IDENTIFYING DATA 2019_20
Subject (*) MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION Code 20725115
Study programme
Technology and Engineering Management (2017)
 Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Compulsory First 1Q
Language
Anglès
Department Economics
Coordinator
BIGORRA VIVES, JORDI
 E-mail jordi.bigorra@urv.cat
Lecturers
BIGORRA VIVES, JORDI
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General description and relevant information This course analyzes the nature of the innovation process, as well as the role of the technology and the knowledge management in innovative companies. There are five lessons focused in reviewing the fundamental concepts of innovation, the process of innovation in technological companies, innovation through company's merges and/or acquisitions, how to manage the knowledge and how to manage the innovation.?

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A1.5 Analyse the complexity of the micro- and macroeconomic and legal environment of technology and innovation companies in a changing and ill-defined context.
 A2.1 Design strategies for exploiting innovation.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B2.3 Create a suitable environment for personal development.
 B2.4 Pool knowledge and recognise the difficulties inherent in making judgements and taking decisions on the basis of incomplete or limited information, especially when such decisions require reflection on the social and ethical responsibilities of professional practice
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A1.5 Understand and interpret indicators from the Frascati Manual to determine the state of innovation in the industrial or technology sector.
 A2.1 Analyse the innovation process at company level
Design innovation strategies for technology companies and understand the barriers to the innovation process at company level.
Design strategies for exploiting innovation.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B2.3 Develop a professional environment that encourages and stimulates innovation.
 B2.4 Take technological decisions regarding investment in innovation on the basis of incomplete and limited information.
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1.. Innovation, technology and Firm
2. The innovation process of technological firms
3. Mergers and acquisitions of technological firms
4. The management of knowledge in a technological firm
5. Management of innovation in a technological firm


Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
A1.5
 1 0 1
Lecture
A2.1
B2.3
B2.4
 13 19 32
Practical cases/ case studies
A2.1
B2.3
B2.4
 14 25 39
Personal attention
A1.5
B2.4
 1 0 1
 
Mixed tests
A1.5
 2 0 2
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Presentation of the course
Lecture Seminars developing the theory.
Practical cases/ case studies At the end of each lecture, the students will revise the main contents through case studies and practice. The main purpose is to critically think and summarize the contents.
Personal attention Personal tuition to solve doubts concerning the theorical and practical contents.

Personalized attention
Description
Personal tuition to solve doubts concerning the theoretial and practical contents.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Practical cases/ case studies
A2.1
B2.3
B2.4
 Solving practical exercises. 45%
Mixed tests
A1.5
 Final test 45%
Others  

Student's active participation in the class.

 10%
 
Other comments and second exam session

The second call consists of:

- an examn (45% of the total mark).

- Student's active participation in the class.(10%)

- Solving practical exercises (45%)

Sources of information

Basic

Claus Sehested and Henrik Sonnenberg, Lean Innovation: A Fast Path from Knowledge, 2011.,

Eric Ries, The Lean Startup, Crown Business.

Ash Maurya, Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan that Works, O’Reilly Media.
Complementary

Bill Aulet , Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Succesful Startups, Wiley

Swann, G. M. P., The Economics of innovation : an introduction, , Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c

Mike Griffiths , PMI-ACP Exam Prep, Premier Edition,

Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (Pmbok Guide) , 5th Edition,

Other articles given out by the professors
Recommendations
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