Kursens beskrivning

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Credits: 5

Schedule: 13.01.2021 - 07.04.2021

Teacher in charge (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022): Euiju Jeon

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Pardeep Maheshwaree

Contact information for the course (valid 22.12.2020-21.12.2112):

Course Assistant

Joosef Valli

email: joosef.valli@aalto.fi

Course Instructor

Pardeep Maheshwaree 

email: pardeep.maheshwaree@aalto.fi

CEFR level (applies in this implementation):

Language of instruction and studies (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022):

Teaching language: English

Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  The course is about how established and startup firms increase their performance by creating and capturing value from new technologies and innovations. Accordingly, the following broad topics will be discussed: creating value from opportunities arising from industry and technology change; capturing value from innovation; managing stakeholders of innovation; leveraging external sources of innovation.

• Applies in this implementation:

  After the course,
  participants should have

  • Strengthened their proficiency in established and
    contemporary concepts, theories, and tools in Strategic Management of Technology
    and Innovation and their ability to apply those in practice
  • Improved their analytical and prescriptive strategy
    skills
  • Deepened their understanding of different empirical
    phenomena in Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation.

   Additionally, participants should have practiced

  • Analytical skills in defining and solving problems
  • Decision-making skills
  • Reflection skills
  • Consulting skills
  • Group management, coordination, and teamwork skills
  • Communication and presentation skills

   This course will be particularly useful if you plan
  your careers as entrepreneurs of startup firms, senior managers of established
  firms, managers responsible for R&D, technology or innovation, or management
  consultants.

  
  

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  Exams; group assignments.

• Applies in this implementation:

  1. Seminar sessions: 4 sessions. 
  - An article presentation by the group (questioned by opponent group)
  Presentation slide deck : 10 points (40)
  Group seminar discussion: 5 points (20)
  
  
  2. Case sessions: 4 sessions
  Memo (by individual student): 10 points each (40)
  Case seminar discussion: Different case questions, discussed in groups (break out rooms in zoom), then every group is asked to present their analysis: 5 points (20)
  
  
  3. Guest sessions: 3 sessions
  Memo (by individual student): 10 points each (30)
  
  
  150 points in total will be scaled back to 100. In case the above total points do not add up to 150 points, due to unforeseen schedule changes, then it
  will be transformed so that the total achievable maximum point is 100 points.
  For example, if the total maximum point is 110 and you received 90, then the final
  course points you received will be computed as 90/110*100=81.81 points (which
  corresponds to a final grade of “4”). For another example, if the total maximum
  point is 90 and you received 70, then the final course points you received will
  be computed as 70/90*100=77.77 points (which corresponds to a final grade of
  “3”).

  The final course points you
  received corresponds to the following final grade:

  • 0-49
    points = 0
  • 50-59
    points = 1
  • 60-69
    points = 2
  • 70-79
    points = 3
  • 80-89
    points = 4
  • 90-100
    points = 5

  
  

Workload

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  The total workload is 135 hours: Contact teaching 30 percent, preparation for group assignments and for the examination 70 percent.

• Applies in this implementation:

  
  

  Task	Hours
  Course introduction and practicalities	4
  Case sessions	10
  Case memos	55
  Seminar sessions	8
  Seminar presentation slides	44
  Guest lecture sessions	4
  Reflection memos	10
  TOTAL	135 = 5 ECTS*27 hours/ECTS

  
  

DETAILS

Study Material

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  Scientific articles and other study material assigned by the professor.

• Applies in this implementation:

  1. Textbook: Schilling, M.A. 2020. Strategic Management of
  Technological Innovation. McGraw-Hill
  Education.
  2. Seminal and contemporary academic
  articles and book chapters
  3. Case studies from Harvard Business
  School and INSEAD
  
  

Substitutes for Courses

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  Replaces the course TU-91.2005

Prerequisites

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  TU-C2010 Introduction to Strategic Management or TU-91.1011 Principles of Strategic Management, TU-91.1012 Intermediate Strategic Management and TU-A1100 Tuotantotalous 1/TU-A1200 Grundkurs i Produktionsekonomi.

Registration for Courses

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  The number of students admitted to the course is limited. Students are given priority as follows: 1) students of the Master s Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management and students minoring in Strategy and Corporate Renewal, 2) other students.

• Applies in this implementation:

  Attendance is mandatory >80% attendance
  required to pass the course.

  Ethical Guideline

  Plagiarism is strictly
  forbidden and will lead to grade zero (0). In other words, anyone involved in
  plagiarism will NOT pass the course. Please adhere to the “Aalto University
  Code of Academic Integrity and Handling Violations Thereof” which is available
  in the Into portal for Aalto University students. https://into.aalto.fi/display/ensaannot/Aalto+University+Code+of+Academic+Integrity+and+Handling+Violations+Thereof

  
  

FURTHER INFORMATION

Details on the schedule

• Applies in this implementation:

  Sessions are held on Wednesdays  between
  10:15-12:00. Please note that there may
  be some changes in the schedule as the course materials are finalized.

   

  Session	Topic	Date	Case
  I. Introduction
  1	Introduction	Wed 13.1.
  II. Creating Value: Opportunities from Industry and Technology Change
  2	Technology Evolution and Market Diffusion (S)	Wed 20.1.
  3	Disruptive Innovation (C)	Wed 27.1.	Tesla Motors
  4	Dominant Design and Standards War (C)	Wed 3.2.	Adobe Systems
  III. Capturing Value: Profiting from Innovation
  5	Profiting from Innovation (S)	Wed 10.2.
  6	Protecting Innovation (C)	Wed 17.2.	LEGO Group
  	NO SESSION: EXAM WEEK	Wed 24.2.
  7	Guest lecturer: TBA (G)	Wed 3.3.
  IV. Organizing Innovation Inside the Firm
  8	Managing Stakeholders of Innovation (S)	Wed 10.3.
  9	Managing Stakeholders of Innovation (C)	Wed 17.3.	Vol de Nuit
  III. Leveraging Internal and External Sources of Innovation
  10	Boundaries of Firm Innovation (S)	Wed 24.3.
  11	Guest lecturer: TBA (G)	Wed 31.3.
  12	TBA	Wed 7.4.

  *(S) denotes
  seminar session, (C) denotes case session, (G) denotes guest lecture session

  
  

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