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Innovation Management Study-Units
Innovation Management (12 ECTS)
Dr Dana Mietzner and colleagues, University of Potsdam
This study-unit will equip students with basic and advanced knowledge about the theories, methods and concepts in different areas of innovation management and R&D Management, for application in SMEs and larger companies. The participants will acquire knowledge about the success factors of innovations, the establishment of a systematic innovation process and the integration of strategic foresight activities in the innovation process.
Topics to be covered include the following:
- Requirements and job possibilities for innovation managers
- Theoretical Models
- Success factors of innovations
- Innovation process
- Innovation process in practice
- Closed innovation
- Open innovation – actors, network management, external environment and innovation system
- Open innovation - external environment, innovation systems
Patent Management/IPR (4 ECTS)
Dr Dana Mietzner and colleagues, University of Potsdam
Dr Dana Mietzner and colleagues, University of Potsdam
The aim of this study-unit is to develop the relevant competencies in the area of patents and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Students will be able to evaluate company needs in the area of patents and IPR and to communicate their interest with patent agents.
Topics to be covered include the following:
- Elements of Intellectual Property Rights (rights relating to patents, utility patents, design patents, trademark rights, Fair Trade Law)
- Patents and Patent Management
- Licences (types of licences, rights and liabilities of licenser and licensee, typical IP regulations in licence contracts, license strategies, etc.)
Design and Innovation (4 ECTS)
Ms Shirley Pulis Xerxen, University of Malta
The study-unit explores how innovation is generated where design is concerned. It is not confined to any special professional area of application. It will foster discussion and reflection on how ideas are developed and how designs and inventions are translated into products.
Some of the questions that will be tackled include:
Ms Shirley Pulis Xerxen, University of Malta
The study-unit explores how innovation is generated where design is concerned. It is not confined to any special professional area of application. It will foster discussion and reflection on how ideas are developed and how designs and inventions are translated into products.
Some of the questions that will be tackled include:
- What motivates an individual to invent?
- What leads to the success or failure of a new design?
- How do markets shape the design and innovation process?
- How is design geared towards a more sustainable future?
