Innovation Management
Niveau
Introductory & advanced
Learning outcomes of the courses/module
The participants:
• analyze innovation processes, drivers and barriers in organizations as well as their significance for sustainable energy and transformation systems.
• evaluate innovation models and methods with regard to their suitability for sustainable business and supply concepts.
• develop innovation-oriented solution approaches for complex challenges in energy and sustainability management.
• examine organizational, cultural and market conditions for successful innovation and derive recommendations for action.
• design structured innovation processes and reflect on their effectiveness in the context of strategic corporate development.
• analyze innovation processes, drivers and barriers in organizations as well as their significance for sustainable energy and transformation systems.
• evaluate innovation models and methods with regard to their suitability for sustainable business and supply concepts.
• develop innovation-oriented solution approaches for complex challenges in energy and sustainability management.
• examine organizational, cultural and market conditions for successful innovation and derive recommendations for action.
• design structured innovation processes and reflect on their effectiveness in the context of strategic corporate development.
Prerequisites for the course
Basics of sustainability, strategy, communication and technology
Course content
- Fundamentals and models of innovation management
- Processes, drivers and barriers of organizational innovation
- Methods and approaches for sustainable and transformative innovation
- Assessment of technologies, business models and market opportunities
- Innovation culture, leadership and organizational conditions
- Strategic integration of innovation into sustainable corporate development
- Processes, drivers and barriers of organizational innovation
- Methods and approaches for sustainable and transformative innovation
- Assessment of technologies, business models and market opportunities
- Innovation culture, leadership and organizational conditions
- Strategic integration of innovation into sustainable corporate development
Recommended specialist literature
- Dodgson, M., Gann, D., & Phillips, N. (2014). The Oxford handbook of innovation management. Oxford university press.
- Tidd, J., & Bessant, J. R. (2014). Strategic innovation management. Wiley.
- Tidd, J., & Bessant, J. R. (2025). Managing innovation: Integrating technological, market and organizational change (Eighth edition). Wiley.
- Trott, P. (2021). Innovation management and new product development (Seventh Edition). Pearson.
- Tidd, J., & Bessant, J. R. (2014). Strategic innovation management. Wiley.
- Tidd, J., & Bessant, J. R. (2025). Managing innovation: Integrating technological, market and organizational change (Eighth edition). Wiley.
- Trott, P. (2021). Innovation management and new product development (Seventh Edition). Pearson.
Assessment methods and criteria
Portfolio assessment
Language
English
Number of ECTS credits awarded
4
Semester hours per week
Planned teaching and learning method
Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, group work
Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered
2