The general purpose of the course is to train MMT participants in the key management and leadership concepts at the executive level that are relevant to innovation in public and private organizations. The course objectives are to convey judgment and inspire new thought processes about innovation and equip MMT participants with practical use of concepts, frameworks, and analytical tools of innovation management. En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:

• Recognize and evaluate innovation tasks on a strategic level and operational levels
• Design innovation strategy
• Identify, frame, analyze, and solve an innovation problem strategically and operationally in participants’ companies
• Use selected techniques for idea generation, selection, and development
• Design organizational systems and processes necessary for sustained and successful corporate innovation activities
• Describe, analyze, and design application of open innovation concept
• Describe the difference between innovation leadership and innovation management
• Describe, analyze, and design application of user-driven innovation concept

The course is built on three pillars: innovation leadership, innovation management, and topics in innovation. Innovation leadership sub-module takes place at UC Berkeley. The topics addressed within those 4 days are opportunity recognition, changing the rules, new trends in product development, and policy and innovation. Innovation management is taught at DTU and comprises topics like methods and frameworks in innovation management, idea generation, development of innovation, and open innovation. The last part of the module refers to various topics in innovation and it addresses the latest trends and challenges related to innovation. 26. april, 2023