DBA 8103: Innovation
3 credits
Only open to DBA students
This survey course addresses the topic of how innovation is managed in established organizations. In contrast to the start-up context, established organizations thrive on routines and processes that encourage efficiency and leverage the familiar in order to maintain competitive advantage. Venturing into the realm of ambiguity and uncertainty challenges this recipe for success, yet innovation requires it, particularly if the objective is organizational renewal. Participants will be exposed to several typologies of innovation management, and dig deeper into academic perspectives on innovation management at the macro, meso and micro levels of analysis. We will look at classic papers and how those theories have been applied and evolved over time. In addition, we will examine current organizational processes and designs for managing innovation. The objective of the course is to provide participants a foundation for deeper examination of specific research questions associated with innovation management given the broad perspective of the literature and its comparison with the reality of current practice.