Module BUSI5E215: KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Department: Business School (Business)

BUSI5E215: KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Tied To

• N1KE12: Business and Management (HBOS) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2010-2011 for details)
• N2KE12: Business and Management (Consortium) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2010-2011 for details)
• N2KF12: Business and Management (Vertex) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2010-2011 for details)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To provide students with the opportunity to study key topics in knowledge management, innovation and the impact of new technologies at an advanced level.

Content

• The vocabulary of innovation;
• "technology-push" "market-pull" models;
• invention, innovation and diffusion;
• types of innovation such as radical or incremental, product or process, architectural or component, disruptive or sustaining;
• general picture of innovation;
• impact of new technologies;
• paradigm shifts;
• lifecycle models;
• knowledge and virtual economies;
• knowledge management and innovation;
• complexity theory;
• innovation and the environment;
• models and frameworks for managing innovation;
• models of new product development,;
• management of R&D.

Learning Outcomes

• Have a critical appreciation of the dynamics of technological change
• Have an advanced understanding of key issues in the management of innovation.

• Be able to critically analyse key topics in knowledge management, innovation and the impact of new technologies.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The learning outcomes will be met through a combination of lectures, facilitated discussion sessions, group work and guided reading. Extensive use will be made of case studies and business simulations. All sessions have a high participation element, and an emphasis on action-learning.
• Assessment of this module is by summative assignment, designed to: test the acquisition and articulation of knowledge; test conceptual understanding and skills of application and interpretation within the business context.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Feedback on group and individual activities undertaken during contact hours. Feedback on learning set reflections and action points related to this module.