Innovation Discovery and Technology Transfer

Overview

This unit concentrates on developing students' understanding of the innovation process in the technological context. The unit aims to develop, via the use of industry mentors, a deeper understanding of technological innovation and its adoption and diffusion and how to manage this process.

Requisites

Teaching periods

Location

Start and end dates

Last self-enrolment date

Census date

Last withdraw without fail date

Results released date

Semester 2

Hawthorn

29-July-2024
27-October-2024

11-August-2024

31-August-2024

13-September-2024

03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

Critically evaluate the process frameworks for developing new products
Critically evaluate the generic New Product Development (NPD) Process
Apply entrepreneurship fundamentals to the analysis, design and operation of a customised NPD Process for the development of a new product idea in a particular firm contingency
Manage product development projects and report on milestone achievements
Reflect on problem solving and decision making among people with different disciplinary perspectives

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type	Hours per week	Number of weeks	Total (number of hours)
On-campus Class	2.00	12 weeks	24
Online Lecture	1.00	12 weeks	12
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning	9.50	12 weeks	114
TOTAL			150

Assessment

Type	Task	Weighting	ULO's
Presentation	Individual	10 - 15%	4
Reflection	Individual	25 - 45%	1,2,3,4,5
Report 1	Individual	20 - 25%	2,3,4
Report 2	Individual	25 - 35%	2,3,4

Content

Understand the innovation process in the technology context
Technological innovation and its adaptation and diffusion
Getting in touch with unknown technologies
Knowledge transfer
Developing innovative business ideas
Design of new product or new service

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.