Current Trends in Strategy and Innovation Management

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• understand the latest trends in strategy and innovation management;
• appreciate the nature, format and limitations of latest research in strategy and innovation management.
• understand and apply appropriate theoretical concepts, models, tools and techniques of strategy and innovation management;
• evaluate alternative approaches to strategy and innovation management;
• apply insights from the latest research on strategy and innovation management to specific management situations;
• identify potential new opportunities for commercial exploitation, emerging from new trends in strategy and innovation;
• evaluate the intellectual value and practical relevance of the latest trends in strategy and innovation management;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• apply the research skills to synthesise, analyse, interpret and critically evaluate information from a range of sources.
• self-manage the development of learning and study skills;
• recognise that in many situations there is a range of alternatives which should be evaluated;

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• a selection of the latest developments and emerging trends in innovation management.
• a selection of the latest developments and emerging trends in strategy;

The exact topics covered in this module will depend on the configuration of the team of tutors and their respective research areas within strategy and innovation management. The module may include, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Latest research in strategy: organisational capabilities, absorptive capacity, strategic networks, strategy development, strategy implementation
• Latest research in innovation management: e.g. knowledge networks, technology transfer, innovation in the digital economy, retail innovation, financial innovation, eco-innovation

Teaching methods include:

Lectures, interactive case studies, problem-solving activities, directed reading, and private/guided study.

Learning activities include:

• Introductory lectures
• An assignment (individual written coursework to deepen learning in a specific topic of the module chosen by you)
• Case study/problem solving activities
• In class debate and discussion
• Private study
• Use of video and online materials

Class activities, such as problem solving activities, discussions and use of case studies will provide opportunities for you to gain feedback from you tutor and/or peers about their level of understanding and knowledge prior to any formal summative assessment. Feedback on the coursework will normally be provided through a written report for each individual/group within four weeks of the submission date.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Group work activities

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Group activity will provide students with the opportunity to simulate the preparation of the assignment. Samples of assignments from previous years will be shown and discussed throughout the course.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.