General Information
Degree Program:
Master Wirtschaftswissenschaften – Business C: Digitalization & Entrepreneurship
Module:
Entrepreneurship V
Department:
Department of Business and Economics, Professorship of Higher Education
Lecturer:
Seminar: Prof. Liudvika Leišytė
Exercise: Dr. Lina Zenkienė
Credits:
7.5 ECTS
Time and Place:
Seminar: Thursdays, 10.15 – 11.45 a.m. (Start: 13 April 2023) | Seminar building I, SRG 3.032
Exercise: Two-day exercise, 11 and 12 May 2023, 10.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. | CDI buildung, room 114
Language:
The seminar language is English and
presentation has to be made in English. Nevertheless it is possible to
write the paper in German in consultation with the lecturer. Knowledge of English language has to be sufficient, but not perfect.
Content of the Seminar
Fostering innovation is the goal of many governments as well
as organizations in today's knowledge economies. The seminar will
introduce and critically discuss organizational models for innovation
and provide deeper insights into the main characteristics of innovation.
The latest research results will identify the main antecedents of
successful innovations and the role of institutional entrepreneurs in
the process of innovation. The exercise will provide the space for
practical application of the approaches to organizing innovation via the
simulation game.
This seminar and exercise will inform students
about the latest approaches of organizing innovation internationally.
Students will critically reflect on the key findings of studies of
innovation and will carry out a research project of their own on
particular innovation. Simulation game will provide practical skills for
organization of innovation.
Organization
The seminar will start with the lecture which will cover the
main theoretical models for organizing innovation. The topics for
assignments and the suggested literature will be presented and students
will choose the topics. Each of the seminars will have a presentation
from students followed by a discussion.
All students are expected to
actively participate in the seminar. Each of the sub-topics covered in
the seminar will have compulsory reading. It is expected that students
will work on the assignment, present it and participate in the
discussions. The assignment will consist of a presentation on a given
topic and an individual written 5000 words paper on a given topic. The
number of participants of this seminar is limited to 20.
The exercise will include a simulation game during which we will simulate innovation process in a professional organization.
Examinations
Seminar: 4 Credits; task for getting a grade: presentation of the assignment and seminar paper.
Exercise: 3.5 Credits; task for getting the grade: active participation in the exercise.
- Lehrende:r: Mano-Raphael Barragan Penaranda
- Lehrende:r: Liudvika Leisyte
- Lehrende:r: Panourgias Papaioannou
- Lehrende:r: Sude Peksen
- Lehrende:r: Anna-Lena Rose
- Lehrende:r: Anika Sieweke
- Lehrende:r: Lina Zenkiene