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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

Year

1. year

Semester

Spring 2024

Level of course

N/A

Type of course

Elective

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Schedule

No schedule found.

Lecturer

Freyr Halldórsson

Content

This course builds participants’ knowledge about processes and practices to train and develop human capital within organizations. It focuses on the strategic development of human capital and talent development for employees and managerial staff. A combined approach will be used, focusing on theory, research, practices, and organizational strategy and its context to meet current and future job demands. Various fundamentals, frameworks, and essential terminology will be covered. These range from learning theories, needs analysis, planning, designing, and implementing effective learning in organizations to methods used to evaluate the impact of training and development. Recent and future trends and challenges in the field will also be covered, as well as various concepts relating to organizational and individual learning.

Learning outcome - Objectives

Knowledge The student should be able to 1. Identify, define, and explain fundamental theories, methods, frameworks, and research findings relating to learning and strategic training and development. 2. Identify, define, and explain key terms for employee and managerial training, development, and talent management. 3. Identify, define, and explain key terms relating to evaluation and measurements of the impact of training and development procedures. Skills The student should be able to 4. Plan, design, and implement learning processes based on relevant theories and concepts suitable for different organizational contexts and employee groups. 5. Identify, explain, and apply learning models, concepts, and strategies to organizational contexts and employee groups. 6. Collect and analyze data and information from internal and external sources to analyze training needs and forecast organizational and employee requirements and needs. 7. Design and implement strategically relevant and effective on-the-job and off- the-job training and development programs for organizations. Competences The student should be able to 8. Evaluate, assess, and design talent management and training and development programs in alignment with HR and business strategies. 9. Critically assess and evaluate the suitability of different approaches and teaching methods used in training and development in various external and internal contexts. 10. Critically assess and evaluate the impact of training and development in organizational contexts. 11. Formulate and synthesize general principles for optimizing training and development in organizations.

Course assessment

No assessment found.

Reading material

No reading material found.

Teaching and learning activities

No activities found.

Language of instruction

English

Accounting for derivatives and other financial instruments

V-871-AFLE

ECTS 7,5

Master´s Thesis - partial submission