Online Courses Handbook 2003

306812 (v.1) Innovative Organisations 564

Area:	School of Management
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
A focus on how management roles, corporate structures and organisational processes impinge upon an organisation's innovative capability. Key topics include - the relationship between entrepreneurship and innovation, innovation and competitive advantage,cultural context and innovation, innovative countries, regions, cities and clusters. The Silicon Valley effect - incremental and disruptive innovation, management roles, structures and systems, value innovation and the need to widen the scope of innovative capability, the role of science and technology parks.