COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IND 5021 INNOVATION MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR BURCU FELEKOĞLU

Offered to

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING - NON THESIS
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
M.Sc. Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Metallurgical and Material Engineering
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM)

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to introduce students the theory and practice of managing innovation with an integrated approach considering the interactions between changes in markets, technology and organization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to identify the challenges that managers face while managing innovation
2   Ability to evaluate the effects of context on innovation management
3   Ability to define the ways in which innovation can be managed effectively
4   Ability to select, and/or design an innovative organizational structure
5   Ability to explore the environment for technical and economic opportunities for innovation
6   Ability to identify the need for and ways of building networks to support innovation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction & importance of innovation
2 Innovation as a core business process
3 Creating an innovative organization
4 Developing an innovation strategy
5 Open innovation & networks
6 Decision making under uncertainty
7 New product and service development
8 Mid-term exam
9 Entrepreneurship & new ventures
10 Knowledge management & intellectual property
11 Assessing & auditing innovation
12 Student presentations
13 Student presentations
14 Student presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Tidd, J. & Bessant, J. (2009), Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Sussex, England.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Principal methods of teaching will be lectures and case discussions. The students are expected to prepare and make presentations on selected topics.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 +PAR * 0.10 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 +PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assignment 40%
Participaption 10%
Final 50%

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Burcu Felekoglu, Phone: 0232 3017616

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparing assignments 1 35 35
Preparation for final exam 1 50 50
Final 1 3 3
0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 192

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.12534
LO.24333
LO.34554
LO.434
LO.5435
LO.65343