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Innovation Management & Product Development (E)

Niveau

First cycle, Bachelor

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

The students are able to: • Determine the innovation needs of a company and develop an innovation strategy. • Structure the innovation needs and define suitable processes with methods for further processing. • Apply creativity methods. • Analyze the most important framework conditions for product development and define requirements for the product development process. • Design product development processes in line with the requirements. • Apply product development methods

Prerequisites for the course

not applicable

Course content

• Strategic relevance of innovation (competitiveness) • Structured handling of innovations (innovation-promoting organizational forms, corporate culture, management forms) • Importance of product development for companies • Scope and integration of product development in companies • Design forms of the product development process and organizational forms • Approaches in product development with regard to concept, concept and elaboration such as functional analysis, QFD, specification, FMEA, concept evaluation (quality approaches) and production transition • Variant management and approaches for the representation of external complexity • Management of target costs

Recommended specialist literature

• Anthony, et al. (2008): The Innovator’s guide to growth, Harvard Business Press • Anthony (2012): The little black book of innovation, Harvard Business School Publishing • Corsten, et al. (2006): Grundlagen des Innovationsmanagements, Vahlen Verlag München • Hauschildt, Salomo (2007): Innovationsmanagement, 4. Aufl., Vahlen Verlag München • Morgan, Liker (2006): The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process and Technology, Productivity Press • Scheer, et al. (2005): Prozessorientiertes Product Lifecycle Management, Springer Verlag Berlin • Gudehus (2012): Logistik 1: Grundlagen, Verfahren und Strategien, 4. Aufl., Springer Verlag Berlin • Gudehus (2012): Logistik 2: Netzwerke, Systeme und Lieferketten, 4. Aufl., Springer Verlag Berlin • Ehrlenspiel, Meerkamm (2013): Integrierte Produktentwicklung: Denkabläufe, Methodeneinsatz, Zusammenarbeit, 5. Aufl., Carl Hanser Verlag München • Lindemann (2009): Methodische Entwicklung technischer Produkte: Methoden flexibel und situationsgerecht anwenden, 3. Aufl., Springer Verlag Berlin • Conrad (2005): Grundlagen der Konstruktionslehre: Methoden und Beispiele für den Maschinenbau, 3. Aufl., Carl Hanser Verlag München

Assessment methods and criteria

Final presentation and final exam

Language

English

Number of ECTS credits awarded

3

Share of e-learning in %

15

Semester hours per week

2.0

Planned teaching and learning method

integrated Lecture

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

2

Name of lecturer

Prof. (FH) Dr. Christian Schmid

Academic year

Second year of studies

Key figure of the course/module

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Type of course/module

integrated lecture

Type of course

Compulsory

Internship(s)

not applicable