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Department of Business Administration
Dean:	Dr. Jón Þór Sturluson
Email:	vd@ru.is
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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

Fundamentals in Tourism and Hospitality Management

V-704-FTHM

ECTS 7,5

Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards I

V-705-FIR1

ECTS 7,5

Auditing, Auditing Standards and Ethics in Accounting and Auditing

V-706-AUD1

ECTS 7,5

Strategic Management

V-712-STJO

ECTS 7,5

Organizational Psychology

V-715-ORPS

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

Freyr Halldórsson

Content

The purpose of the course is to provide students with a solid knowledge of theories and concepts of organizational psychology and to develop students’ skills and competences to apply this knowledge in managerial decision making, in particular in the context of human resource management.

Organizational psychology and Human resource management (HRM) are separate, but connected disciplines. Organizational psychology is an applied science that seeks to develop knowledge about relevant human behavior and to apply that knowledge to solve problems in organizations. The goal of HRM is to help organizations meet strategic goals by effectively attracting, retaining and managing employees while ensuring compliance with all appropriate labor laws. While the two disciplines cover many of the same topics relating to employees and organizations, they can have a somewhat different focus. The main focus of the course is on organizational psychology with the goal to introduce students to both the main topics relating to organizational psychology and how organizational psychology can be used within organizations. The course also considers how organizational psychology and HRM can together be applied within organizations to further organizational goals.

The following topics and concepts are covered:
- Employee selection
- Fairness and diversity
- Individual differences and assessment
- Job analysis
- Job design
- Job evaluation
- Job performance and measurement
- Leadership
- Stress and worker well-being
- The motivation to work
- Training and development
- Work attitudes and emotions
- Workgroups and teams

Learning outcome - Objectives

Knowledge: Collection of facts, concepts, theories and techniques acquired by students. The student should:
- Have a general understanding of organizational psychology, the basic concepts and theories, and of the discipline’s purpose, key topics, and methodologies.
- Know how to apply theories and concepts to practical issues in the workplace.
- Have increased understanding of the factors affecting employee behavior and how organizational psychology can be applied to impact organizational effectiveness.
Skills: The ability to apply knowledge to different tasks of human resource management. The student should:
- Be able to analyze practical issues associated with human factors in the workplace.
- Be able to apply theoretical knowledge to practical settings within organizations.
- Be able to explain of how methods, theories and concepts of organizational psychology can be applied to analyze practical issues relating to people within organization to help solve organizational challenges.
Competences: The ability to apply knowledge and skills in human resource management. The student should:
- Show ability in group cooperation, contribute to analysis and assignments, have the ability to work independently as well as in active cooperation with others.
- Be able to use relevant literature, theories and research findings to critically assess and support arguments and recommendations pertaining to practical issues in organizations.

Course assessment

Reading material

No reading material found.

Teaching and learning activities

Language of instruction

English

Staffing: from recruitment to termination

V-730-STRT

ECTS 7,5

Labour law

V-731-LALA

ECTS 3,75