Innovation Management
Learn how to manage and organise innovation in your organisation
Managing
and organising innovation
As a manufacturing and service firm, are you facing the challenge of structuring their innovation activities? Are you managing innovation on a daily basis? Then you will find what you are looking for in this Innovation Management programme. Over a period of four days you will get the opportunity to catch up with the latest insights, management techniques, methodologies, tools and ideas relating to the organisation of innovation, portfolio selection and prioritisation, and managing innovative projects. Armed with the tools, knowledge and expertise gained, you will be able to structure your innovation activities in the best possible way within your organisation.
Target group
Are you responsible for or involved in the development and implementation of innovation strategies? Are you a a manager in manufacturing, service firms or research institutions? Then this programme is definitely for you!
Ideal participants are
- Managers with innovation responsibilities
- Innovation and R&D project managers
- Researchers or innovation lab employees with management responsibilities
- Business incubation managers
- Chief Technical Officers
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Programme
The main aim of this renewed programme is to look at innovation as a management process. This programme sets out following key areas of innovation management:
- The management and organisation of the innovation process
- Portfolio management
- Collaboration
- Leadership
- Product launch
To maintain a competitive advantage, companies need to explore new business opportunities. This entails mining the company’s competencies as a source of new ideas and looking further than the company’s physical boundaries. Stimulating people to be involved in the process of idea generation is crucial to success. Moreover, in order to choose the right ideas, a company needs to know how to recognise its business potential. As every company has limited financial and human resources, companies must select and give priority to the most promising projects. Attention is given to both service and product innovations.
Our approach
This programme on innovation management offers a mix of theoretical sessions, practical cases and networking opportunities:
- The theoretical sessions are taught by leading academics and provide roadmaps as essential background.
- In the practical cases, entrepreneurs and innovation management specialists share their vision and experience with the participants. They show how to implement the theoretical frameworks within organisations.
- The breaks provide opportunities to discuss hot topics and expand networks.
The programme language is English. To maximise the value added during the training sessions, active participation is required. Participants receive extensive documentation and a course syllabus.