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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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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

Digital and Information System Management

V-733-DIGI

ECTS 7,5

Change management and leadership

V-736-CMLE

ECTS 7,5

International Marketing

V-736-INMA

ECTS 7,5

Fundamentals in Accounting and Finance

V-737-FAFI

ECTS 7,5

Advanced and digital marketing

V-738-ADDM

ECTS 7,5

Enterprise Architectures

V-746-ENAR

ECTS 7,5

Internship

V-748-INTE

ECTS 7,5

International Finance

V-767-INTF

ECTS 7,5

Corporate Taxation

V-772-TAX1

ECTS 7,5

Performance Management

V-830-PEMA

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

Adib Birkland

Content

Performance Management is the ongoing process of setting objectives and assessing individual and collective behavior and achievements during a finite period of time. The performance management process goes from the macro level (e.g. organizational strategy) to the micro levels (e.g. individual performance improvements), and can be considered to be a four strep process at the employee level. First, identifying and measuring employee performance, secondly, diagnosing strengths and possible problems in individual and team performance (e.g. gap analysis). Thirdly it requires giving performance feedback, and finally it requires active steps to strengthen or improve individual or team performance. Performance management is then primarily about measuring and counseling/giving feedback on ways to improve performance at an individual and team level, and the quality of work relationship. Performance improvement results from people being clear about organizational priorities and objectives and ability to tie that knowledge in with their individual and team priorities and objectives. They are further clear on what skills need to be enhanced, and which types of behavior can help to the end of reaching those priorities and objectives. This comes from open, positive, and constructive discussion between supervisors, individuals and teams, and agreement on how to focus on doing the job better. In the appraisal process, a manager evaluates, coaches, counsels, and develops subordinates on a continuing basis throughout the reporting period, usually one year. The class further focuses on several factors that can influence the process, such as rater errors in performance measurement, electronic monitoring of performance, structured performance improvement programs, and how managers coaching, and counseling skills can be improved.

Learning outcome - Objectives

Knowledge The student should: K1: Understand the role of performance management in organizational strategy and management and the relationship between organizational objectives and performance management K2: Understand key concepts, models, theories, measures, and interventions in the context of performance management Skills The student should be able to: S1: Evaluate key concepts, models, and theories in the context of motivation & performance management S2: Diagnose performance problems, reasons for employee poor performance and/or absence and identify a range of managerial interventions S3: Support own reasoning in project outcomes by good use of established knowledge base in the subject areas of performance management Competences The student should: C1: Actively show established ability, both written and verbally, through group projects where the emphasis is on the student’s ability to judge, argue, decide, devise, discriminate, plan and predict from the material presented or collected.

Course assessment

No assessment found.

Reading material

No reading material found.

Teaching and learning activities

No activities found.

Language of instruction

English

Portfolio Management

V-862-PORT

ECTS 7,5

Master´s Thesis - partial submission