Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 11 x 2 Hours of Lectures |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 2 x 2 Hours Seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Individual Coursework 3,000 word essay | 30% |
| Semester Exam | 3 Hours | 70% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Repeat Failed Elements or Equivalent | 30% |
| Supplementary Exam | 3 Hours Repeat Failed Elements or Equivalent | 70% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Understand the role of technological change in business operations
Evaluate the role of forms of knowledge (eg patents, licenses) in support of innovation
Implement technology acquisition strategies
Evaluate and implement tools of operations management (eg forecasting)
Develop a project management plan
Brief description
The module will provide an introduction to a range of topics : it is designed to give students a general introduction to some of the many topics that come under the general heading of ‘Innovation and Operations Management’. Hence it will help students to gain an understanding of key areas of innovation and operations including definitions and examples from existing literature and from a set of example cases that illustrate innovation and operations in many different settings and markets. Emphasis will be placed on the application of the key concepts to actual business situations. This course will discuss various aspects of innovation and operations management, focusing on the role of innovation and operations in enabling firms to generate competitive advantage, and the types of problems faced by firms in their new product and service development.
Content
The aims of this module are:
To provide students with a basic knowledge of the concepts and principles which are the building blocks of innovation and operations management. In addition, the students’ ability/skills to approach and analyse a variety of innovation and operations management issues and problems will be developed. Finally it will provide students an understanding of how they, as future leaders of innovative organizations, can recognize and harness innovation.
It will achieve this by considering, for example, the following areas:
• Importance and impact of technology and innovation to business and to society
• Technological change, innovation concepts, models and frameworks
• Technology acquisition, types and managemnent
• Product/process technologies, innovation management processes and tools
• Innovation strategies, implementation, control and evaluation
• Operations Management principles and cases
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Understand national accounts and other international economic data. |
| Communication | Discussion-based seminars – formal feedback provided. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Directed independent study |
| Information Technology | Information retrieval via electronic sources will be required for coursework |
| Personal Development and Career planning | |
| Problem solving | Apply analytical skills to reason and understand the challenging nature of the subject. |
| Research skills | Development of the appropriate research skills necessary to produce high quality outputs. |
| Subject Specific Skills | |
| Team work | Team work ethics are encouraged in seminars – formal feedback provided. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7