MOOC Basic Innovation Management Principles Flashcards
Innovation definition
Act of introducing a new device, method, or material for application to commercial or practical objectives
Innovation management definition
How organisations and their employees manage their innovation activities
Innovation management includes:
- Activity of formulating new innovation strategy
- Ensures that employees can be creative and come up with new ideas
- Actual execution of innovation projects
Product, service and process innovation
Product - tangible product
Service - intangible
Process - innovation in way firm conducts activities
Incremental innovations
Innovations just slightly different from solutions that already exist
Radical innovations
New and very different from solutions that already exist
Modular innovation
Changing a component without changing system configuration
Architectural innovation
Change in system-wide configuration and how its components interact