The purpose of Innovation Management I and II is for students to learn to think on their own about the conditions for producing social gains through actions to bring change. Therefore we don't simply give explanations of examples, as you would find in business books and business magazines. For students to innovate on their own, they must first discover and analyze a problem based on their own circumstances, and learn to consider feasible innovations. They must then validate criteria that hold up to existing theories and analyses, and be able to judge whether they can be used for implementing one's own innovation.
In Innovation Management I, students define the concept of innovation in order to reach the first stage objective, then consider the relationship between technology and the market through lectures and group work, being provided with a starting point for analyzing their own problem. After we explain the concept of "innovation" as defined by Schumpeter and Drucker, we will discuss "innovative opportunities", mentioned in Drucker's "Innovation and Entrepreneurship", as well as encourage a broad understanding of the relationship between markets and products.
Students will not just memorize innovation concepts and examples as simply knowledge, but also keep in mind their own role as a promoter of innovation.
Students will think of the problems they face as innovation opportunities, and analyze problems to begin thinking about solutions.
Students will gain an understand of the need to think of solutions as conceptual systems.
Innovation, New combination conceptual system
Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
On the day of group work, issues will be discussed by all attendants after the presentations.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Introduction How should MOT be learned? | nothing |
Class 2 | Grouping. Characteristics of Japanese companies | Build communication system for group members |
Class 3 | What is the innovation? Introduction of the definition of Schumpeter and Drucker. Lecture; Innovation as a probability event | Group work |
Class 4 | Group work; presentation about the cases of 1-4 of innovation opportunity. | Group work |
Class 5 | Group work; presentation about the cases of 5-8 of innovation opportunity. | Group work |
Class 6 | Group work; How did Drucker determin the order of opportunity of innovation? | Group work |
Class 7 | Group Work: Presentation of the cases of "Gesellschaft" and "Gemeinschaft". | Group work |
Class 8 | Discussion of the features and functions of the organization Towards the innovation theory Ⅱ | nothing |
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Peter F. Drucker, "Innovation and Entrepreneurship"
Materials distributed at the lecture
Reports: 80%
Contribution to the lecture: 20%
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