Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Innovation Project Definition and Development (partim I) | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 18h Th, 100h AUTR | ||||||||
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Lecturer :
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| Olivier Lisein | ||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language | ||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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Course contents :
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| The course aims to provide the students with specific analysis tools in core management, areas covered in their innovation projects (finance, marketing, HR, logistics, etc.). In this regard, the course helps students to establish a diagnosis of this function in the company and to refine the management problem to solve (development of the "content" of their project) inviting them to take a critical look at the issue. Initiated during the first year of;the program (part I), this course continues in the second year of the master (part II) during which students are not only encouraged to refine their thinking and to detect transverse issues of their project but also to think about real solutions to problems encountered and to propose relevant and reasoned recommendations to guide the company in operational decision making. | ||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course encourages students to consider the various aspects of management that can be mobilized in the conduct of their specific project, in connection with the issues and challenges discussed in other courses of the "Intrapreneurship and Management of Innovation Projects" program. Student willl have to demonstrate their ability to link and translate the theoretical foundations to corporate reality and that, in a cross and transdisciplinary logic from a diagnostic approach to effective management stage and managerial recommendations. | ||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course is mainly based on participatory methodologies and coaching sessions | ||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| - Regular and obligatory meetings with the professor (and academic leader of the program). Individual coaching of students on the key issues related to their specific innovation project: exchange on the theoretical foundations of their project and on their effective translation in "reall life" situations.
- Regular and obligatory meetings with the program manager who ensure the educational and administrative aspects of the project. - Meetings regarding the project progress in the presence of the mentors of HEC-ULg. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| - Reading portfolio available on the virtual campus Lol@
- Individual research on dedicated documentation (books, scientific articles, professional articles, etc.) in line with the specific innovation project managed by each student |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| - Ongoing evaluation of intermediary assignments requested during the semester (presentations, reports, progress notes, etc.): 10% of the final grade
- Evaluation of the final report : 90% of the final grade - Weighting of the individual evaluation: 100% |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Professor:
Olivier LISEIN, HEC Management School - Univerity of Liege Building B.51 (Sart Tilman campus) / LENTIC, Phone: +32 4 366 30 70, E-Mail: O.Lisein@ulg.ac.be |
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