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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

Year

1. year

Semester

Summer 2024

Level of course

N/A

Type of course

Elective

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Schedule

No schedule found.

Lecturer

Ágústa Rakel Davíðsdóttir

Content

Occupational health psychology concerns the application of psychology to ensure the quality of work life and promote the safety, health, and well-being of employees. The term ‘health’ in ‘occupational health psychology’ includes employees’ physical, emotional, cognitive, motivational and behavioural aspects. This course builds up participants’ knowledge about various factors that affect the wellbeing and safety at work, for the workplace and the employees. The focus will be on key terms in the field and how occupational factors affect health and wellbeing of employees. Emphasis will be on prevention and practical solutions, and special attention will be given to communication factors at the workplace. The course will discuss incivility, negative acts, bullying, sexual and gender-based harassment as well as other forms of harassment and violence at work. Moreover, the course will cover stress and related issues such as burnout. The role of managers in psychosocial health promotion and prevention will be discussed as well as the importance of psychosocial risk assessment.

Learning outcome - Objectives

Course Learning Outcomes: Knowledge The student should be able to: 1. Identify, define, and explain key terms and concepts relating to incivility and stress factors at work, risk factors and consequences for the employees and workplace. 2. Identify, define, and explain key terms relating to prevention and psychosocial risk assessment at the workplace. 3. Explain the role of managers and HR in keeping a healthy psychosocial work environment and the effects of management style on the wellbeing of the employees. Skills The student should be able to: 4. apply concepts and develop and apply strategies to different organizational contexts, in relation to unhealthy workplace situation and how to improve them. 5. apply solution-focused thinking in the discussion of healthy work environment. Competences The student should be able to: 6. Evaluate and assess psychosocial risk factors and design programs to increase psychosocial health for employees. 7. Critically assess and evaluate the suitability of different approaches in making a good work environment in various contexts. 8. Formulate and synthesize general principles for the optimization of a healthy psychosocial work environment

Course assessment

No assessment found.

Reading material

No reading material found.

Teaching and learning activities

No activities found.

Language of instruction

English

Sustainable Finance

V-817-SUFI

ECTS 3,75

Sustainable Leadership