Core Course
BA221 – Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Course Unit Code: BA221
Type Of Unit: Core
Level of Course Unit: First cycle
Year of Study: Second year
Semester: Fourth
Number of ECTS Credits: 7.5
Class Contact Hours: 36
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites
None
Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to provide participants with an understanding of how entrepreneurship and innovation can be managed effectively within organizations in order to defend against, leverage or even create change. The key areas to be covered are (i) a framework of strategic innovation that links firm capabilities with market and technology changes (ii) organizational designs that cultivate learning and foster entrepreneurship and innovation (iii) ways of building internal and external linkages to improve the organization’s competencies and their ability to commercialize innovation (iv) the discipline of creating innovative new firms. Learn how to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in organizations by influencing the key “pillars” of innovation.
Learning Outcomes
- Recognize why organizations fail to innovate.
- Get exposed to models adopted by innovative organizations.
- Know how to use tools and techniques for analyzing the external environment for signals.
- Know how to identify core competencies in the organization and employ them to innovate.
- Recognize the key facilitators of innovation in an organization and be able to design an innovative organization.
- Know how entrepreneurship can be cultivated in large organizations and maintained is smaller growing companies.
Course Content
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, case method, class discussion, syndicate group work, class presentations, role-play, ethical dilemma simulation.
Assessment methods and criteria
20% Class participation (including written class quiz)
80% In-class examination
Language of Instruction
English
Work Placement(s)
Not applicable
Course Features
Readings
Recommended or required reading
1. Tushman, M. and C. O’Reilly (2002). Winning through innovation. Boston Mass., Harvard Business School Press
2. Tidd, J., J. Bessant and K. Pavitt (2001). Managing innovation. Chichester, Wiley
3. Christensen, C. (2003). The innovator’s dilemma. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard Business School Press.
4. Chesbrough, H. (2003). Open innovation. Boston Mass., Harvard Business School Press
5. Kirby, D. (2000). Entrepreneurship. London, McGrow Hill.
6. MITOPENCOURSEWARE: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/find-by-topic/
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