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Strategic Innovation: Managing Innovation Initiatives
  • Level Professional
  • Duration 21 hours
  • Course by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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About

You may have noticed that what is new often behaves differently than what has become accepted over time whether it is in a market, technology, or with people and firms. This course helps you develop a perspective on managing innovation. That is, you will build your capability to lead and design your organization in effectively implementing innovation initiatives and achieving their strategic intent. To do this, you will learn a set of frameworks, tools, and concepts that can help you address several important challenges in managing innovation. The first challenge is in regards to how to successfully implement innovation efforts within established firms and alongside established businesses. You then investigate the particulars of managing innovation when disruptive technologies are involved. Other topics include leadership of new product development teams, planning and evaluation of innovation initiatives, and management of innovation across organizational boundaries, as happens with alliances or virtual firms. You will be able to: - Analyze innovations and their impact on organizations - Articulate a research-informed perspective on innovation - Utilize frameworks, tools, and concepts to address challenges that arise in innovation This course is part of Gies College of Business' suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM.

Modules

About the Course

    • 3 Videos
    • 6 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
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3 Videos

  • Welcome to Strategic Innovation: Managing Innovation Initiatives
  • Meet Professor Geoff Love
  • Learn on Your Terms

6 Readings

  • Syllabus
  • ePub
  • About the Discussion Forums
  • Glossary
  • Description of Organizations and Brands
  • Online Education at Gies College of Business

1 Quiz

  • Orientation Quiz

About Your Classmates

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Getting to Know Your Classmates

1 Readings

  • Updating Your Profile

Module 1 Information

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Module 1 Introduction: Managing Innovation

2 Readings

  • Module 1 Overview
  • Module 1 Readings

Lesson 1-1: Challenges in the Evolution of New Technologies and Markets

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Challenges in the Evolution of New Technologies and Markets

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 1-1: Practice Quiz

Lesson 1-2: How Organizations Succeed and Fail as Markets Grow and Change

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • How Organizations Succeed and Fail as Markets Grow and Change

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 1-2 Practice Quiz

Lesson 1-3: Ambidextrous Organizations

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Ambidextrous Organizations

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 1-3: Practice Quiz

Lesson 1-4: Leading Ambidextrous Organizations

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Videos

  • Leading Ambidextrous Organizations Part 1
  • Leading Ambidextrous Organizations Part 2

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 1-4 Practice Quiz

Module 1 Graded Activities

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Managing Innovation: Quiz

Module 2 Information

    • 2 Readings
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2 Readings

  • Module 2 Overview
  • Module 2 Readings

Lesson 2-1: Disruptive Technologies

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Disruptive Technologies

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 2-1 Practice Quiz

Lesson 2-2: Responding to Disruptive Technologies

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Responding to Disruptive Technologies

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 2-2 Practice Quiz

Lesson 2-3: Effective Management of Innovation Streams

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Videos

  • Effective Management of Innovation Streams Part One
  • Effective Management of Innovation Streams Part Two

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 2-3 Practice Quiz

Lesson 2-4: Corporate Entrepreneurship

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Videos

  • Corporate Entrepreneurship Part One
  • Corporate Entrepreneurship Part Two

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 2-4 Practice Quiz

Module 2 Graded Activities

    • 1 Quiz
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Understanding & Responding to Different Types of Innovations: Assignment

1 Quiz

  • Understanding & Responding to Different Types of Innovations: Quiz

Module 3 Information

    • 2 Readings
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2 Readings

  • Module 3 Overview
  • Module 3 Readings

Lesson 3-1: Product Development Teams, Including "Heavyweight" Teams

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Videos

  • Product Development Teams, Including "Heavyweight" Teams Part One
  • Product Development Teams, Including "Heavyweight" Teams Part Two

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 3-1 Practice Quiz

Lesson 3-2: Focus on using "Heavyweight" Product Development Teams

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Focus on using "Heavyweight" Product Development Teams

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 3-2 Practice Quiz

Lesson 3-3: Innovation through Partnerships between Dedicated Teams and Mainline Functional Groups

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Innovation through Partnerships between Dedicated Teams and Mainline Functional Groups

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 3-3 Practice Quiz

Lesson 3-4: Building the Dedicated Team & Managing the Partnership

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Videos

  • Building the Dedicated Team & Managing the Partnership Part One
  • Building the Dedicated Team & Managing the Partnership Part Two

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 3-4 Practice Quiz

Module 3 Graded Activities

    • 1 Quiz
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1 Quiz

  • Teams and Innovation: Quiz

Module 4 Information

    • 2 Readings
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2 Readings

  • Module 4 Overview
  • Module 4 Readings

Lesson 4-1: Planning and Evaluation for Innovation: The Importance of Experimentation and Learning Part One

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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2 Videos

  • Introduction to Planning and Evaluation for Innovation: The Importance of Experimentation and Learning
  • Planning and Evaluation for Innovation: The Importance of Experimentation and Learning Part One

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 4-1 Practice Quiz

Lesson 4-2: Planning and Evaluation for Innovation: The Importance of Experimentation and Learning Part Two

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Planning and Evaluation for Innovation: The Importance of Experimentation and Learning Part Two

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 4-2 Practice Quiz

Lesson 4-3: Innovation Across Firm Boundaries: Virtual Firms & Open Innovation

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Innovation Across Firm Boundaries: Virtual Firms & Open Innovation

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 4-3 Practice Quiz

Lesson 4-4: Advice for Working Across Firm Boundaries: Case of Alliances and JVs

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Quiz
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1 Videos

  • Advice for Working Across Firm Boundaries: Case of Alliances and JVs

1 Quiz

  • Lesson 4-4 Practice Quiz

Module 4 Graded Activities

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Quiz
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Planning & Evaluation & Innovation Across Organizations: Assignment

2 Readings

  • Congratulations on completing the course!
  • Get Your Course Certificate

1 Quiz

  • Planning & Evaluation & Innovation Across Organizations: Quiz
E. Geoffrey Love
Instructor

E. Geoffrey Love