WISO100321 Innovation management

Type
course with non-continuous assessment
Semester hours
2
Lecturer (assistant)
Falkenberg, Christof , Garaus, Christian
Organisation
Marketing and Innovation
Offered in
Wintersemester 2025/26
Languages of instruction
Deutsch
Content

The course "Innovation Management" provides an introduction to the fundamentals and concepts of innovation management. The key topics include:

- Introduction to innovation management
- Types of innovations and their significance for the economy, society, and the environment
- Sources of innovation
- Creativity and its connection to innovation
- Organization and management of innovation processes
- Innovation in the context of sustainability

Students will learn to understand and analyze innovation processes and apply basic tools for idea generation and selection. The content is specifically tailored to bachelor’s students and provides practical, foundational knowledge.
Previous knowledge expected

Basic knowledge in the core discipline of the study program
Fundamentals of business administration (e.g., value creation, business models)
Basic knowledge of sustainability topics: (Planetary Boundaries, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), systems thinking)
Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

Differentiate between various types of innovations and evaluate their significance for the economy, society, and the environment.
Formulate the building blocks of innovation management systems.
Identify the key phases of the innovation process and various sources of innovation.
Explain the connection between creativity and innovation.
Outline simple indicators for measuring innovation success on economic, social, and environmental levels.
Apply basic tools for idea generation and selection, and reflect on their use cases and limitations.

The learning outcomes are designed to provide bachelor’s students with a solid foundation for advanced topics in innovation management.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.