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IB3L6-24 Digital Innovation Project 2

Department
Warwick Business School
Level
Undergraduate Level 3
Module leader
Sue Newell
Credit value
24
Module duration
19 weeks
Assessment
100% coursework
Study location
University of Warwick main campus, Coventry

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Introductory description

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Module aims

To enable students to harvest knowledge already gained on the previous two years of their course and apply this in a practical context of a digital innovation project.
To ground students in the concepts, theories, practical cases and examples and a project challenge of applying digital innovation in practice
To practice digital innovation skills, preparing students for a world increasingly defined and influence by the digital world; this will be achieved by encourage reflection on both theory and practice, application of theory in a practical way, developing and using critical perspectives, working collaborative yet also learning how to operate individually in group contexts.

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

The main aim of the module is to learn how to use collaborate, creative, design digital technology, and entrepreneurial skills to develop a new digital innovation concept with business potential. Themes and topics will include:

  • Core concepts and models of innovation, and then specifically, models of, and approaches to digital innovation.
  • Underlying concepts around technological change and innovation such as: paradigm theory, the concept of “disruption”, futurist visions of digital innovation and change such as Kurzwel’s The Technological Singularity.
  • Models of, and approaches to Design Thinking applied to Digital Innovation.
  • The core concept of “disruptive change”.
  • Approaches to Technology Forecasting and Assessment, applied to the digital world.
  • The Context and theory of Digital Transformation.
  • Evolving themes of digital innovation e.g. Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Big Data, The Internet of Things, Cybersecurity, Horizontal Trust innovation such as Blockchain.
  • New approaches to digital innovation such as agile prototyping, scrum methods and hackathons.
  • Organising for Digital Innovation in both large corporations and startups, including new models of organisation design such as Holacracy.
  • Ethical and sustainability issues in digital innovation.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

  • Analyse and assess digital innovation processes.
  • Develop their design and problem-solving skills.
  • Design thinking.

Indicative reading list

Anders Hjalmarsson, A., Juell-Skielse, G, and Johannesson, P., 2017, Open Digital Innovation A Contest Driven Approach Progress in IS, Springer,
Kim, W.C., and Mauborgne, R. 2015. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press
Levy, J.,2015, UX Strategy: How to Devise Innovative Digital Products that People Want, O’Reilly Media
Levy, P. 2015, Digital Inferno, Clairview Books
Maximini, D., 2018, The Scrum Culture: Introducing Agile Methods in Organizations (Management for Professionals), Springer
Nambisan, S, Lyytinen K. Majchrzak A, and Song M., - Mis Quarterly, 2017, Digital innovation management: Reinventing innovation management research in a digital world. - misq.org
Whittington, D.,2018, Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Cambridge University Press

Subject specific skills

Develop their design and entrepreneurial skills.
Acquire practical skills related to develop a digital innovation concept and prototype.
Learn tools for design of digital innovations.

Transferable skills

Teamwork - communication, working in home teams, though assessment is individually focused.

Study time

Type Required
Lectures 20 sessions of 1 hour (8%)
Seminars 18 sessions of 2 hours (15%)
Private study 74 hours (31%)
Assessment 110 hours (46%)
Total 240 hours

Private study description

Private Study.

Costs

No further costs have been identified for this module.

You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.

Assessment group A1
Weighting Study time Eligible for self-certification
Assessment component
Individual Project (24 CATS) 60% 66 hours Yes (extension)
Reassessment component is the same
Assessment component
Presentation 20% 22 hours No
Reassessment component is the same
Assessment component
Individual Reflective Essay 20% 22 hours Yes (extension)
Reassessment component is the same
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Courses

This module is Core for:

  • Year 3 of UIBA-N212 Undergraduate Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship