ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Organisation of Companies and Commercialisation, External department linked to the degrees
Areas: Business Organisation, Área externa M.U en Desarrollo Económico e Innovación
Center Faculty of Economics and Business Studies
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
• To understand the importance of knowing how to exploit opportunities and innovative ideas and the need to count on the greatest number of people, agents,… both internal and external to the organization for the development of innovative ideas. Move from Innovation 1.0 to Innovation 6.0.
• To become familiar with the innovation processes and methodologies that allow transforming ideas into products, processes, services, etc. that reach the market.
• To know the systematics of standardization and its impact on organizations.
• To understand the different R&D&I regulations and their implementation process.
THE EVOLUTION OF BUSINESS INNOVATION
The phases of innovation 6.0
Open innovation. Co-creation
METHODOLOGIES AND INNOVATION PROCESS
Process and methodologies
Diagnosis and innovative profile of a company
Innovation process in 8 steps
Standardization, certification, accreditation
INNOVATION MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
The family of standards UNE 166000
UNE 166002 R&D&I Management System Requirements
UNE 166001 Requirements of an R&D&I Project
UNE 166006 Technology Watch
UNE 166008 Technology Transfer
Implementation Process
STANDARDS FOR ECO-INNOVATION
Eco-design (ISO 14006)
Eco-efficiency (ISO 14045)
Brown, T. (2020). Diseñar el cambio: cómo el design thinking puede transformer las organizaciones e inspirer la innovación. Ediciones Urano.
Chesbrough, H. (2009). Innovación abierta: nuevos imperativos para la creación y el aprovechamiento de la tecnología. Plataforma Editorial, Barcelona.
Christensen, C. M. (2020). El dilema de los innovadores. Ediciones Granica S.A., Buenos Aires.
De Bono E. (2012). Seis sombreros para pensar. Paidós, Barcelona.
Fernández Sánchez, E. (2005). Estrategia de Innovación. Thomson.
Kaplan, R. S., & Norton, D. P. (2000). Cómo utilizar el cuadro de mando integral: para implantar y gestionar su estrategia. Gestión, Barcelona.
Kim, W. C., & Mauborgne, R. (2015). La estrategia del océano azul: Crear nuevos espacios de mercado donde la competencia sea irrelevante. Profit Editorial.
Martínez Villaverde, L. (2006). Gestión del cambio y la innovación en la empresa: un modelo para la innovación empresarial. Ideas propias Editorial SL., Barcelona.
Morcillo, P. (2006). Cultura e innovación empresarial: la conexión perfecta. Thomson, D.L., Madrid.
Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. (2011). Generación de modelos de negocio. Deusto, Barcelona.
Ries, E. (2013). El método Lean Startup: Cómo crear empresas de éxito utilizando la innovación continua. Deusto, Barcelona.
Electronic resources
AENOR. (2021). Gestión de la I+D+i: Requisitos del Sistema de Gestión de la I+D+i. UNE 166002:2021.
AENOR. (2020). Sistemas de gestión ambiental. Directrices para incorporar el ecodiseño. UNE-EN ISO 14006:2020.
AENOR. (2006). Gestión de la I+D+i: Requisitos de un proyecto de I+D+i. UNE 166001:2006.
AENOR. (2018). Gestión de la I+D+i: Sistema de vigilancia e inteligencia. UNE 166006:2018.
AENOR. (2012). Gestión de la I+D+i: Transferencia de tecnología. UNE 166006:2012.
AENOR. (2012). Gestión ambiental. Evaluación de la ecoeficiencia del sistema del producto. Principios, requisitos y directrices. UNE-EN ISO 14045:2012.
ISO (2020). Innovation management – Fundamentals and vocabulary. ISO 56000:2020
ISO (2024). Innovation management system - Requirements. ISO 56001:2024
OECD/Eurostat (2018), Oslo Manual 2018: Guidelines for Collecting, Reporting and Using Data on Innovation, 4th Edition, The Measurement of Scientific, Technological and Innovation Activities, OECD Publishing, Paris/Eurostat, Luxembourg, https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264304604-en.
Basic competences
• Know how to apply acquired knowledge and problem-solving skills in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
• Know how to communicate conclusions -and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them- to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way.
• Acquire the learning skills that will allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
Transversal competencies
• Oral and written communication
• Organization and planning
• Critical thinking
• Teamwork
• Sensitivity to social and environmental problems
• Creativity and innovative capacity
• Competence to search for and manage information and data.
Specific competencies
• To know and apply quantitative and qualitative research techniques in economics and diagnostic tools in order to prepare scientific, technical and consulting studies and reports in the field of sustainability, green economy, circular economy and innovation.
• To know the different instruments to design, analyze, evaluate and manage strategic plans and programs to promote R&D, innovation, sustainability and circular economy at different levels of government (European, state, regional and local).
• Conceive, design, implement and manage R&D, circular economy, innovation or sectoral development programs and actions in their own areas of expertise (regional, local, sectoral, business).
• Evaluate, plan, budget and manage R&D and innovation projects in both public bodies and companies.
In the expository sessions, the fundamental contents of the topics that make up the program will be explained, emphasizing the especially relevant aspects and the relationships between them. In the interactive sessions, the aim is for students to apply the theoretical concepts. To this end, case studies will be carried out, readings of texts and articles will be discussed, and questions raised by the teacher will be debated. The aim of the readings is for students to access relevant sources of information, especially magazines of interest, to become familiar with prominent authors, to learn about business experiences of interest for the subject and to develop the capacity for analysis, synthesis and argumentation. Additionally, they will be able to elaborate several group works and present them orally in class. The aim is to stimulate cooperative work and to develop analytical, argumentation and communication skills. The students' personal work activities include, in addition to the time dedicated to study, the reading of the material provided by the teachers, the search for information in the library, newspaper library or databases and the elaboration of several group works. In the tutorials, the teachers will guide the students on the practical cases, readings, works and expositions; they will also serve to solve doubts and solve problems faced by the students in the learning process and as a feedback channel on the results of this. The tutorials will be mainly face-to-face, although they may be partially carried out virtually, both synchronously (through the institutional platform MS Teams) and asynchronously (virtual campus or institutional e-mail). During the course, the "virtual classroom" will be used for communication, teaching and evaluation tasks.
Continuous assessment will reflect the grade derived from all activities carried out by the students (active participation in case analysis, presentation and delivery of assignments, etc.).
In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or exams and improper use of technologies, the provisions set out in the Regulations on the Assessment of Academic Performance and Review of Grades will apply.
To pass the subject, students have two opportunities. Those who do not pass in the first opportunity will have the right to a second opportunity (resit). The assessment system for both opportunities, applicable to first-time and repeating students, is outlined below:
First ordinary opportunity. Continuous assessment is considered, combined with a final exam.
1. Continuous assessment: accounts for 40% of the final grade. The grade for continuous assessment will be based on the completion of various activities. If any of these activities are not completed, and the absence is duly justified by one of the reasons listed in the Regulations on Class Attendance in Official Undergraduate and Master’s Programmes at the University of Santiago de Compostela, compensatory measures will be applied so that the absence does not affect the final grade for continuous assessment. Conversely, if the reason provided is not included in the said regulations, the missed activity may not be recovered or substituted with an alternative.
2. Final exam: accounts for 60% of the final grade. This is a mandatory test that evaluates the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the semester.
For the grade obtained through continuous assessment to be included in the final grade of the subject, the student must have attended at least 80% of the scheduled lecture/interactive sessions.
To add the score from continuous assessment to the final exam grade, students must score at least 2.5 out of 6 on the final exam. The combined final grade must be at least 5 out of 10 to pass the subject. Students who do not obtain any points from activities conducted during lecture and interactive sessions may only achieve a maximum of 6 points in total.
Second opportunity. The same assessment system will be applied as at the first opportunity. That is, a new final exam will be administered with the same weighting (60%), which will be added to the continuous assessment grade (if the minimum of 2.5 out of 6 is achieved).
The assessment system is the same for both first-time students and repeaters.
In accordance with the current Regulations on Academic Progression at USC for undergraduate and master’s studies, mere attendance and/or participation in any of the assessable activities implies that the final grade will be different from “Not Presented”.
Students who, for reasons included in the Regulations on Class Attendance for official USC undergraduate and master’s programmes, are granted an exemption from class attendance will be assessed through a single exam, to be held on the official date, and its grade will account for 100% of the final mark for the subject. If the exemption request is approved, the student must inform the subject coordinator.
The course has 3 credits and each credit is equivalent to 25 hours.
The total hours of work are distributed as follows:
Presential (including the hours of expository teaching, interactive teaching, tutorials and evaluation): 24.
Personal work of the student: 51
There are no requirements, although it is desirable to have a basic knowledge of business organization. In addition, in order to maximize learning, it is recommended that students regularly attend the lectures and interactive sessions, actively participate in the activities proposed by the faculty, and consult the recommended bibliography.
Analia Lopez Carballeira
Coordinador/a- Department
- Organisation of Companies and Commercialisation
- Area
- Business Organisation
- analia.lopez.carballeira [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) PhD Assistant Professor
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