代写BUSM4537 Management of Technology and Innovation
 
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Teaching Period	Semester 2, 2016
Course Title and Code	Management of Technology and Innovation
Campus	GSBL
Learning Mode	Face-to-face, OUA
Primary Learning Mode	Face-to-face, OUA
Teacher guided hours	36
Learner directed hours	Up to 108 hours
Name:	Dr Kleanthes (Anthos) Yannakou
Email:	anthos.yannakou@rmit.edu.au
Location:	Graduate School of Business and Law, Cnr Victoria and Russell Sts, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000

 
 
代写BUSM4537 Management of Technology and Innovation
This course is intended to encourage you to reflect and apply the capabilities required of managers to: develop and apply innovation and technology management to enhance sustainable business performance; research and design of solutions, and apply them to enhance management decision making.
 
There is an opportunity for you to learn from a number of complementary sources, which include: the course learning material; the experience of your fellow student team members; from interviewing managers in selected organisations about their technology and innovation practices.
 
This course includes three streams focused on the managerial aspects of managing technology and innovation:
Firstly, managing business innovation: you develop an understanding of the challenge of managing business innovation through lectures, case studies, readings and an individual assignment focused on developing learning from leading organisations and industries
Secondly, technology management: you develop an understanding of the management and commercialisation of incremental, emerging and disruptive technologies in an ethical and sustainable way, including a focus on examples in industry such as social media and bioscience
Thirdly, the integration of business innovation and technology management
The course also emphasises the importance of the practice of sound business ethics as organisations seek to achieve their business goals and objectives.
 
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:
 
CLO1: Demonstrate an international understanding of how the application of ethical research will enhance performance through creating relevant solutions to complex technology and innovation business problems and opportunities.
CLO2: Carry out, analyse and evaluate research and the design of solutions, and apply them to enhance decision making and to more effectively manage technology, change and innovation
CLO3: Understand and reflect on how to leverage creativity, explore, prototype, analyse, create solutions, and resolve business issues


Learning Activities
This course may be delivered face-to-face and/or online through classes, lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials.
 
You will be expected to be an active participant and undertake the required preparatory work. Preparation and participation by students are an essential part of the course. You are expected to learn to monitor and discuss your own learning, and collaborate with other students to discover and construct a framework of knowledge that can be applied to new situations. The course also involves substantial online discussion work where you are expected to develop effective interactive skills and learn to present persuasive written communication. The course also involves presentations where you individually and in teams are expected to develop both effective oral presentation skills, and feedback skills to critique and learn from others.

The following learning activities have been designed to assist you to develop the important capabilities outlined in this course guide. While this list is not exhaustive, it provides you with an overview of some of the activities to be undertaken to successfully complete the course: 

• Engage in research by means of searching texts, internet resources and journals (academic and profession)
• Read text material and selected articles
• Prepare written answers to problems and topic questions
• Resolve questions in case study problems
• Participate in classroom discussions
• Prepare and participate in class presentations
• Engage in reflective practice and present findings

 
The instructional approach consists of a blend of seminar notes, readings, case studies, discussions, writing and presentations.
 
Teaching Schedule

Unit No.	Content Area
1	Introduction to business innovation
2	Innovation management 1
3	Innovation management 2
4	Technology management 1
5	Technology management 2
6	R&D management
7	Commercialisation
8	Emerging and disruptive technologies 1
9	Emerging and disruptive technologies 2
10	Transferring emerging technologies to the market
11	Innovation tools and methodologies
12	CLN presentations

Learning Resources
In the course material folder, students find the teaching materials that belong to each unit, including case studies and articles on innovation and technology management.
 
During the delivery of the course, new materials will be added that contribute to contemporary innovation and technology knowledge. You will be expected to utilise library and electronic resources (as well as any other appropriate resources) to engage in professional reading of relevant literature.
 
Overview of assessment
 
The assessment tasks in this course work together to encourage you to develop your capacity to become a reflective practitioner and lifelong learner.
 
Assessment for this unit is divided into twoassignments:
·         Assignment 1: 50%, Individual assignment, due week 5 (Part A) and 8 (Part B); Part A: Report on innovation (25%); Part B: Report on interviews (25%)
·         Assignment 2: 50%, Groupassignment, due week 12; Part A: Report (35%); Part B; Presentation (15%)
 
A detailed brief for each assignment is available online in the Assessment folder on Blackboard.
 
All assignments must be submitted to myRMIT/Blackboard and Turnitin by midnight on the Friday evening of the week they are due.
 
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the graduate capabilities.
 
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester by your teachers and peers in class, through individual and/or group feedback on practical exercises and through feedback on individual assignments.
 
A detailed brief is available online in the Assessment folder.
 
Assessment Tasks
This course has two assessment tasks, both of which must be completed.  A total mark of 50% is required for a pass in the course. This does not mean that each individual component of assessment must be passed.
 
 
Assessment Task 1: Business Innovation
 
Assignment 1a: Business Innovation report; 25%, individual, 2000 words, due end of week 5.
You are required to research and report on a business innovation topic including finding and describing relevant case studies/examples from companies in the literature.
 
Assignment 1b: Interview report on innovation and technology practices; 25%, individual, 2000 words; due end of week 8.
You arerequired to select two companies and interview key staff on their technology and innovation practices. These practices need to be compared to ‘best practice’, gaps identified and recommendation made to improve the practices of the companies that you have chosen,
 
Assessment Task 2: Case study
Submission Date: End of Week 12, Friday 23h59 (Upload file to Blackboard)
Word limit 3000 words, weighted 50%, group assignment
 
Assignment 2a: Case study report; 35%, group, 3000 words, due end of week 12.
An innovation case study will be provided relevant to the lecture topics. Design thinking needs to be applied to the case study as part of your analysis, including prototyping and testing business ideas.
The case study will be chosen from those available at Harvard Business Publishing relevant to Managing Technology and Innovation Strategy.
The selected case study will be made available to students on the Blackboard during Week 1 of the Semester, with the following additional information:

1. Background information on how to apply design thinking to a case study
2. Outline of a case study; this usually consists of:

• A situation analysis including a SWOT analysis
• Assumptions and missing information
• Problem definition
• Development of alternatives
• Evaluation of alternatives and recommendations
• Appendices

3. A list of questions for you to consider when reading, researching, and analysing the case study

 
Assignment 2b: Presentation
Your CLN Group will prepare a presentation of your analysis, findings and recommendations on the case study.
 
Assessment Criteria
Assessment criteria are as follows:
Assignment 1a and Assignment 1b:
Quality of analysis and discussion (20%)
Connection of analysis and discussion to relevant (20%)
Logic and flow of argument presented (10%)
Quality of insights, conclusions and recommendations (30%)
Professionalism of presentation re format, structure, and application of figures diagrams (10%)
Attention to detail, spelling, grammar, syntax, consistent reference approach (10%)
 
Assignment 2a:
Content 35%
Application of design thinking 25%
Structure 20%
Writing mechanics 10%
Evidence and referencing 10%
 
Assignment 2b:
Interaction 30%
Support materials and technology 25%
Content and impact 45%
 
Assignment Submission Procedure
All written assignments must be submitted electronically through TurnItIn (and therefore no Assignment Cover Sheet is required).
 
Plagiarism:
Students are reminded that cheating, whether by fabrication, falsification of data, or plagiarism, is an offence subject to University disciplinary procedures. Plagiarism in oral, written or visual presentations is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is one’s own. Plagiarism is not acceptable. The use of another person’s work or ideas must be acknowledged. Failure to do so may result in charges of academic misconduct, which carry a range of penalties including cancellation of results and exclusion from your course. Students are responsible for ensuring that their work is kept in a secure place. It is also a disciplinary offence for students to allow their work to be plagiarized by another student. Students should be aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding the use of copyright material.

RMIT Plagiarism Policy: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=sg4yfqzod48g1
 
Assignment Extensions
If you are prevented from submitting an assessment on time, by circumstances outside your control, you may apply in advance for an extension to the due date of up to seven calendar days.
Where an extension of greater than seven days is needed, you must apply for special consideration.
 
How to apply
·         If you are seeking an extension of ten calendar days or less (from the original due date) you must apply at least one working day before the assessment deadline.
·         Complete an Application for extension of time for submission of assessable work form (PDF 41kb 2p) and lodge it with the school that offers the course.
·         Except in exceptional circumstances the application must be lodged no later than one working day before the official due date.
 
 
Penalties for Late Submission
If an assignment is submitted late (without an extension) then the mark awarded will be reduced by 10% for each day (or part of a day) it is late. Assignments that are late by 10 days or more will not be marked and will be awarded zero marks.
 
Marking Criteria
Unless otherwise advised by teaching staff, grades for written work will be awarded on the following basis:
 
Fail (NN) 0-49%:
The submitted/presented work does not meet the criteria set for the negotiated tasks.
 
Pass (PA) 50-59%:
The submitted/presented work meets the criteria provided set for the negotiated tasks including compliance with academic conventions concerning the proper acknowledgment of information sources (including page numbers) and an awareness of relevant substantive issues. This includes clear evidence of wide reading and comprehension of substantive issues.
 
Credit (CR) 60-69%:
In addition to satisfying the conditions for a pass, the submitted/presented work shows evidence of the ability to engage in individual research, sensitivity to and understanding of the substantive area and its significance, the ability to comprehend relevant theoretical ideas, and a thorough appreciation of contemporary literature relevant to the chosen topic area.
 
Distinction (DI) 70-79%:
In addition to satisfying the conditions for a credit, the submitted/presented work shows perceptive analysis of relevant material beyond that covered in the class, the ability to engage in complex qualitative research, and applies extensive and relevant professional and theoretical reading critically in its discussion. The submitted/presented work presents a convincing and logically constructed argument that is cogent and coherent. Further, commentaries on published academic works or summaries thereof are kept to a minimum.
 
High Distinction (HD) 80%:
In addition to satisfying the conditions for a distinction, the submitted/ presented work shows evidence of high order critical analysis and insightful use of wide and relevant theoretical reading as well as thorough attention to preparation, and presentation. The submitted/presented work demonstrates the capacity to argue independently of relevant published academic work without abandoning the requirement to acknowledge all sources of information and opinion.
 
Changes to assessment scheme
Changes to the method of assessment described above may be made with the documented consent of 70% of students enrolled in the course. Students will receive written notification of any such changes.
 
Borderline policy
All borderline fail assignments and examination papers will be marked by a second examiner. Assessment between 45-49 percent is considered to be borderline for this purpose. Students who are dissatisfied with their assessment outcomes have the right to clarification from the School of how their assessment was determined.
 
 
代写BUSM4537 Management of Technology and Innovation
Feedback
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class, via email, via consultation and via Blackboard (regarding your assessments. You are encouraged to participate in class discussion to enrich your learning experience both from your lecturers and fellow students. Finally, you can email your lecturer to gain more feedback on your progress. You should take note of all feedback received and use this information to improve your learning outcomes and final performance in the course.
 
Written Reports and Essays
Students should consult the Guidelines for Referencing and Presentation in RMIT Business. You can access this from the Library.
In addition to these resources, RMIT provides academic skills support and resources through the Study and Learning Centre (https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/ ) and the library (http://www.rmit.edu.au/library ).