Innovation Management

LED5003

The course contains research and practice of innovation management, which are important for organisational development and societal change. The students should acquire knowledge and develop skills and competencies to be able to evaluate and manage innovation processes. The focus is on private firms but a complementary perspective is innovation management in other organisations. The course contains themes such as sources and types of innovation, innovation processes, innovation strategies and innovation teams and the organisation of innovation.

The course is only open to students in the study programmes Master of Science in Business or Master i Entrepreneuship and Business Development.

After the course, the student should have:

Knowledge:

Advanced understanding of different theoretical perspectives on innovation management e.g. sources-, types- and outcomes of innovation, innovation processes, innovation strategies and innovation teams
About factors that promote and hamper innovation in different organizations and settings
About the influence of internal and external factors on innovation processes

Skills:

Discuss management challenges in practice, in relation to strategic development of innovations inside firms and in relation to other external actors
Actively contribute to innovation processes and business development
Discuss and critically reflect for and against innovation in organisations

Competence:

Apply innovation concepts to different types of organisations and settings
Evaluate challenges and outcomes related to the development and management of innovation projects in organisations
Critically assess insights from innovation management research

Paid semester fee and syllabus literature. It is also required that students have a laptop at their disposal.

Main profile, elective course or mandatory course, depending on study program.

The teaching activities are lectures, group work and seminars.

The lectures cover innovation management in research and practice.
The group work contains case analysis connected to lectures.
Seminars cover discussions of case analysis.
Supervision is provided for the group work.

The pedagogical idea is to use a flipped classroom approach with cases and exercises, where the students actively take part in course activities. This requires preparation for lectures and seminars.

Teaching takes place at campus Bodø and online.

The study programme is evaluated annually by students by way of course evaluation studies. These evaluations are included in the universitys quality assurance system.

Composite Assessment, Grading Rule: Letter Grades
Mandatory Assignment 1, counts 0/100 of the grade, grading rule: Approved / Not Approved
Mandatory Assignment 2, counts 0/100 of the grade, grading rule: Approved / Not Approved
Written School Exam, 4 hours, counts 60/100 of the grade, grading rule: Letter Grades
Group Assignment, counts 40/100 of the grade, grading rule: Letter Grades

Both mandatory assignments must be approved in order to submit the group assignment.

Please note that changes in the assessment format may occur. The correct assessment format will be shown in StudentWeb when registering for the relevant course.

Simple calculator. Two bilingual paper dictionaries are allowed.

Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating. Students must otherwise comply with Nord University's guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in studies.

Course language

English

Credits

7.5

Study location

Bodø

Teaching semesters

Spring 2026

Responsible faculty

Nord University Business School

Course coordinator

Professor

Bjørn Willy Åmo

bjorn.w.amo@nord.no