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Department of Business Administration
Dean:	Dr. Jón Þór Sturluson
Email:	vd@ru.is
Website:	http://www.ru.is/vd
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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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	Mandatory course on major		Teaching language
	Optional course on major		Prerequisites for course

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

Staffing: from recruitment to termination

V-730-STRT

ECTS 7,5

Labour law

V-731-LALA

ECTS 3,75

Year

1. year

Semester

Fall 2024

Level of course

N/A

Type of course

Elective

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Schedule

No schedule found.

Lecturer

No lecturer found.

Content

The purpose of the course is to provide students with an understanding of labour law as well as general principles of the labour rights component to international, European and Icelandic labour law and with the skills and competences to integrate this understanding in decision making.

Content:
The legal environment is one of the main environmental factors that affect the management of people. Labour law governs the rights and duties of employers and employees which entails that all HRM decision making must comply with applicable labour law rules.

The following topics and concepts are covered: The course provides an overview of the labour market and general principles of the labour rights component to international, European and Icelandic labour law. The labour rights field right is divided in to two main themes, the labour rights and the employment rights. The labour rights regard the social partners, collective agreements, the right to organize and the right to strike. The employment rights regard the rights and responsibilities of the employers and the employees, e.g. the making of and termination of a contract of employment and work obligations. Students will also learn the content and implementation of labour rights in national labour legislations set by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and European labour law.

Learning outcome - Objectives

Knowledge. The student should:
- Recognize how legislation affects human resource management (HRM).
- Describe the fundamental rules that regard the international, European and Icelandic labour market.
- Implement the process of making HRM decisions in accordance with law.
- Understand the rules that apply on the private and public sector of the labour market.
- Understand the order in which different rules or other legal sources are applied to different situations.
Skills. The student should:
- Be able to identify which rules apply to different circumstances.
- Be able to describe the rights and obligations of employees in both the public and private sector.
- Be able to identify legal problems, analyse and assess them in regard of the rules of labour law and the collective agreements.

Competences. The student should:
- Be able to develop necessary learning skills and independence for further studies.
- Be capable of presenting and describing the basic rights and duties for employers and employees.
- Be able to apply the legal framework to practical situations in the workplace.

Course assessment

Reading material

No reading material found.

Teaching and learning activities

Language of instruction

English

Digital and Information System Management

V-732-DIGI

ECTS 7,5

Change management and leadership

V-736-CMLE

ECTS 7,5