This class exists in these courses :
• IÉSEG > IESEG Degree - Programme Grande École > Semester 1 > 2,00 ECTS

Prerequisites

An interest in digital technology and innovation and would be useful. Critical thinking and group presentation skills are expected.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student should be able to :
1. Determine how innovation happens in organizations and what management can do to facilitate it.
2. Evaluate how a disruptive innovation threatens a successful business model.
3. Prepare an effective response to a disruptive digital innovation.
4. Assemble a business case for an open innovation initiative.
5.Ascertain how the use of digital technology influences creativity.

Course description

For almost all organizations, continuous innovation is the key to long-term success and sustainability. The purpose of this course is to examine how managers can facilitate organizational innovation. A specific emphasis is placed on discussing how digital technology can disrupt, enhance, and even stifle innovation activities. To gain a deeper understanding of how management can respond to disruptive innovations, a number of case studies will be presented and critiqued. Emerging innovation management concepts such as ‘open innovation’ and ‘user innovation communities’ will be assessed along with the potential for emerging digital technologies within these paradigms.

Class type

Class structure

Teaching methods

• Case study
• Interactive class
• Presentation
• Project work
• Research
• Seminar

Assessment

The student earns a mark based on his/her participation in the sessions, the presentation he/she has to do during the sessions, and the soundness of his/her findings in the final examination.
Team Project -> 20%
Participation -> 20%
Written final exam -> 60%

Recommended reading

• Lucas, H.C and Goh, J.M. (2009). Disruptive technology: How Kodak missed the digital photography revolution. 18. Pp. 46-55. -

• Birkinshaw, J. and Sheenan, T. (2002). Managing the knowledge lifecycle. Fall. Pp. 75-83. -

• Whelan, E. Parise, S., De Valk, J., Aalbers, R. (2011) 'Creating employee networks that deliver open innovation'. Sloan Management Review, Fall (53/1) pp. 37-44. -