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Innovation & Firm Competitiveness - MAN00016H

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  • Department: The York Management School
  • Module co-ordinator: Prof. Beatrice D'Ippolito
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: H
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2022-23

Module aims

This module will explore the relationship between strategy-making and innovation management. It will consider different approaches to managing innovation in complex international environments and assesses options and challenges that are posed by strategy-making in those different contexts. By the end of this module students will have a greater knowledge and understanding of strategy and innovation management and will be able to consider both the long-term and the large-scale implications of future business decisions and actions in different competitive environments. The module will develop an understanding of the firm as a dynamic organism within which competencies and capabilities are geared towards innovation. To this aim, the module may cover, among others, strategic issues attached to the disruptive effects of innovation both at product level (e.g., implications for the design and development of new products or processes) and firm level (e.g., business model, investment in technologies, inter-organisational relationships). Finally, some sessions will delve into examining and discussing how digital technologies are shaping firms’ innovative growth and competitive position within the relevant industry settings.

Module learning outcomes

  • Engage critically with different paradigms in strategy formation, strategy implementation, and innovation management
  • Understand a broad representation of differing and often conflicting perspectives and theories, reflecting the richness of current debate among academics and practitioners in the fields of innovation management and strategic management
  • Identify how national and global frameworks of economic management and technology policy interact influence dynamics of technological change
  • Demonstrate an ability to define strategic issues, to critically reflect on existing theories, to creatively combine or develop conceptual models where necessary and to flexibly employ theories in different contexts

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Individual case study essay		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Resit Individual Assignment		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Module assessment reports to students are written by the module leader for all assessments (open and closed) and placed on the VLE after the Board of Examiners has received the module marks.

The timescale for the return of feedback will accord with School policy.

Indicative reading

Grant, R. M. Contemporary Strategy Analysis, Blackwell Publishing
Bessant J. and Tidd J. (2013) Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change, 2nd Edition, Chichester: Wiley Publishing (previous editions coedited with Pavitt K. are also acceptable provided the content is compatible)


The information on this page is indicative of the module that is currently on offer. The University is constantly exploring ways to enhance and improve its degree programmes and therefore reserves the right to make variations to the content and method of delivery of modules, and to discontinue modules, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary by the University. Where appropriate, the University will notify and consult with affected students in advance about any changes that are required in line with the University's policy on the Approval of Modifications to Existing Taught Programmes of Study.