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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

Year

1. year

Semester

Spring 2024

Level of course

N/A

Type of course

Elective

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Schedule

No schedule found.

Lecturer

Andrea Carugati

Content

Information systems are vital for modern businesses. Information and the ability to process information are vital to exploit own resources, optimize production, and reach customers and other stakeholders. Many new business models are enabled by new forms of information processing, and all businesses need to continuously update their information systems (IS) to optimize their business performance. This process crosses the border of business and IT, and interdisciplinary skills are needed.This course focuses on the different phases of Information Systems Implementation. The course will tackle the main phases of IS implementation: Decision Making, IS project management (including IS the organization of IS development), and related organizational changes necessary to capitalize on new technologies. The course focuses on the challenges that organizations face in practice and how to cope with the complexities. The course introduces a range of methods and techniques that can be used to understand, plan and execute IS Implementations to enable students to participate in development, acquisition and implementation of IS.

Learning outcome - Objectives

Collection of facts, concepts, theories and techniques acquired by students. The student should be able to: • Describe the role of IT in changing organizations • Know the main (IT) project management tools and their function • Describe the dynamics of IT related change The ability to apply knowledge to different tasks related to implementation of information systems. The student should be able to: • Critically asses the relevance and value of information systems in different social and economic contexts. • Identify the information needs of organisational decision makers and address them through the selection and deployment of information systems. • Analyse organizational change processes related to IT implementation. The ability to apply knowledge and skills in implementation of information systems. The student should be able to: • Assess and plan information system implementation projects and the related organizational change dynamics. • Analyse ongoing and plan future IT implementation projects and identify potential causes of friction and related remedies.

Course assessment

Active Participation (20%)The participation grade takes note of the student’s presence in class. Evaluation of students’ active participation, which activates concepts/theories from the syllabus, supports arguments, demonstrates critical thinking, skills and reflections (see learning outcomes).Participation in Simulation (20%)The students will be engaged in a simulation of IT-Driven change. The purpose of the simulation is to teach the students in a pragmatic way the different tools for carrying out IT-driven change and the dynamic effects of these tools. The simulation will take place on the last day of the course. Presence and active participation is required to obtain the grade.Final exam (60%)The final exam is a written, individual exam. The exam is open-book and designed as a take-home exam from 08:00 to 23:59 (16h). It requires the students to perform an analysis of a case study using concepts and theories from the course. The exam is tightly aligned with learning outcomes and exercises conducted in class.

Reading material

No reading material found.

Teaching and learning activities

Teaching will be a combination of different approaches: lectures from teacher; lectures from guest lecturers-practitioners; case discussions and exercises. The teaching design relies on the students’ active participation and good preparation. The teaching methods reflect the stated learning outcomes of the course.

Language of instruction

English

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

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