MOOC Innovation Management

Introduction

What is innovation management? How do firms bring in new business models and get new products and services to the market? Discover theories of idea generation, selection, strategy formulation and implementation in our MOOC.

Key Facts & Figures

Type
Course
Duration
17 hours
Instruction language
English
Mode of instruction
Online

Start dates

The MOOC Innovation Management is always available online. Once you enrol, you’ll have access to all videos, quizzes, and programming assignments (if applicable). Peer review assignments can only be submitted and reviewed once the MOOC has begun, which is every 4 weeks.

Course information

What is innovation management? How do firms bring in new business models and get new products and services to the market? Go on a nine-week journey through innovation management concepts, theories of idea generation, selection, strategy formulation and implementation in our MOOC in Innovation Management. In it, you will also learn the tools for implementing innovation projects yourself.

Guided by RSM’s top professors, you will develop an innovative mindset and expertise in how firms successfully create new ideas for marketing new products. The syllabus also includes sessions about innovation strategy, idea management and social networks.

Learning objectives

During this online course, you will spend two to four hours per week learning how to:

  • use the main innovation management terminology and concepts
  • recognise and describe different types of innovation
  • explain the adoption life cycle and innovation adoption at the individual level
  • define creativity and explain how creativity can be stimulated
  • recognise and describe three types of idea management systems
  • explain what an innovation strategy is and why it is important
  • describe what a product portfolio is
  • explain how innovation projects should be selected
  • describe methods and tools for innovation project management
  • explain the importance of teams, team structures and networks for innovation.

Daan Stam

Email address
dstam@rsm.nl

Sandra Langeveld

Email address
slangeveld@rsm.nl

Instructors

  • prof.dr.ir. (Jan) JCM van den Ende

    Jan van den Ende is a professor of management of technology and innovation at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) . In addition, he is…
    prof.dr.ir. (Jan) JCM van den Ende
  • dr. (Stefano) S Tasselli

    Stefano Tasselli is an Associate Professor at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He is the Academic Director of the Master in Innovation…
    dr. (Stefano) S Tasselli
  • prof.dr. (Daan) DA Stam

    Daan Stam is Endowed Professor of Innovation Management at the department of Technology and Operations Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus…
    prof.dr. (Daan) DA Stam
  • dr. (Dirk) D Deichmann

    Dirk Deichmann is an Associate Professor at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). In his research he focuses on the determinants and…
    dr. (Dirk) D Deichmann

Other instructors

  • Serge Rijsdijk
  • Sandra Langeveld
  • Murat Tarakci

Facts & Figures

Fee

The course is free. If you want to obtain a certificate, the fee is around 50 euros. 

Tax
Not applicable
Duration
17 hours
Offered by
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Discipline
Policy and management
Course type
Course
Instruction language
English
Mode of instruction
Online
Funding

private

Registration

For more information and registration: Visit the Coursera website

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