PREP COURSES

Mandatory Courses

KIM521 Creativity for Innovation Management (3-0-3, ECTS: 6)

The course aims to introduce TRIZ (Creative Solution Development) Methodology to students. Basic fiels of study are the study and development of TRIZ, applications of TRIZ and using TRIZ for innovation management.

KIM522 Corporate Structures and Leadership for Innovation (3-0-3, ECTS: 6)

The course aims to discuss the role of corporate structures and leadership within the concept of innovation management. Basic fields of study are the role of corporate structures and leadership within innovation management, leadership skills and development.

KIM523 Research & Development Management (3-0-3, ECTS: 6)

The couse aims to make students acquainted with basic conceps of research & development management. Basic fiels of study are the research & development process, resources and outputs of research & development.

Elective Courses

A. For Social Science Graduates

KIM531 Management Information Systems (3-0-3, ECTS: 12)

The course aims to make students acquainted with information technologies and systems that have a significant role in modern busineses. Basic fiels of study are application and parts of management information systems, application areas, decission making methods and the effects of these systems to business functions within the socio-technical approach.

B. For Science & Engineering Graduates

KIM532 Brand Management and Innovation (3-0-3, ECTS: 12)

The course aims to make students acquainted with concepts and applications of brand management within the concept of innovation mangement. Basic fields of study are branding and brand development, management of local and global brands.

SEMESTER I

KIM501 Global Concepts of Knowledge and Innovation Management (3-0-3, ECTS: 6)

This course takes a necessarily broad perspective and offers a contemporary view of knowledge and innovation management that focuses on the links and overlaps between groups and disciplines. It is structured from a business management perspective and provides students with the knowledge to understand how to manage knowledge, innovation and new product development within firms. Students will gain practical skills through self-reflection, discussion, case studies, reading, literature reviews, research and application.

KIM502  Research Design (3-0-3, ECTS: 6)

This course is a combination of the study of research methodology and data analysis in formal, empirical research projects where the main point of emphasis is on methodological technique.  The course begins with a review of the principles of research methods including variable creation, measurement, and operationalization. The literature review and role of theoretical development are also primary points of emphasis in the first part of the course.  The course progresses into a study of various data collection techniques such as survey instruments, participant observation, or interviewing in a research study.  It concludes with a focus on statistical applications including measures of central tendency, dispersion, and correlation including a look at probability theory and the role of statistical significance.  Students will review various styles of analysis in scholarly literature as well.

KIM503 Enterprise 2.0: Tools for Knowledge Management and Collective Intelligence (3-0-3, ECTS: 8)

This course introduces the Internet as a major facilitator of knowledge management and collective intelligence. It's focus is on a set of social, technological and economic trends combined together and termed as web 2.0. Emerging tools such as wikis, blogs, prediction markets, recommender systems, and social networks will be covered. Questions to be answered include how these tools are used to extract and create knowledge and how they can be capitalized on in corporate settings.

KIM504  Knowledge and Innovation Management Simulations I (3-0-3, ECTS: 10)

The course demonstrates how the principles and processes of systems thinking, systems approach, systems engineering, and integrative management can be used to design, implement, and manage a KIM system. Students gain insights into the fundamentals of applied systems thinking, and they also gain experience in the use of these concepts as a member of a project team. The course thereby integrates theory with practice. Students are required to deliver business simulations to open audiences continuously.

SEMESTER II

KIM505  Project Management (3-0-3, ECTS: 6)

Projects are major undertakings that have limited durations. As such, they require a unique approach to management and administration. Since the management of projects differs from the management of ongoing operations, the orientation of most MBA courses, this project management course provides the student with a critical component for a balanced graduate business education. This course covers some of the basic issues related to; tools used for managing projects in organizations, and provide the opportunity for a real-world application of the tools and concepts comprising project management.

KIM506  Strategies for Knowledge and Innovation Management (3-0-3, ECTS: 6)

This course covers an strategic approach to KIM, discussing basic concepts, strategic management processes, establishment of purposes and missions, external and internal analyses, selection of appropriate strategies, development of application plans of functions and administrations, establishment of organizational structure based on these plans, selection of integration and control systems, consistency of strategy with structure and control mechanisms, SWOT analyses and crisis management and evaluation of results with feedback.

KIM507  Corporate Performance Measurement (3-0-3, ECTS: 8)

Business Performance Management has drawn huge attention from both academic and applied environments as the hypercompetitive business environment drives organizations to continuously focus on, and improve their performances. This course aims to introduce students to multidimensional and non-financial aspects of business performance; models such as the balanced scorecard and economic value added; processes for designing, implementing and maintaining systems; contemporary topics such as measuring intangibles assets and innovation performance; and enabling information technology tools.

KIM508  Knowledge and Innovation Management Simulations II (3-0-3, ECTS: 10)

The course demonstrates how the principles and processes of systems thinking, systems approach, systems engineering, and integrative management can be used to design, implement, and manage a Knowledge and Innovation Management System. Students gain insights into the fundamentals of applied systems thinking, and they also gain experience in the use of these concepts as a member of a project team. The course thereby integrates theory with practice. Students are required to deliver business simulations to open audiences continuously.

KIM598 Seminar (0-0-0, ECTS:3)