BMGT45270 The Human Side of Innovation

Academic Year 2020/2021

People are an organization's most critical resources. Their experience, knowledge, and skills along with their creativity, effort, and engagement are the basis for competitive advantage. People propose new ideas or improvements to current products and processes. Therefore, the focus of this module is on the human side of innovation. This module offers in-depth insights into innovation management and organisational behaviour by examining the nature of individual and team behaviours in innovative work environments and by discussing how behaviours, emotions, and cognitions affect creativity and innovation. The module will discuss and explore different topics at the individual, the team, and the organisational level in class. For instance, it focuses on topics related to assessing and fostering creativity, innovator's resilience after failure experiences, organisational culture and change, and social innovation.

Participants are encouraged to explore the interconnected nature of the various topics to be covered and to develop a holistic and critical understanding of the subject. A variety of different teaching and learning methods will be applied (e.g., presentations, case studies, reflective exercises) and participants are expected to be actively involved in classes.