Managing the development and implementation of technology 2600-MSMdz2zitZRWT

The course program covers the following topics:
1. Company and innovativeness. Assessment of the innovativeness level. Research and development activities (2 hours).
2. Technical knowledge, key competences and resources and their impact on innovativeness. Intellectual property management (4 hours).
3. Technical innovation and business models (e.g. S-curve, technology life cycle, technology adoption cycle, blue ocean strategy, Social Construction of Technology) (4 hours).
4. Creativity and innovativeness of organization. Consequences of technology implementation (e.g. resistance to change, assimilation gap) (4 hours).
5. Planning and organization of new production. Estimating the maturity of technologies (e.g. Technology Readiness Levels) (2 hours).
6. Inter-organizational cooperation in the R&D activities. Alliances, R&D consortia, clusters and technology platforms (4 hours).
7. Technology portfolio management. Technological audit and technology assessment. Evaluation, ranking and selection of technologies (4 hours).
8. Development and implementation of technology – process approach. Stage-gate model (2 hours).
9. IT support for innovation processes (2 hours).
10. Corporate social responsibility and the development and implementation of technologies (Responsible Research & Innovation) (1 hour).
11. Summary and test (1 hour).