Course syllabus
Course-PM
TEK745 Management of innovation and R&D (7.5 hp). The course is offered by the department of Technology Management and Economics.
Please find the latest course PM here!
Course purpose
This course aims at developing an understanding of the prerequisites for R&D and innovation work in large established organizations.
More specifically the course will address key elements within the areas of:
- Organizational theory
- Project management
- Product development
- Innovation management
Having completed the course the student should hopefully be able to (the learning outcomes):
- Describe fundamental mechanisms related to organizations’ existence, design and scope
- Explain the basic project management terms and tools
- Describe different types of product development processes
- Apply different methods and tools for efficient product development work
- Describe the prerequisites for innovation work and their implications on the strategic and operative levels
Schedule
Please find the schedule here: TimeEdit
All sessions will be via Zoom (unless stated otherwise). The Zoom sessions can be accessed by clicking the Zoom tab on the navigation panel (on the left side)
IF you have trouble using the Zoom tab, please use the links provided below:
Date | Course activity | Videos and other materials | Zoom live session |
01-09-2020 | Course introduction | ||
03-09-2020 | Session 11 | Available | |
08-09-2020 | Session 12 | Available | |
10-09-2020 | Session 13 | Available | |
15-09-2020 | Session 21 | Available | |
22-09-2020 | Session 22 | Available | |
24-09-2020 | Session 23 | Available | |
25-09-2020 | ‘Textbook project management’ exam | ||
29-09-2020 | Session 24 | Available | |
01-10-2020 | Session 31 |
None (Read articles provided in the course PM) |
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02-10-2020 | Session 32 |
None (Refer to course PM and the module section for reading instructions) |
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06-10-2020 | Session 33 |
None (Refer to course PM and the module section for reading instructions) |
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08-10-2020 | Session 41 |
None (Refer to course PM and the module section for reading instructions) |
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13-10-2020 | Session 42 |
None (Refer to the module section for reading instructions) |
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15-10-2020 | Session 43 |
None (Refer to the module section) |
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20-10-2020 | Final lecture | None | https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/69632082198 |
Contact details
Name | Role | |
Sofia Börjesson | Lecturer | sofia.borjesson@chalmers.se |
Alvar Palm | Lecturer | alvar.palm@chalmers.se |
Magnus Persson | Examiner, Lecturer | magper@chalmers.se |
Goutha Pushpananthan | Teaching assistant, Lecturer | goupus@chalmers.se |
Jan Wickenberg | Lecturer | jan.wickenberg@chalmers.se |
Course literature
The literature for this course consists of articles and other materials .
(Note: Please read the latest course PM for detailed information on lectures, reading instructions, etc.)
Course design
The course will start with an introduction in week 1. For schedule, see TimeEdit and Canvas. Please note that this course will be run online, which means that all of the sessions in the course will be run on Zoom. Links to the Zoom-sessions will be found in Canvas!
The table below serves as site map and guides to relevant sections of the course page.
Module name | Preparing for lectures | Assignments/tasks |
Module 1 | See here | See here |
Module 2 | See here |
See here |
Module 3 | See here | - |
Module 4 | See here | - |
Changes made since the last occasion
Change | Purpose | Dated |
'Course literature' section | Additional information on articles (book chapters) to read | 18-08-2020 |
Course PM | New update | 25-08-2020 |
Course PM | New update | 28-08-2020 |
Zoom Schedule | Schedule change for Module 2 | 02-09-2020 |
Learning objectives and syllabus
Learning objectives:
- Describe fundamental mechanisms related to organizations existence, design and scope
- Explain the basic project management terms and tools
- Describe different types of product development processes
- Apply different methods and tools for efficient product development work
- Describe the prerequisites for innovation work and their implications on the strategic and operative levels
Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen: Study plan
Examination
The examination is based on two different parts. There will be two individual partial exams, one for the ‘Organizational theory’ part of the course, and one for the ‘Textbook project management’ part of the course. In the end of the course there will also be a home exam covering the whole course; all four modules. For the two individual exams the grading will be Passed or Not passed, for the home exam the grading will be Fail, 3, 4 and 5.
Having passed both individual partial exams and having 50% of the maximum number of points on the home exam a grade of “3” will be awarded. A result of 65% of the maximum number of points will result in the grade “4”. The highest grade “5” will be awarded for 85% and over.
‘Organizational theory’ exam
There will be an online test with a hand-in deadline on the 14th of September 17.00.
‘Textbook project management’ exam
This individual partial exam will be done by means of an online test. This test will take place the 25th of September at 13.15. There will be a re-exam possibility the 16th of October at 13.15.
Home exam
The aim of the home exam is to create a state of reflective learning and not to test by rote. Knowledge from the whole course should be integrated, by working with the questions and themes of the course. Theory and practical knowledge should be integrated and various theories reflected against each other. Proven understanding of concepts and ability to build syntheses are encouraged as well as a structured reasoning.
The home exam will be published the 20th of October, and deadline for hand-in will be the 30th of October at 13.00.
Course summary:
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