Study Guide

Objective

Having completed this study unit

- You know the innovation process
- You understand how creativity can be utilized and fostered.
- You are able to produce innovative solutions in diverse fields.
- You can utilize several different creative tools and methods in a project environment.
- You understand what future foresight is.
- You are able to produce various future images and evaluate them from different perspectives.
- You know the basics of IP Rights and their use in the innovation process.

Competences: Proactive Development Competence, Responsible Management and Leadership Competence

Content

- innovation process
- tools for idea creation, assessment and developing
- future foresight theory
- future foresight tools and methods
- IPR

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Level 1
Innovation process and its´tools
You know the innovation process and tools and are able to apply them into practise with assistance when creating sustainable, commercialised, customer oriented and viable ideas.
You understand the role of innovations and role of technology and disruptive ideas that create change beyond standard business models.
You know the basics of IP Rights and their use in protecting new ideas and are able to take them into account in innovation process.
You understand the meaning of IP Rights in commercialisation of new ideas.
You are able to create and analyse your own innovation project with assistance.

Level 2
Innovation process and its´tools
You can describe the innovation process and tools with examples and are able to apply some of them independently when creating sustainable, commercialised, customer oriented and viable ideas.
You are able to apply innovations in creating change.
You can describe and give examples of IP Rights and their use in protecting new ideas and are able to take them into account in innovation process.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Level 3
Innovation process and its´tools
You understand the innovation process and tools and are able to apply them.
You are able to utilise innovations in creating change.
You understand the basics of IP Rights and are able to utilise them in innovation process.
You are able to create and analyse your own innovation project.

Level 4
Innovation process and its´tools
You have a command of the innovation process and tools and are able to apply them in a creative way.
You are able to utilise and evaluate innovations in creating meaningful change.
You are able to choose suitable IP Rights tools to protect your idea in the innovation process and justify the choices made.
You are able to create and reflect his/her own innovation project and its outcomes.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Level 5
Innovation process and its´tools
You are able to choose suitable innovation tools and utilise them for his/her innovation project.
You are able to utilise and critically evaluate innovations in creating positive change.
You are able to make an IP strategy for your innovation.
You are able to critically analyse your innovation project and the viability of the idea.