UGB269 Innovation Management Assessment for 2019

UGB269 Innovation Management Assessment for 2019

Choose ONE of the themes below and prepare an academic report in the form of a JOURNAL PAPER of 3000 words in length, excluding appendices.

1.A Management Framework for Looking at Innovation Sources

2.Benefits and Limitations of Open Innovation
3.Choosing the Innovation Management Business Model
4 Creating Value Through Innovation Management

5.Managing & Measuring Innovation Performance

6.Managing Components of Innovation Management

The submitted paper must critically debate a current theme and be supported with company examples.

LINK THE CHOOSEN THEME TO AN ORGANISATION AND THEN COMPARE THE CORE ORGANISATION (BY GIVING EXAMPLES) WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS.

The assignment is intended to give you an opportunity to show that you are capable of applying your knowledge of managing innovation and technology transfer, not only in describing the issue faced by the commercial sector, but also in explaining it and justifying your proposed actions for improvement.

GUIDANCE

Students are asked to reflect on their personal network of tutors, family members, relatives and professional / social networks to thoroughly consider if it is possible to source a live organisation. Students must familiarise themselves (i.e. reading and reflecting on current journal articles) with a current theme from the module scheme of work. Student will then be required to write an academic report in the format of a journal paper. It will be suggested that students watch the video clip via the link below to aid them to write the academic report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O_Go1KzAyE

For your guidance, the report must consist of:

a)   An introduction in which you introduce the theme that you are investigating, clearly emphasising its importance.

b) A detailed methodology of the analytical approach you are taking, demonstrating a critical understanding of managing innovation and technology transfer theme.

c) A section on your findings includes a critical evaluation, detailing the theme selected its implications and company examples.

d) Conclusions and commercially viable solutions.

e) Throughout the report, you must integrate theory with practice, critically evaluating your findings.

f) All sources must be cited correctly in accordance with the Harvard system of referencing.