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Dean:	Dr. Jón Þór Sturluson
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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

Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A field of knowledge and practice

V-703-INEN

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

Susanne Durst

Content

The course has two main modules. One module emphasizes innovation and the other entrepreneurship. Both modules are developed on the backdrop of essential research in these fields knowledge.

The module on innovation focuses on the fundamentals of managing innovation at individual, team and firm level. Students will acquire knowledge about central concepts of innovation and develop skills and competences to be able to manage skilfully innovation in terms of organisational structures, competences, and processes. It focuses on the organisational activities of innovation, including how to organise them effectively and how to overcome the challenges of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and complex problem solving.

The module on entrepreneurship focuses on central concepts and processes of entrepreneurship. Students will gain knowledge-based insights into the ‘why’, ‘when’, ‘who’ and ‘how’ of entrepreneurship and adopt entrepreneurial skills and competencies. This includes viewing entrepreneurship in the context of economy, society and the individual.

Learning outcome - Objectives

Knowledge: Collection of facts, concepts, theories and techniques acquired by students. The student should:
- Understand essential concepts, tools and techniques for managing innovation processes.
- Understand essential concepts and processes of entrepreneurship at the level of economy, society and the individual.
- Be able to account for contextual sensitivity at different levels of innovation management.
- Be able to account for the drivers and catalysers of entrepreneurship.
Skills: The ability to apply knowledge to different tasks of innovation and entrepreneurship. The student should:
- Be able to critically asses the importance of innovation at the level of the organisation.
- Be able to critically asses the relevance and impact of entrepreneurship at an economic, social and individual level.
- Be able to identify contextual aspects of innovation management and at the same time how it differs from other organisational tasks and objectives.
- Be able to identify difference between entrepreneurship and other managerial and economic processes.

Competences: The ability to apply knowledge and skills in innovation and entrepreneurship. The student should:
- Be able to systematically evaluate organizational challenges for innovation.
- Be able to organize and lead an innovation process, including leading innovation (or R&D) teams.
- Be able to systematically evaluate entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities.
- Be able to organize and navigate in an entrepreneurial process.

Course assessment

Reading material

No reading material found.

Teaching and learning activities

Language of instruction

English

Fundamentals in Tourism and Hospitality Management

V-704-FTHM

ECTS 7,5

Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards I

V-705-FIR1

ECTS 7,5