Universität Wien

040105 KU Applied Topics in Marketing: Innovation und Marketing 1 (MA) (2024S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Mittwoch 13.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Mittwoch 20.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Mittwoch 10.04. 15:00 - 18:15 Digital
Mittwoch 17.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Mittwoch 24.04. 15:00 - 18:15 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Mittwoch 15.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a deep understanding of new product development, highlighting the inherent risks and different strategies for overcoming them.

The learning objectives of this course are the following:
• to understand and apply core concepts of new product development
• to recognize critical success factors of new products from both a management and customer perspective
• to understand key issues in positioning new products in the marketplace
• to learn the importance of creativity and improve design thinking abilities
• to enhance cooperation between R&D and marketing in the NPD process

This course covers topics that are theoretically grounded in marketing, innovation, psychology, and management literature.
Using a combination of lectures and real-life cases, this course will examine the challenges and mechanisms for the generation and management of product innovations. Also, it will discuss strategies, structures, people and processes that are required to enhance the development of successful new products.

The course follows the following structure:
- Basics of Innovation and New Product Development (NPD)
- Success and Failure in Product Innovation
- NPD Process: Opportunity Identification and Selection
- NPD Process: Concept Generation - Ideas from Market Research
- NPD Process: Concept Generation - Creativity
- NPD Process: Concept Generation – R&D and Co-creation
- NPD Process: Concept Evaluation and Development
- NPD Process: Launch

The course will consist of interactive and hands-on classes. These lectures are prepared to be dynamic and rely on different learning methods (real-life examples, videos, small group discussions, class competitions, etc).
This course will prepare the students for Innovation II (applied course).

More information here: https://marketing.univie.ac.at/en/teaching/master/

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

The evaluation criteria of the seminar are as follows:
• Participation: 10%
• Midterm: 45%
• Final Exam: 45%

Dictionaries are permitted for written examinations.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Participation: Grades will be based on the quality and quantity of students’ interventions. Students are encouraged to participate regularly and actively.

The final grade is determined as follows:
≥ 80%: 1
≥ 70%: 2
≥ 60%: 3
≥ 50%: 4
< 50%: 5 (fail)

Opportunities to retake missed or unsatisfactorily completed examinations cannot be offered.

Prüfungsstoff

Students are provided with course materials (lectures) and additional readings.

Literatur

Two books are recommended:

• Crawford, Merle, Benedetto, Anthony (2014). New Products Management. McGraw Hill Higher Education.

• Goldenberg, Jacob, Marzursky, David (2002). Creativity in Product Innovation. Cambridge University Press.

You will also be required to read a number of articles on the core issues covered in each session.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Do 11.04.2024 11:25