: http://www.kip.zcu.cz/USME/seeking.doc
Map of the company innovation potential, , edited by J.Vacek, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, 2001, available at: http://www.kip.zcu.cz/USME/ass_SME.doc
VACEK J., Innovation management in design process, in: Proceedings MOPP 2005, UWB Plzeň, 2005 (presentation)
PRO INNO Europe, http://www.proinno-europe.eu/
A video documentary "The Key to Innovation"(May 2007) highlights the importance of innovative products and services to boost Europe’s competitiveness and growth and showcases a wide range of innovative companies and initiatives from throughout Europe.
P.F.Drucker.: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Harper and Row, New York, 1991
INNOMAT – Innovation Management Tools, CD-ROM in the library
Decision Making, in: W.J.Stevenson: Production/Operations Management, Irwin, Homewood, 1990
Conflict Management, chapter 7 in: N.H.Katz, J.W.Lawyer: Communication and conflict resolution skills, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, 1985
J.M.Higgins: The Management Challenge, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1991 – chapter 7
C.M. Christensen, M.E Raynor: The Innovator´s Solution, Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation, 2003