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MSc in Innovation Management - 90 ECTS
Semesters:	3
Years:	1
ETCS:	90
About major	Meistaranám í stjórnun nýsköpunar leggur áherslu á nýsköpun og frumkvöðlastarfssemi. Nemendur öðlast hæfni til að að stýra nýsköpunarstarfimismunandi skipulagsheilda við þróun á nýjum ferlum, vörum og þjónustu, ásamt því að nemendur geti leitt frumkvöðlastarf á breiðum grunni, þar á meðal til að stofna ný fyrirtæki. Námið eflir þekkingu og næmni nemenda fyrir nýjum tækifærum, þjálfar skapandi og lausnamiðaða nálgun og miðar að því að nemendur geti gert slíkar lausnir að veruleika.
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Degree title	MSc in Innovation Management

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Vorönn/Spring 2024

Consumer Behavior

V-712-COBE

ECTS 3,75

Innovation Management

V-713-INNM

ECTS 7,5

Business Ethics

V-714-BETH

ECTS 3,75

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Context

V-715-ENIC

ECTS 3,75

Business Process Management

V-716-BPMA

ECTS 7,5

Fixed Income Analysis

V-716-FINC

ECTS 3,75

Implementation of information systems

V-717-IMIS

ECTS 3,75

Entrepreneurial Finance

V-733-ENTR

ECTS 7,5

Branding and Strategic Marketing

V-741-BRAN

ECTS 7,5

Strategic HRM and Metrics

V-745-STRA

ECTS 7,5

Internship

V-748-INTE

ECTS 7,5

Cases in corporate finance

V-763-COR2

ECTS 7,5

Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards II

V-765-FIR2

ECTS 7,5

Business Research Methodology I

V-765-REM1

ECTS 3,75

Applied Derivatives

V-766-APDE

ECTS 7,5

Consolidated Financial Statements

V-767-SARE

ECTS 7,5

Business Intelligence and Analytics

V-784-REK5

ECTS 7,5

Corporate Law

V-802-BULA

ECTS 7,5

Business Research Methodology II

V-825-REM2

ECTS 3,75

Tourism Marketing

V-840-TOMA

ECTS 7,5

Training and Development

V-840-TRDE

ECTS 3,75

Accounting for derivatives and other financial instruments

V-871-AFLE

ECTS 7,5

Master´s Thesis - partial submission

V-888-THHL

ECTS 15

Research Proposal

V-898-REPR

ECTS 0

Master´s Thesis

V-898-THES

ECTS 30

Exchange Studies

X-699-EXCH

ECTS 30

Sumar/Summer 2024

Accounting Fraud and Forensics

V-722-AFOR

ECTS 7,5

Negotiations and Sales

V-744-NEGO

ECTS 7,5

Internship

V-748-INTE

ECTS 7,5

Cross-cultural Communication

V-756-CRCO

ECTS 7,5

Management Accounting

V-793-MAAC

ECTS 7,5

Behavioral Finance

V-803-BEFI

ECTS 3,75

Information Technology in Accounting

V-804-INTA

ECTS 7,5

Occupational Health Psychology

V-816-OHPS

ECTS 3,75

Sustainable Finance

V-817-SUFI

ECTS 3,75

Sustainable Leadership

V-836-SLEA

ECTS 3,75

Design Thinking for Information Security: An Interdisciplinary Approach

V-847-THIS

ECTS 7,5

Venture Capital

V-875-VENT

ECTS 7,5

Master´s Thesis - partial submission

V-888-THHL

ECTS 15

Master´s Thesis

V-898-THES

ECTS 30

Exchange Studies

X-699-EXCH

ECTS 30

Haustönn/Fall 2024

Introduction to Management and Business Concepts

V-700-IMBU

ECTS 0

Creative Approaches and Entrepreneurial Mindsets

V-702-CREM

ECTS 7,5

Year

1. year

Semester

Fall 2024

Level of course

N/A

Type of course

Elective

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Schedule

No schedule found.

Lecturer

Hallur Þór Sigurðarson

Content

The purpose of this course is to introduce and involve students to adopt entrepreneurial mindsets and creative approaches. To act and think in creative ways is a core capacity in post-industrial societies on the verge of a new revolution, characterised by continuous change and ruptures. It is a well-documented claim that no longer can we rely on previously learned expertise to ensure our future careers and to solve current challenges. In this environment leadership and entrepreneurship needs to involve the ability to act as a force of change. This course addresses entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership, by putting creativity and entrepreneurial mindsets at the core. The course starts from the premise that entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership are creative and contextual processes driven by passion, commitment and the ability to navigate in unfamiliar territories. These processes have a tendency to be non-linear, involving both organizing and disorganizing. The course will challenge students on recognizing their interests and passions. It will also challenge their problem solving skills and ability to lead such tasks. Classes will be a combination of lectures and workshops relying on students’ active participation. At times, classes will involve guest teachers. Students will be required to work on assignments between classes; workshops and assignments will frequently be organized around challenges practicing entrepreneurial problem solving, as well as attempting to utilize students’ interests and strengths.

Learning outcome - Objectives

Knowledge: Collection of facts, concepts, theories and techniques acquired by students. Students should:
- Understand and be able to account for essential concepts, tools and techniques addressing creative challenges, entrepreneurial mindsets and approaches.

Skills: The ability to apply knowledge to different creative and entrepreneurial tasks. Students should:
- Be able to critically asses the importance of addressing situations, events and challenges in an alternative or creative manner.
- Be able to critically asses the relevance and impact of entrepreneurial mindsets, including personal interests, knowledge, and passions, for entrepreneurial processes and innovative outcomes.
- Be able to identify difference between entrepreneurial solution creation and strategic or managerial problem solving.
Competencies: The ability to apply knowledge and skills to entrepreneurial challenges. Students should:
- Be able to apply alternative and creative approaches to challenges.
- Be able to lead and organize entrepreneurial processes.
- Be able to select and develop entrepreneurial challenges where they can apply their passions, knowledge and skills.

Course assessment

Reading material

No reading material found.

Teaching and learning activities

Language of instruction

English

Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A field of knowledge and practice

V-703-INEN

ECTS 7,5

Fundamentals in Tourism and Hospitality Management

V-704-FTHM

ECTS 7,5