Managing Innovation in Entrepreneurial Organisations
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| BUSI4604 | Nottingham University Business School China | 4 | 20 | Spring China |
- Code
- BUSI4604
- School
- Nottingham University Business School China
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring China
Summary
Entrepreneurship is often focused on understanding new ventures, but the entrepreneurial flame is required in growing organisations too. It would cover the topics associated with innovation including strategy, culture, sources of challenges, stakeholders, organisational structure, process, uncertainty and failure, learning and ambidexterity, and internationalisation.
Target Students
Compulsory to MSc Innovation and Entrepreneurship students
Classes
- One 4-hour lecture each week for 10 weeks
Students will spend on average 40 hours in lectures, 20 hours in groups supported by academics, 140 hours upon individual study on their report.
Assessment
- 100% Coursework: Individual Coursework (4,000 words)
Educational Aims
To develop an understanding of the relationship between entrepreneurial practices and innovative outcomes within a range of organizations.To enable students to diagnose shortfalls in entrepreneurial practices and recommend changes in practice to support innovations in product, process or business model.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: This module develops a knowledge and understanding of:
The dynamics of the global economy and international business &/or an awareness
of cultural, legal/regulatory, political, and economic differences across countries &/or
an appreciation of management issues from a global perspective.
Business innovation – creativity, intrapreneurial – and entrepreneurial behaviour and enterprise development, and the management and exploitation of intellectual property
Leadership and management of people within organisations – leadership, organisational behaviour and motivation
Strategic management - the development and implementation of appropriate strategies within a changing environment
Intellectual skills: This module develops:
Being able to think critically and be creative: manage the creative processes in self and others; organise thoughts, analyse, synthesise and critically appraise. This includes the capability to identify assumptions, evaluate statements in terms of evidence, detect false logic or reasoning, identify implicit values, define terms adequately and generalise appropriately
Being able to solve complex problems and make decisions: establish criteria, using appropriate decision-making techniques including identifying, formulating and solving business problems; and the ability to create, identify and evaluate options; the ability to implement and review decisions
Using information and knowledge effectively in order to abstract meaning from information and to share knowledge, including the use of quantitative skills
Professional practical skills: This module develops:
The ability to conduct research and enquiry into business and management issues either individually or as part of a team through research design, the collection and analysis of qualitative data, synthesis and reporting
The ability to recognise the need for and initiate change and to be able to manage change
Transferable (key) skills: This module develops:
Effective communication: networking, listening, oral and written communication of complex ideas and arguments, using a range of media, including the preparation of business reports
High personal effectiveness: critical self-awareness, self-reflection and self-management; time management; conflict resolution, displaying commercial acumen, the ability to continue to learn through reflection on practice and experience
Conveners
- Dr Jin Chen