Innovation Management & Product Development (E)
level of course unit
First cycle, Bachelor
Learning outcomes of course unit
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 and co-requisites
not applicable
course contents
• 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 or required reading
• 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 of instruction
English
number of ECTS credits allocated
3
eLearning quota in percent
15
course-hours-per-week (chw)
2
planned learning activities and teaching methods
integrated Lecture
semester/trimester when the course unit is delivered
4
name of lecturer(s)
Prof. (FH) Dr. Christian Schmid
year of study
Second year of studies
recommended optional program components
not applicable
course unit code
vzMGM4
type of course unit
integrated lecture
mode of delivery
Compulsory
work placement(s)
not applicable