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INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILO)
ILO 1: KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
ILO 1.a
The student acquires advanced knowledge and understanding of models for new product development and innovation management within enterprises;
ILO 1.b
The student acquires advanced knowledge and understanding of business analysis tools and solutions for the development of innovations and organisational knowledge;
ILO 1.c The student acquires advanced knowledge and understanding of innovation economics models and systems for regional innovation development;
ILO2: ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
ILO 2.a
Ability to acquire and select information that may be relevant from an entrepreneurial point of view, also in economic-productive contexts different from those studied;
ILO 2.b
Ability to select business economics models, suitable for the appropriate analysis of a specific economic-social and productive context;
ILO 2.c
Ability to acquire and select relevant information to frame cases of innovation (product, service, social, managerial organisational), also different from the studied contexts;
ILO 2.d
Ability to select product development models, suitable to appropriately analyse a specific economic-productive context ;
ILO 2.e
Ability to classify, analyse specific innovations and assess their potential;
ILO 2.f
Ability to select innovation management and organisational knowledge development models, suitable for a specific economic-social-productive context, such as digital transformation, resilience and sustainability;
ILO 2.g
Ability to select the tools for innovation management and organisational knowledge development, consistent with the models deemed appropriate;
ILO 2.h
Ability to propose and implement strategic and operational courses of action to foster the development of innovations by a company;
ILO 2.i
Ability to assess the potential of an innovation within existing companies compared to the creation of a new company (e.g., intrapreneurship, open innovation, etc.).
ILO 3: AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT
ILO 3.a
Acquire the ability to analyse complex entrepreneurial problems, such as the elaboration and evaluation of an entrepreneurial project (business plan) or the development of a new product;
ILO 3.b
Project-based training is particularly suitable for developing autonomy of judgement with respect to situations and problems typical of innovation management and the creation of new businesses.ILO 3.c
Autonomy of judgement is developed in the training activities carried out for the preparation of the thesis, as well as in the exercises that accompany the lectures and that involve group discussions and the comparison of individual analyses carried out by students in preparation for the lecture.
ILO 4: COMMUNICATION SKILLS
ILO 4.a
Acquire the ability to describe and communicate in an intercultural context, in a clear and precise manner, problematic situations typical of the management of a new enterprise and the development of innovation, such as, for example, the conditions for the validation of a problem or solution, the prospects and risks associated with a business model or an innovation project. The development of communication competences assumes heterogeneous situations such as, for example, the presence of internal stakeholders (e.g. colleagues, managers, owners), or external stakeholders (e.g. potential investors, suppliers and other business partners) and the ability to sustain an adversarial process;
ILO 4.b
The achievement of these objectives is assessed in the course of the training activities already mentioned, as well as in the discussion of the final thesis.
ILO 5: LEARNING SKILLS
ILO 5.a
Acquire the ability to study independently, to prepare summaries;
ILO 5.b
Acquire the ability to identify thematic connections and to establish relationships between different cases and contexts of analysis;
ILO 5.c
Acquire the ability to frame a new problem systematically and to generate appropriate taxonomie.
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Knowledge and understanding:
- To obtain a good understanding of innovation
process;
- To know in depth Google Design Sprint as an
innovation approach.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
- To be able to conduct customer discovery and
validation;
- To be able to experiment iterative product releasing
and validating the results;
- To be able to apply various techniques and tools to
support an innovation process;
- To be able to define work objectives compatible with
the time and resources available.
Making judgments:
- To be able to evaluate a business idea and construct a
corresponding business model;
- To be able to operate and make decisions in chaos
with insufficient data.
Communication skills:
- To be able to present the contents of an innovation
project to an audience, including non-specialists, at a
fixed time;
- To be able to coordinate a project team and to
identify activities needed to achieve project objectives.
Learning skills:
- To be able to identify and obtain, independently,
information and data relevant to an innovative
project;
- To be able to extend knowledge, even if incomplete,
taking into account the final objective of the project.
Students work in teams on innovation challenges defined
by innovative firms or institutions identified and selected
by NOI Techpark. Students learn how to approach a new
problem, frame it as an opportunity for innovation, and
design and validate a prototype of solution.
In addition, students acquire professional skills and
knowledge to define and validate a sustainable business
model.
While working on a specific innovation challenge, the
students learn how to use the google design sprint
method and various design thinking tools, as well as to
reflect on the acquisition of entrepreneurial competences.