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CM J29 - CASES in Strategic Management of Innovation and Technology*

Faculty
Prof. Christer Karlsson
Course Coordinator
Prof. Christer Karlsson
Prerequisite/progression of the course
This course is only open to students who are completing the minor in Process and Innovation Management, and as such have taken the courses Process Management and Innovation Management .
Course content, structure and teaching
Strategic management of Innovation and Technology is about understanding what creates competitive advantages through building unique competencies. A certain strength is the one of innovative capability, but also the management of technological development. Technology is the knowledge area (logy) of techniques of products, services and processes, how to create them and how to manage them, not to be misunderstood as technique. Important areas that are covered in the course are Technology as knowledge of Products/Services and processes, Patterns of Industrial Innovation, Developing the Innovative Capabilities and core competencies, Sourcing and transfer of knowledge, Venturing processes, Systems for Innovation, Managing from Research to development, Organizing and utilizing global resources, Development strategy; Organizing and Leading teams, Developing the Learning Organization.
The format of this course is case based learning, often understood as the Harvard Business School style. Theory is introduced by scientific articles and students will have to prepare case based sessions. The teacher acts as a facilitator of a range of alternative processes although with a well planned learning objective and outcome.
The course's development of personal competences
The students will develop their competences in acting as managers. They will have to analyze complex situations based on complex but limited data, sort out what is more and less relevant, apply what they get from literature, develop alternative ways of action, make choices, recommendations and propose action. The course aims at training skills for line managers and management consultants.
Learning Objectives
More specifically, the student will after the course
  • Understand the strategic management of core competencies of value adding processes
  • Be able to identify different managerial challenges related to those
  • Be trained in analyzing complex problematic situations
  • Be trained in developing, assessing and comparing different patterns of action
  • Be skilled in applying different management technologies and be able to explain the concepts, their objectives, and application in practice
  • Be trained in arguing for best appropriate proposed managerial action
Type of examination, exam aids and assessment
The exam is an individual project exam of a 15 pages maximum. The student is expected to integrate the six sessions into the paper so that each session is analyzed in two pages and with a synthesizing summary of three pages.
Recommended literature
Book with many articles and cases:
  • Burgelman, R. et al: Strategic Management of Innovation & Technology, 5th edition, 2008, ISBN: 9780071263290

Last updated by The electives Office 10/08/2010