This module draws on the fields of the management of innovation in firms and projects in the built environment context. It will review the theoretical concepts...

Managing Innovation in Project-Based Firms and Megaprojects (BCPM0054)

This module draws on the fields of the management of innovation in firms and projects in the built environment context. It will review the theoretical concepts related to innovation, and empirical insights from engagement with innovation managers and leaders and longitudinal research. We will discuss how firms and projects respond to the global challenges and goals through innovation.

The module will utilise industrial experience of innovative firms and projects through case studies and integrate multiple stakeholder perspectives on innovation. This course is practical and applied, and it is hoped that you will acquire advanced skills and competencies in facilitation, management and innovation leadership.

Aim: To equip you with an understanding of theoretical and practical knowledge of the ways innovation is managed in firms and projects, including different strategies, approaches, practices and processes. The role of innovation champions and their narratives are to be discussed.

Learning Outcomes:

- To critically evaluate different theoretical perspectives on innovation;

- To examine innovation strategies, practices and processes at firm and project levels and their differences in scope and nature;

- To analyse how innovation is practiced in firms and projects and the role of innovation managers and champions;

- To develop innovation management and problem-solving skills necessary for triggering innovation at firms and on projects;

- To apply analytical innovation management methods within the context of changing environment

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Advanced Research Project in Cell and Developmental Biology (ANAT0015)