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 Academic Year:
| 2015/6 |
| Owning Department/School:
| School of Management |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment Summary:
| CW 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: | |
| Description:
| Aims: This unit focuses on the key strategic and conceptual issues that affect the innovation process, especially the need to understand and manage innovation within an inter-organisational network context. The unit aims to examine how different network actors within the business environment may influence, enable and inhibit the innovation process. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of the unit students will be able to: * Identify the enabling and inhibiting role of inter-organisational networks on the innovation process * Critically analyse the emergence and development of core concepts and bodies of knowledge on inter-organisational networks * Articulate appropriate, contingent approaches to managing innovation within different types of networks, including online networks. * Evaluate the role of suppliers and supply networks in developing new products and technologies * Distinguish between different sourcing and procurement strategies that can be applied to leverage technologies, knowledge and capabilities through the supply base * Apply appropriate concepts and methods of supply relationship development and management * Critically evaluate the role of information systems in networking * Identify the strategic factors that influence the innovation process from a network perspective * Evaluate appropriate research methodologies to investigate the innovation process in a networked context * Apply product development tools and techniques to foster collaborative innovation in a network context Skills: Intellectual Skills * a systematic understanding of organisations, the internal and external context in which they operate and how they can be effectively managed; (T, F, A) * a critical awareness of current issues and frameworks in management; (T, F, A) * an understanding of theoretical concepts and frameworks that enable the student to link theory and practice meaningfully and the ability to appraise critically both theory and practice; (T, F, A) * an understanding of appropriate research and methodological techniques that allow detailed investigation into topical business issues and ability to use these skills to produce professional, critical business reports. (T, F, A) Professional Practical Skills * assess and further develop the strategic position of an organisation under conditions of complexity and uncertainty; (F) * evaluate the current standing of an organisation and practically contribute to the attainment of an organisation¿s strategies and objectives; (T, F, A) * operate effectively both independently as well as within teams and assume leadership roles where appropriate; (F, A) * be self-directed and able to act autonomously in planning and implementing projects at professional levels.(F, A) Transferable/Key Skills * an ability to develop a holistic perspective on an organisation and an understanding of how the different functions relate to one another; (T, F, A) * an appreciation and in-depth understanding of the resources and competences required for successful cross-functional management in organisations including enterprise skills; (T, F, A) * ability to conduct in-depth research into management and business issues. (F, A) Personal/Interpersonal * an ability to manage and work in teams with an awareness of issues such as culture, gender, working styles etc. and to use these to the benefit of the individual and the team; (F) * the facility to communicate including presenting and marketing themselves and their ideas; preparation and production of effective business plans and reports.(T, F, A) Content: This module aims to build on the previous modules by examining how innovation is not an isolated, one-off event within a firm, but rather an interactive, ongoing process within: supply networks, internal and external social networks; electronic communities of practice; industrial and political systems. This unit focuses on the key strategic and conceptual issues that affect the innovatioon process, especially the need to understand and manage innovation within a network context. The unit aims to examine how different network actors within the business environment may influence, enable and inhibit the innovation process. The unit will focus on strategic factors, network relationships, product development tools and research approaches in order to offer a comprehensive overview of the innovation process from a network perspective. |
| Programme availability: |
MN50419 is Compulsory on the following programmes:School of Management
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