Managing Innovation in Organizations

Managing innovation in organizations

Module tutor: Jarle Moss Hildrum

The aim of this module is to introduce the students to different ways in which private and public organizations manage or otherwise tackle the practice of innovation.During the lectures the students will be introduced to theoretical topics such as organizational learning, innovation process management and the coordination of inter-firm innovation collaborations. We will explore how organizations can use concepts from advertising and design to facilitate internal innovation processes. We will also investigate how innovation can be understood and measured in public sector organizations. In addition, we will examine how resources outside the boundaries of organizations – such as open source communities and public R&D – can affect innovation processes inside organizations.

The module has a strong practical orientation: We will visit three of the largest innovation-active firms in Norway - Telenor, Statkraft and DNV - and discuss how the practice of innovation is handled there.The students will be asked to relate what they have learnt at the TIK course so far directly to some of the innovation challenges that the companies are currently experiencing. Finally, the module incorporates two methodological lecturesaimed at giving the students a flying start in planning and carrying out empirical research for their master theses. These methodological lectures will serve as a preparation for the TIK 4040 methodology course in 2012.

Week 44
Monday 31.October / 0915-1100
1315-1500 / Introduction to the module.
Student presentation techniques
Knowledge management and strategy. / Jarle Hildrum,TIK
Heidi Berg, Norfund / Tidd et al. (2005) chapter 11,Hansen et al. (1999), Haas and Hansen (2007), Von Hippel (2006) chapter 7.
Tuesday 1. November / 0915-1100
1315-1400 / Organizational learning in theory and practice
Innovation and value creation in a large Telecom operator: Preparations for the Telenor visit / Tian Sørhaug, TIK / March (1991),Nonaka (1991)
Fjeldstad et al. (2004)
OECD (2010)
Information about Telenor (Fronter)
Wednesday 2. November / 0915-1100
1315-1500 / Management of open innovation
Open innovation workshop / Martin Wallin, ETH Zurich
Martin Wallin
ETH, Zurich / Chesbrough 2003,
Tidd et al. (2005, Chapter 6), Dahlander and Wallin 2006), Dahlander and Gann (2010)
Thursday 3. November / Reading day
Friday 4. November / 1245-1600 / Company visit: Telenor, Fornebu / Jarle Moss Hildrum, TIK / Telenor EXPO, Telenorsenteret, Snarøyveien 30. 1331 Fornebu. Information about transportation available on Fronter.
Week 45
Monday 07. November / 0915-1100 / Innovation processes and innovation strategy / Jarle Moss Hildrum, TIK / Tidd et al. (2005) chapter 2 and 3,Hansen and Birkinshaw (2007)
Tuesday 08. November / 0915-1100 / Methods: Quantitative methods in ESST & TIK master theses / Jarle Moss Hildrum, TIK
Wednesday 09. November / Reading day
Thursday 10. November / 0915-1000 / Innovation strategy in a large power utility company.
Preparations for Statkraft visit / Jarle Moss Hildrum, TIK / Tidd et al. (2005) ch 2, pp. 65-85 (again)
Zahra and George (2002)
Information about Statkraft. (available on Fronter).
Friday 11. November / 0945-1300 / Company visit: Statkraft Innovasjon, Lilleaker / Jarle Moss Hildrum, TIK / Lilleakerveien 6
0283 Oslo
Transport details available on Fronter
Week 46
Monday 14. November / 0915-1100 / Innovation in global service organizations. Preparation for DNV visit / Jarle Moss Hildrum, TIK / Information about DNV available on Fronter
Tuesday 15. November / 0915-1100
1315-1500 / Using concepts from advertising to promote innovation
Workshop on branding and innovation / Morten Kristiansen
Senior advisor
Dinamo Design
Morten Kristiansen / Tidd et al. (2005) Chapter 7, Ensor et al. (2001)
Wednesday 16. November / 0915-1100 / Methods: How to find a research question, build a model and get a flying start with your thesis work / Jarle Moss Hildrum, TIK / Lave and March (1993), ch 1, pp. 2-49)
Copies available in the ESST reading room
Thursday 17. November / 0915-1130 / Innovation in public organizations – theories and measurement / Markus Bugge,
NIFU
Riche Vestby, KS Innovasjon og Utvikling / Rolfstam et al. 2011
St.meld. nr. 7 (2008-2009) Ch.8: pp. 123-140
Windrum (2000) copies available in the ESST reading room
Friday 18. November / 0845 -1500 / Company visit – Det Norske Veritas, Høvikodden / Jarle Moss Hildrum, TIK / Veritas-senteret (Hovedkontor), Veritasveien 1 1322 Høvik. Transport details available on Fronter

Literature

Books to be purchased by the students

Tidd, J., Bessant, J and K. Pavitt (2005) Managing innovation. Integrating technological, market and organizational change. John Wiley, Chichester England.

Free electronic books

Von Hippel, E. (2006) Democratizing Innovation. The MIT Press, Cambridge MA.

This book can be printed out for free at

Journal articles available in the compendium

Chesbrough, H.W. (2003) The Era of Open Innovation, MIT Sloan management Review, Spring 2003

Dahlander, L. and M. W. Wallin (2006) A man on the inside: Unlocking communities as complementary assets. Research Policy 35: 1243–1259

Hansen, M. T., Nohria, N. and T. Tierney (1999) What’s your strategy for managing knowledge. Harvard Business Review, March-April (1999).

Jeppesen, L. B. & Molin, M. (2003). Consumers as Co-developers: Learning and Innovation Outside the Firm. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 15(3), 363 – 383.

Lam, A. (2005) Organizational Innovation. In J. Fagerberg, R. R. Nelson and D. C. Mowery The Oxford Handbook of Innovation. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 119-141.

March, J. G. (1991) Exploration and exploitation in organizational learning. Organization Science 2(1): 71-87.

Swan, J., S. Newell, H. Scarbrough and D. Hislop (1999) Knowledge management and innovation: networks and networking. Journal of Knowledge Management, Volume 3 . Number 4 . 1999 . pp. 262-275.

Teece, D. J., Pisano, G., & Shuen, A. (1997). Dynamic capabilities and strategic management. Strategic Management Journal, 18(7), 509-533.

Journal articles and reports available as PDFs in Fronter

Nonaka, I. (1991) The Knowledge-creating Company. Harvard Business Review, November-December, pp. 96-104.

Hansen M. T. and J. Birkinshaw (2007) ’The Innovation Value Chain.’ Harvard Business Review, April 2007 (reprint R0706)

Haas, M. and M. T. Hansen (2007) Different knowledge, different benefits: toward a productivity perspective on knowledge sharing in organizations. Strategic Management Journal 28(11), pp. 1133-1153.

Dahlander, L. and D. M. Gann( 2010) How open is innovation? Research Policy 39: 699-709.

Ensor, J., Cottam, A. and C. Band (2001) Fostering knowledge management through the creative work environment: a portable model from the advertising industry. Journal of Information Science 27(3): 147-155.

Fjeldstad, Ø. (2004) Strategic action in network industries. Scandinavian Journal of Management 20 (1-2): 173-196.

Zahra, S. and G. George (2002) Absorptive Capacity: A Review, Reconceptualization, and Extension.Academy of Management Journal 27(2): 185-203

OECD (2010) The economic and social role of digital intermediaries. Report, OECD Paris.

Book chapter copies available in ESST / TIK reading room

March, J. G. and C. A. Lave (1993) An introduction to models in the social sciences. University Press of America. Lanham, Maryland, US.