14720 - Technology and Innovation Management Modulübersicht

Module Number: 14720
Module Title:Technology and Innovation Management
  Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement
Department: Faculty 3 - Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Energy Systems
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm, Benno
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:After completing this module, students will be able to:
  • Apply key concepts and tools of Technology and Innovation Management (according to contents)
  • Select and confidently apply appropriate methods of Technology and Innovation Management
  • Independently expand their knowledge in Technology and Innovation Management
  • Analyse and structure complex tasks in Technology and Innovation Management
  • Generate and implement new ideas in Technology and Innovation Management
  • Continually prepare and evaluate source material of Technology and Innovation Management
  • Assess current trends in Technology and Innovation Management
  • Present ideas and concepts confidently and convincingly
Contents:Innovation as a Strategic Imperative
  • Degrees of Innovation
  • Classifications of Innovations
  • Requirements for the Management of Radical Innovations
  • Success Factors of Innovation Management
  • Evaluation of Innovation Projects
  • Innovation Strategies for Industry
Innovation Management
  • Management of the Innovation Process
  • Using Internal and External Sources for Innovation
  • Corporate Structures and Cultures Conducive to Innovation
  • Systematization of the Innovation Process
  • Innovation Funnel
  • Dimensions of Innovation Management
Practical Problems and Case Studies
  • Technology Management
  • Formulating R&D Strategies
  • Technological Competitive Analysis
  • Technological Forecasting
R&D Investment Decisions
  • R&D Portfolio Management
  • External Technology Procurement
  • R&D Alliances and M&A
  • Management of Foreign R&D Units
  • Research Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • R&D Personnel Management
  • External Technology Exploitation and Patent Management
Recommended Prerequisites:None
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Seminar / 4 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Study project / 60 Hours
  • Self organised studies / 60 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:
  • Trott, P.: Innovation Management & New Product Development, 2017
  • Floyd, Ch.: Managing technology for corporate success, 1997
  • Tidd, J. et al: Managing Innovation, 2018
  • Afuah,A.: Innovation Management, 2003
  • Utterback, J.: Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation, 1994
  • Case studies will be announced at the beginning of the course
Module Examination:Continuous Assessment (MCA)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:
  • Five individual exercises (one written page each) for 2% each (total 10%)
  • Group exercise A (approx. 6 written pages) with presentation (approx. 30 minutes) for 10%
  • Group exercise B (approx. 6 written pages) with presentation (approx. 30 minutes) for 10%
  • Written exam of 85 minutes for 70%
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:40
Part of the Study Programme:
  • Master (research-oriented) / Angewandte Mathematik / PO 2019 - 1. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Angewandte Naturwissenschaften / PO 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Angewandte Naturwissenschaften - dual / PO 2025
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Angewandte Naturwissenschaften - dual / PO 2025
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Double Degree / Architektur / PO 2014 - 1. SÄ 2016
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Architektur / PO 2022
  • Master (research-oriented) / Artificial Intelligence / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2024
  • Master (research-oriented) / Bauen und Erhalten / PO 2007
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Extended Semester / Bauingenieurwesen / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Bauingenieurwesen / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Bauingenieurwesen / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Extended Semester / Bauingenieurwesen / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Bauingenieurwesen - dual / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Bauingenieurwesen - dual / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Bauingenieurwesen - dual / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Bau- und Kunstgeschichte / PO 2022
  • Master (research-oriented) / Bau- und Kunstgeschichte / PO 2025
  • Bachelor (applied) / Betriebswirtschaftslehre / PO 2017 - 1. SÄ 2019
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Betriebswirtschaftslehre / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Betriebswirtschaftslehre / PO 2024
  • Master (research-oriented) / Betriebswirtschaftslehre / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Betriebswirtschaftslehre - dual / PO 2019
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Betriebswirtschaftslehre - dual / PO 2024
  • Bachelor (applied) / Biotechnologie / PO 2018 - 2. SÄ 2024
  • Master (applied) / Biotechnology / PO 2018
  • Master (applied) - Extended Semester / Biotechnology / PO 2018
  • Master (research-oriented) / Chemistry: Materials, Engineering and Sustainability / PO 2025
  • Master (research-oriented) / Cyber Security / PO 2017 - 1. SÄ 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Digitale Gesellschaft / PO 2022
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / eBusiness / PO 2007
  • Master (research-oriented) / eBusiness / PO 2007 - 2. SÄ 2012
  • Bachelor (applied) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2018 - 2. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2014
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2019 - 1. SÄ 2020
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2022
  • Master (applied) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2022
  • Master (applied) - Extended Semester / Elektrotechnik / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2022
  • Master (research-oriented) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2019 - 1. SÄ 2020
  • Master (research-oriented) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2023
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Elektrotechnik - dual / PO 2018 - 2. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Elektrotechnik - dual / PO 2018 - 2. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Elektrotechnik - dual / PO 2022
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Elektrotechnik - dual / PO 2022
  • Bachelor (applied) / Hebammenwissenschaft / PO 2021
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Hebammenwissenschaft / PO 2021
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Hebammenwissenschaft / PO 2021
  • Master (research-oriented) / Hybrid Electric Propulsion Technology / PO 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Informatik / PO 2008 - 2. SÄ 2024
  • Master (research-oriented) / Informatik / PO 2008 - 3. SÄ 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Informations- und Medientechnik / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (applied) / Instrumental- und Gesangspädagogik / PO 2019 - 2. SÄ 2024
  • Master (research-oriented) / Klimagerechtes Bauen und Betreiben / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Kultur und Technik / PO 2017
  • Master (research-oriented) / Kultur und Technik / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Künstliche Intelligenz / PO 2022
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Künstliche Intelligenz Technologie / PO 2022
  • Master (research-oriented) / Künstliche Intelligenz Technologie / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Landnutzung und Wasserbewirtschaftung / PO 2017
  • Master (research-oriented) / Landnutzung und Wasserbewirtschaftung / PO 2018
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Life Science and International Health / PO 2025
  • Bachelor (applied) / Maschinenbau / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2019
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Maschinenbau / PO 2006 - 2. SÄ 2008
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Maschinenbau / PO 2021
  • Master (applied) / Maschinenbau / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2021
  • Master (applied) - Extended Semester / Maschinenbau / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2021
  • Master (research-oriented) / Maschinenbau / PO 2006 - 2. SÄ 2012
  • Master (research-oriented) / Maschinenbau / PO 2023
  • Master (research-oriented) - Reduced Semester / Maschinenbau / PO 2023
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Maschinenbau - dual / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2019
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Maschinenbau - dual / PO 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Maschinenbau - dual / PO 2021
  • Master (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Place / Maschinenbau - dual / PO 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Materialchemie / PO 2018
  • Master (research-oriented) / Materialchemie / PO 2018
  • Master (research-oriented) / Mathematical Data Science / PO 2025
  • Master (research-oriented) / Mathematics / PO 2025
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Mathematik / PO 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Mathematik - dual / PO 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Medizininformatik / PO 2016 - 1. SÄ 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Medizintechnik / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Medizintechnik - dual / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2024
  • Master (research-oriented) / Micro- and Nanoelectronics / PO 2024
  • Bachelor (applied) / Pflegewissenschaft / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (applied) / Pflegewissenschaft / PO 2020
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Pflegewissenschaft / PO 2020
  • Bachelor (applied) / Pflegewissenschaft / PO 2025
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Pflegewissenschaft / PO 2025
  • Master (research-oriented) / Physics / PO 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Physik / PO 2021
  • Master (research-oriented) / Physik / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2021
  • Master (research-oriented) / Power Engineering / PO 2016 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Bachelor (applied) / Soziale Arbeit / PO 2018
  • Bachelor (applied) / Soziale Arbeit / PO 2020 - 1. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (applied) - Double Degree / Soziale Arbeit / PO 2020 - 1. SÄ 2021
  • Master (applied) / Soziale Arbeit / PO 2018
  • Master (applied) / Soziale Arbeit / PO 2020 - 1. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (applied) / Therapiewissenschaften / PO 2017
  • Master (research-oriented) / Transformation Studies / PO 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Umweltingenieurwesen / PO 2006 - 3. SÄ 2018
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Umweltingenieurwesen / PO 2021
  • Master (research-oriented) / Umweltingenieurwesen / PO 2012 - 2. SÄ 2018
  • Master (research-oriented) / Umweltingenieurwesen / PO 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Umweltwissenschaften / PO 2025
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Umweltwissenschaften - dual / PO 2025
  • Master (research-oriented) / Urban Design and Sustainable Revitalization / PO 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Wirtschaftsinformatik / PO 2024
  • Bachelor (applied) / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / PO 2018 - 2. SÄ 2021
  • Master (applied) / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Master (applied) - Extended Semester / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen - dual / PO 2018 - 2. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Wirtschaftsmathematik / PO 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Wirtschaftsmathematik - dual / PO 2023
 This module has been approved for the general studies.
Remarks:None
Module Components:
  • Seminar Technology and Innovation Management
  • Projekt Technology and Innovation Management
Components to be offered in the Current Semester: