EPOKA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE INFORMATIONCourse 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. |
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COURSE OUTLINE
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| 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 |
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
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| 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 |
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COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution) |
| No | Program Competencies | Cont. |
| Bachelor in Business Informatics (3 years) Program | ||
| 1 | A working knowledge of the role information plays in organizations; | 5 |
| 2 | The basic application of systems concepts to business problems; | 5 |
| 3 | A working knowledge of computer software packages; | 4 |
| 4 | An understanding of the role information practitioners plays in the business environment; | 4 |
| 5 | A basic understanding of informatics concepts and how they apply to organizations; | 4 |
| 6 | A basic understanding of change in organizations due to the use of technology in business; | 4 |
| 7 | The ability to develop critiques of technological changes in business processes; | 5 |
| 8 | The ability to apply systems thinking to business and organizational problems. | 4 |
| 9 | To give classical business informatics knowledge and to raise the practical use of this knowledge. | 5 |
| 10 | To explain typical solution methods of exercises of economics, financial mathematics and statistics. | 5 |
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COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
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| Method | Quantity | Percentage |
| Midterm Exam(s) |
1
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25
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| Project |
1
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20
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| Case Study |
1
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10
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| Final Exam |
1
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45
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| Total Percent: | 100% |
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ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
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| 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 |
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Total Work Load:
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125 | ||
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Total Work Load/25(h):
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5 | ||
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ECTS Credit of the Course:
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5 | ||