Innovation Management

Objectives

The Innovation Management course is intended to provide a global view of the relevance, concepts, scopes of application, systems, methodologies and practical examples of innovation management, which are increasingly relevant in the world we live in, guided by: 1) VUCA ; 2) Big Data and Digital Transformation; 3) Climate Change and Threats of Unsustainability.

Within this context, a particular focus will be assumed in the curricular unit, centered on challenges posed to students that may involve approaches to information management and data science (“From Data to Value”), as well as proposals for innovative solutions designed for NOVA IMS and/or UNL.

For this purpose, the curricular unit can be seen by itself as a community of innovation, with mutual commitments assumed by students and teachers.

The strategic positioning of this curricular unit is guided by the following formulations:

Mission

Contribute, through a participatory learning process, to the development of creative NOVA IMS students, capable of understanding, developing and leading different contexts of organizational innovation.

Vision

To be permanently a curricular unit of reference in the teaching and learning of innovation management to NOVA IMS students, in constant improvement and innovation.

Motto

A curricular unit to help you innovate in your personal and professional life.

Course Unit Values

Honesty

Open Mindness

Active Participation

Assiduity

Mutual Respect

Compliance with Rules and Deadlines

Professionalism

Continuous Learning

Dedication

Mutual Positive Reinforcement

General characterization

Code

100253

Credits

4.0

Responsible teacher

Pedro Manuel Tavares Lopes de Andrade Saraiva

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English

Prerequisites

Language of Instruction: English (unless all students are fluent in Portuguese)

Availability for participatory learning, creative and innovative attitude

Bibliography

Teaching method

Within the scope of this curricular unit, the coexistence of learning processes at different levels (individual, team and class of students as a learning community) is encouraged, covering the reinforcement of skills and knowledge.

The contents are approached in a practical, interactive way and based on different challenges that are presented to students. Thus, it constantly alternates between theory and practice, inductive and deductive learning, through theoretical-practical classes.

 

In the moments of contact in the classroom, the active participation of students is stimulated, through a diverse set of interaction mechanisms, including learning and evaluation between peers, group dynamics, challenges launched and solved in class, project based learning, flipped classroom, intervention of guest speakers, conducting of a study visit, and regular presentations by students.

 

Weekly meetings will be held with representatives of student groups, in order to monitor the course's evolution, identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.

Evaluation method

Assessment of students will be continuous and based on a set of individual and group challenges that are made to students, including oral presentations, written reports and mini-tests, as well as other criteria related to students' active participation in the learning processes.

Within this assessment paradigm, its parameterization and operationalization modes will be defined in the first week of classes, depending in particular also on the number of students enrolled.

Subject matter

In line with the Learning Objectives, the curricular unit is structured and developed around the following sequential set of 6 Learning Blocks (LB):

LB1: Importance and Relevance of Innovation and Innovation Management

LB2: Discussion and Assimilation of the Innovation Concept

LB3: Models, Domains and Layers of Study, Application and Innovation Management

LB4: Main Sources of Innovative Ideas and Solutions

LB5: Analysis of Different Approaches/Methodologies for Developing New Solutions

LB6: Examples of Organizational Innovation Management and its Components