Πληροφορίες μαθήματος

Today, all kinds of organizations and businesses must have the ability of constantly innovating and turning environmental uncertainty into exploitable advantages. In this context, demands for creative thinking, and better use of organizational knowledge for enhanced innovation performance and innovation output are raised on employees at all levels. This course provides an introductory overview of innovation, innovation processes and innovation management, placing particular emphasis on the underlying phenomena of knowledge and creativity. The objective is to improve the students' understanding the nature and dynamics of organizational knowledge, the prerequisites and processes of organizational creativity, and how knowledge and creativity relate to innovation.

Innovation in itself is central to the course. Various forms of innovation that can be pursued by organizations will be explained, and the students will develop frameworks for analyzing how different organizational structures, processes and management methods can be used for implementing and managing innovation. The course aims at opening up the black box of innovation and equipping the students with concepts and frameworks that will help them to apprehend and better manage innovation.