COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title: INNOVATION AND HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS
Code Course Type Regular Semester Theory Practice Lab Credits ECTS
BUS 339 D 5 3 0 0 3 5
Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: Esmir Demaj
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: NA
Language: English
Compulsory/Elective: Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Course Description: This course is designed to provide participants with practical tools and techniques to help them generate and gain support for creativity and innovation in the workplace. Students will explore the conditions necessary for creativity and innovation to thrive in the workplace. Through highly interactive group activities, self-assessment, and discussion, participants will practice a wide range of techniques to access their creative capacities, develop persuasive cases in order to implement new ideas, and obtain buy-in for innovation from stakeholders.
Course Objectives: This course is designed to provide participants with practical tools and techniques to help them generate and gain support for creativity and innovation in the workplace. Students will explore the conditions necessary for creativity and innovation to thrive in the workplace. Through highly interactive group activities, self-assessment, and discussion, participants will practice a wide range of techniques to access their creative capacities, develop persuasive cases in order to implement new ideas, and obtain buy-in for innovation from stakeholders.
COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topics
1 Introduction to Course
2 Course overview and introduction to innovation
3 Opportunity identification and creation
4 Current approaches to innovation
5 Pitching entrepreneurial ideas
6 General Overview
7 MIDTERM EXAM
8 Study visit
9 Technology and organization
10 Corporate entrepreneurship & innovation
11 HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS
12 Culture and the organization
13 Project Presentation
14 Project Presentation
Prerequisite(s): No
Textbook:
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others: No
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1 Understanding Creativity and Innovation
2 information on the Conditions Needed to Build Innovation Capability
3 Types of Innovation
4 The Innovation Process
5 Generate innovative solutions by discovering and testing creative ideas
6 Develop a persuasive case for implementing an innovation
7 Recognize the potential for thinking creatively and enabling innovation
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)
No Program Competencies Cont.
Bachelor in Business Administration (3 years) Program
1 The students are expected to gain the skills of understanding, analyzing, explaining and using the fundamental concepts of Business Administration. 4
2 Skills of understanding the requirements for designing a business unit or environment 4
3 They gain knowledge about management and organization. 4
4 They gain knowledge about marketing and production. 4
5 They gain knowledge about accounting and finance. 1
6 They learn how to benefit from mathematical and statistical methods used in business management. 1
7 Learning the communication skills by acquiring the professional terminology of business administration. 3
8 Learning and adopting the ethical, social and legal (laws and regulations) responsibilities needed in the field of business administration and management. 2
9 Ability to effectively use technological devices (IT systems) and modern techniques in managing a business environment successfully. 3
10 Gain the theoretical knowledge of both classical and modern theories necessary to manage a business. 4
11 Acquiring an open minded-attitude through continuous learning and practice and participation. 5
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
Method Quantity Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)
1
25
Project
1
20
Case Study
1
10
Final Exam
1
45
Total Percent: 100%
ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
Activities Quantity Duration(Hours) Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) 16 3 48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 16 3 48
Mid-terms 0
Assignments 0
Final examination 1 23 23
Other 1 6 6
Total Work Load:
125
Total Work Load/25(h):
5
ECTS Credit of the Course:
5