Course: Management Innovation

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Course title Management Innovation
Course code MUPE/1ISRE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Slinták Karel, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. What matters today - values, innovation, adaptability, passion, ideology 2. Innovation and entrepreneurship - mission, vision, business theory 3. Principles of innovation - randomness vs. systematicity, fragility, resistance and antifragility 4. Business management - creation and organization of new projects 5. Business strategies 6. Management innovation program 7. Innovation perspectives - life, markets, democracy, cities, faith 8. Freedom at work - Jak companies and Why companies 9. Democratization of workplaces - a case study of Semco 10. Case studies - W. L. Gore, Favi, Morning Star, HCLT, Haier

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Innovation and innovative types
Innovation and innovative types
Value innovations
Value innovations
Blue and Red Ocean Strategies
Blue and Red Ocean Strategies
Business strategies
Business strategies
Managerial innovations
Managerial innovations
Skills
Divide innovations into individual categories
Divide innovations into individual categories
Conduct value analysis
Conduct value analysis
Identify types of business strategies
Identify types of business strategies
Analyze the types of companies according to the level of liberalization
Analyze the types of companies according to the level of liberalization
Sort companies according to innovation potential
Sort companies according to innovation potential
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Recommended literature
  • ADAIR, J. Effective Innovation: How to stay ahead of the competition. PAN books, 2003. ISBN 978-0330344753.
  • CARNEY, B., GETZ, I. Freedom, Inc. Free your employees and let them lead your business to higher productivity, profits, and growth.. Crown Business, 2009. ISBN 978030746247.
  • DRUCKER, P. F. Innovation and Entrepreneurship.. HarperBusiness, 2006. ISBN 978-0060851132.
  • HAMEL, G., BREEN, B. The Future of Management. Harvard Business Press, 2007. ISBN 9781422148006.
  • HAMEL, G. What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation. John Wiley & Sons, 2012. ISBN 9781118219089.
  • CHRISTENSEN, C. M., ALLWORTH, J., DILLON, K. How Will You Measure Your Life?. Harper Business, 2012. ISBN 978-0062102416.
  • KIM, W. Ch., MAUBORGNE, R. Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant. Harvard Business Review Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1625274496.
  • SEMLER, R. Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace. Grand Central Publishing, 1995. ISBN 978-0446670555.
  • TALEB, N. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder. Random House, 2014. ISBN 978-0812979688.


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