Developing Innovative Venture (in English)

Teacher(s)

Gailly Benoît ;

Language

Anglais

Prerequisites

Prerequisites (ideally in terms of competencies) Master the main concepts underlying the management of businesses in innovation-intensive competitive environments

Main themes

The development and financing of innovation-based ventures

Aims

Having regard to the LO of the programme X, this activity contributes to the development and acquisition of the following LO:

• 1. Corporate citizenship 1.1. 'Demonstrate independent reasoning, look critically ' 1.2.Decide and act by incorporating ethical and humanistic values ,' 1.3. Decide and act responsibly ' 2. Knowledge and reasoning 2.1. Master the core knowledge of each area of management. 2.2. Master highly specific knowledge ' 2.3. Articulate the acquired knowledge from different areas 2.4. Activate and apply the acquired knowledge ' 3. A scientific and systematif approach 3.1. Conduct a clear, structured, analytical reasoning ' 3.2. Collect, select and analyze relevant information ' 3.3.Consider problems using a systemic and holistic approach ' 3.4. Perceptively synthesize 'demonstrating a certain conceptual distance ' 3.5.Produce, through analysis and diagnosis, implementable solutions' 4. Innovation and entrepreneurship 4.1. Identify new opportunities, propose creative and useful ideas ' 4.2. Initiate, develop and implement ideas around a new product, service, process ' 5. Work effectively in an international and multicultural environment 5.1.Understand the inner workings of an organization ' 5.2.Position ... the functioning of an organization, in its ...socio-economic dimensions' 5.3.Understand and establish their own role and scope for action ' 6. Teamwork and leadership 6.1. Work in a team...  7. Project management 7.2. Organize, manage and control the process, ' 7.3.Make decisions and take responsibility for them in an uncertain world ' 8. Communication and interpersonal skills 8.1. Express a clear and structured message' 9. Personal and professional development 9.1. Independent self-starter '

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

• - By the end of the class, students should be able to mobilize in a concrete situation the main concepts underlying the management of businesses in innovation-intensive competitive environments- By the end of the class, students should be able to mobilize in a concrete situation what innovation means from a business point of view- By the end of the class, students should be able to mobilize in a concrete situation which are the main sources of innovation opportunities- By the end of the class, students should be able to mobilize in a concrete situation which are the key success factors of innovation- By the end of the class, students should be able to mobilize in a concrete situation which are the key characteristics of innovative people and teams- By the end of the class, students should be able to mobilize in a concrete situation the key aspects of the assessment of a business plan

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Evaluation methods

Evaluation : Class participation and group project, in English

Teaching methods

Methods In-class activities 1 Lectures 1 Interactive seminar 1 Micro-teaching (partly presented by students) 1 role playing/simulation At home activities 1 Students presentation

Content

Summary, content and methods The concept of creative destruction Spin-offs Innovation support systems Business planning Financing new ventures Case studies

Bibliography

: No TEXTBOOK. SLIDES compulsory and available on line . BOOK : Gailly, B. (2011) Developing Innovative Organizations, Palgrave-MacMillan not compulsory. READING FILE compulsory and available on line Supports available on line are on ICAMPUS.

Other information

Internationalisation 1 international content (does the course tackle international issues related to the course content ?) Corporate features 1 case study 1 corporate guest Skills 1 presentation skills 1 team work 1 problem solving 1 decision making 1 critical thinking Techniques and tools for teaching and learning 1 Internet work

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