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Course syllabus - Project Management in Innovation and Design
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
ITE410
Valid from
Autumn semester 2016
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Innovation and Design
School
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
Ratified
2016-01-27
Status
This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
The ten faces of innovation : IDEO's strategies for beating the devil's advocate & driving creativity throughout your organization
[New ed.] : London : Profile Books, 2008 - xi, 273 s.
ISBN: 9781846680311 LIBRIS-ID: 11264807
Images of organization
Executive ed., 1. ed. : San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, cop. 1998 - xiii, 349 s.
ISBN: 1-57675-038-8- LIBRIS-ID: 6396597
Articles
Managing and temporality
Scandinavian Journal of Management, 29(1), 2013
Participatory design and democratizing innovation
In Proceedings of the 11th Biennial participatory design conference. ACM., 2010
Open innovation and the stage-gate process: A revised model for new product development.
California management review, 52(3), 2010
Managing uncertainty and ambiguity in gates: decision making in aerospace product development.
International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 11(02), 2014
Designing and enabling spaces for collaborative knowledge creation and innovation: From managing to enabling innovation as socio-epistemological technology
Computers in Human Behavior, 37, 2014
Multicriteria evidential reasoning decision modelling and analysisprioritizing voices of customer
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62(9), 2011
Reference Literature
Groups, Teams and Groupwork Revisited : A Theory, Methodology and Practice for the 21st Century
CREATESPACE : - 186 s.
ISBN: 9781482731125 LIBRIS-ID: 19783746
Introduction to multi-criteria decision making and the evidential reasoning approach
Manchester School of Management, 2001
Other materials
Eventuellt tillkommer litteratur/utdrag som delas ut under föreläsningar.
Akademin för innovation, design och teknik,
Objectives
The objective of the course is to provide in-depth knowledge of different forms of project management and how these can be applied in innovation and design projects. Students are further expected to acquire theoretical knowledge of project organisation and the ability to problematise leadership in innovation and design projects.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
1. compare different forms of project management and discuss their strengths and weaknesses from different perspectives
2. identify and argue for forms of project management that are applicable to innovation and design management in various contexts
3. discuss innovation and design projects on the basis of theories about innovation and design management
4. describe and explain models and methods for decision-making within projects
5. problematise leadership in innovation and design projects on the basis of different conceptualisations of organisation.
Course content
- Conceptualisations of organisations
- Project models
- Joint projects
- Project organisation from mechanical and organic perspectives
- Stage gate models
- Agile methods
- Innovation and design management in theory and practice
- Systems perspectives regarding innovation and design
- Ethics and values in project management
Tuition
Lectures, workshops, seminars, co-productive learning, peer-to-peer learning.
Specific requirements
A completed Bachelor's degree from an institution of higher education of three years or more, equivalent to 180 credits, within the fields of innovation management, information design, product and production development, industrial economics and management, industrial design, engineering design, interaction design, mechanical engineering, or entrepreneurship. Graduates with a Bachelor's degree in other fields are required to have at least one year of working experience in fields related to design or innovation. A TOEFL test result, with a minimum score of 575 with a TWE score of at least 4.5 (PBT) or 90 with a TWE score of at least 20 (iBT) or an IELTS test result with an overall band score of at least 6.5 and no band score below 5.5, or the equivalent, is required.
Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6 are required. For courses given in entirely in English exemption is made from the requirement in Swedish B/Swedish 3.
Examination
Written assignment (INL1), 1,5 credits, examines the learning objective 3, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
Project (PRO1), 4,5 credits, examines the learning objectives 1, 2, 4 and 5, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
Seminar (SEM1), 1,5 credits, examines the learning objectives 3 and 5, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass, Fail