Leading a Global Innovation Strategy (AMBA)

2 credits · Owen Graduate School of Management

This course introduces students to the best practices for leading innovation initiatives in individuals, groups and organizations. Students will learn how to manage creativity, innovation, and change by avoiding potential failures before they occur. Upon completion students will be able to: assess their organizations (and their own) innovation capacity, to diagnose the constraints that stand in the way of a successful innovation, and to develop successful innovation strategies for their organizations. Throughout the course students will learn and apply practical methods for generating meaningful ideas, assessing them, and building execution plans. While the course considers examples of technological l innovation, technology is not the focus. This is a course about managing the people who are engaged in the risky processes of innovation and change in organizations. The course has an online lecture component, and students will complete a project during the Vanderbilt residency. Enrollment is strictly limited to students in the AMBA Executive MBA program. [2]