Магистратура
2020/2021
Управление инновационными проектами и анализ деятельности конкурентов
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Управление в сфере науки, технологий и инноваций)
Направление:
38.04.02. Менеджмент
Кто читает:
Департамент образовательных программ
Где читается:
Институт статистических исследований и экономики знаний
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 2 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Прогр. обучения:
Управление в сфере науки, технологий и инноваций
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
6
Контактные часы:
64
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course is targeting master students of The National Research University Higher School of Economics. It includes two modules: the first on Innovation Project Management and the second on Competitive Intelligence. The course length is 228 academic hours in total of which 64 hours are classroom hours for interactive lectures and 164 hours are devoted to self-study. The course introduces the concepts, theories and practices in project management and market insight in general with a specific focus on their role in enhancing innovation.The educational module “Practices of human resources development in the largest innovative companies” of the course was prepared in the framework of a research grant funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (grant ID: 075-15-2020-978).
Learning Objectives
- Training in using IPM techniques in corporate and startup environment
- Understanding the role of IPM in innovation management system as a whole
- Identifying the specifics of IPM compared to the management of conventional projects
- Training in using various market insight techniques for both corporate and government settings
- Development of an appreciation for the importance of competitive intelligence and related disciplines for strategic decision-making
- Training in early warning and profiling methodologies.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Systematization of innovation project management issues and current trends
- Comparing of two concepts
- Understanding capabilities of different standards application to innovation project management
- Creation of project plan according to project management knowledge areas
- Application of agile methodology to innovation project planning
- Comparing of concepts of project portfolio and innovation portfolio
- Presentation of the project as interconnected network of participants and network description
- Understanding of the role of market insight (intelligence, foresight and analytics) for innovation
- Skills in assessing different info types and designing information collection plans
- Understanding the structure of CI/MI projects, the process of their planning and the areas where they are applied
- Understanding the techniques for profiling customers and competitors
- Understanding the analytical toolkit in CI and techniques for assessing markets and competitive advantage
- Skills in information collection from primary and secondary sources
Course Contents
- Introduction to Innovation project management
- Introduction to CI / MIDefining CI/ MI, Its similarity to other concepts, role of CI and MI for innovation, how CI is developed
- Management of innovation vs. Innovation project management
- Information collectionCollecting from primary sources, collecting from secondary sources, assessing info reliability and validity, collecting info in a virtual environment
- Designing CI/MI projectsKey intelligence topics, how plans are developed, areas where they are applied, info collection planning
- Project management standards in innovation project management
- Project activity organization and knowledge management
- Analysis for intelligence and insight - ProfilingTechniques for for profiling customers and competitors, predicting technology directions, linking info collection to analysis
- Agile methodology and innovation project management
- Analysis for intelligence and insight – market assessment and other techniquesIntroduction to the analytical toolkit in the field, techniques for assessing markets, choosing appropriate analytical techniques
- Portfolio project management and stage-gate method
- Designing CI and MI organizationsOrganizational requirements for CI, stages of development in CI, global study of competitive intelligence, CI within an anticipatory system
- Networks and ecosystems role in innovation project management
Assessment Elements
- Exam
- Project plan presentation
- Interactive lectures assignments
- Exam
- Project plan presentation
- Interactive lectures assignments
Interim Assessment
- Interim assessment (2 module)0.4 * Exam + 0.3 * Interactive lectures assignments + 0.3 * Project plan presentation
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Ahn, M. J., Zwikael, O., & Bednarek, R. (2015). Technological Invention to Product Innovation: A Project Management Approach. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.3C06BA0A
- Archibald, R. D., & Archibald, S. C. (2016). Leading and Managing Innovation : What Every Executive Team Must Know About Project, Program, and Portfolio Management, Second Edition (Vol. Second edition). Boca Raton: Auerbach Publications. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1093889
- Christian Horn, & Alexander Brem. (2013). Strategic directions on innovation management – a conceptual framework. Management Research Review, (10), 939. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-06-2012-0142?utm_campaign=RePEc&WT.mc_id=RePEc
- Fernez-Walch, S. (2017). The Multiple Facets of Innovation Project Management. London: Wiley-ISTE. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1642573
- Kerzner, H. (2019). Innovation Project Management : Methods, Case Studies, and Tools for Managing Innovation Projects. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2183351
- Oh, D.-S., Phillips, F., Park, S., & Lee, E. (2016). Innovation ecosystems: A critical examination. Technovation, (C), 1. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.eee.techno.v54y2016icp1.6
- Project Management Institute. (2019). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R) Guide-Sixth Edition / Agile Practice Guide Bundle (HINDI). [N.p.]: Project Management Institute. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2240462
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Decision making in innovation portfolio management. (2016). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.8023B47D
- Harris, P. E. (2019). Planning and Control Using Microsoft Project 2013, 2016 or 2019 & PMBOK Guide Sixth Edition. Australia: Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2105096
- Karolin Gebhardt, Andreas Riel, & Tom Maes. (2019). A New Approach to Analysing and Visualizing the Management of Corporate Innovation Projects. Post-Print. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.hal.journl.hal.02147806
- Ralf Dillerup, Daniela Kappler, & Fiona Oster. (2018). Improving the Management of Innovation Risks - R&D Risk Assessment for Large Technology Projects. Journal of Management and Strategy, (1), 31. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.jfr.jms111.v9y2018i1p31.52