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Master of Science in
Innovation Management
Professor Ed Nijssen
Program Director
Schedule
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14:30
Introduction by Industria
Meet and greet
Program, specialisations, options,
thesis, etc
Course market
Credit system
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European Credit Transfer System
Based on student estimated workload
1 cp = 28 hrs of workload
Most courses: 5 cp
30 cp in one semester
typically 6 courses per semester
Schedule
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2 semesters
2 periods per semester
8 weeks classes per period
2 weeks exams per period
Interim period
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Realizing succesful
innovations
closed innovation
Science &
Technology
Base
The
Market
Research
Development
open innovation
Open
Market
Licensing
Internal
Technology
Base
Techn. Spin-Offs
New
Market
Current
Market
External
Technology
Base
Technology Insourcing
Source: Henry Chesbrough (2003)
New Products/
Services
Commercializing
Innovations
crossing the
chasm
Find first
customer
Entrepreneurial
or new venturing
Team
Innovation Management
studies
– It requires understanding of different
aspects of the innovation problem
• Process & Project management, including the
decisions involved
• Markets/industries and their technological
developments
• Strategy development at the concern and
business unit level
IM: final
qualifications
• Academic knowledge of design, human and
organizational behavior, and performance of
innovation processes
• Skills to analyse and (re)design business processes
to make firms more innovative
• Act in a multidisciplinary context
• Apply in academia, industry and consulting context
Program structure
Master
Semester
Thesis
4
Thesis Preparation
Semester Term
3 Electives
International
Specialisation
Semester
Courses
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Core
Semester
Courses
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IM Core Courses
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New Product Development
Marketing & Innovation
Project & process management
Human Aspects of Product Development
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Philosophy of Management Science
Research design, data collection and analysis
Design sciene methodology
System Dynamics
Innovation
Management
• Program characteristics:
- All classes conducted in English
- Core courses: 8 x 5 = 40 ECTS
- Electives: 40 ECTS
3 suggested sets of electives
- Master Thesis
Preparation (10 ECTS), Thesis work: (30 ECTS)
www.tue.nl/masterprograms/im
Three suggested sets of
electives
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New Product Development Management
• Knowledge Processes & Management
• Human Performance in Innovative Organizations
• Strategy & Technology management
• Product Life Cycle Management
• Service Engineering & Marketing
Open Innovation
• Strategic Sourcing & Supply Management
• Strategy & Technology Managament
• Innovation Networks
• Innovation & Intellectual property
• Governing Innovation
• E-Business Architectures & Systems
Technology Commercialization & Entrepreneurship
• Technology Entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurial Finance
• Service Engineering & Marketing
• Selling New Products
• Innovation & Intellectual Property
Courses
• Interactive lectures
• Learning by reflection and application
• Master Thesis
– Related to research of the department and its
researchers
– Theory-driven
– Multidisciplinary
 Elsevier (2009): Eindhoven best of technical universities and
Eindhoven Master programs in Industrial Engineering best in the
country
Other courses
• Several other electives inside and outside the
school (check website)
– Accounting and Entrepreneurial finance courses
are highly recommended
– For instance the Brabants Center of
Entrepreneurship will launch several
entreprenship courses here and also at Tilburg
University
Job
market
Electives
Core courses
Link to the Job
Market
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Professional
perspectives
• Innovation process related jobs
- R&D/New Product Development
• Staff member in R&D
analysing and solving specific technical and
organisational problems; process improvement
• Projectleader, innovation manager, director of technology
responsible for managing and coordinating innovation
projects
- Strategy, alliances, intellectual property
- Marketing side of innovation
• Other options include
- Main stream business engineering
- Phd
Thesis topics
Examples of thesis subjects
– Strategic Alliances
• network relationships between a research lab and technology
suppliers
– Entrepreneurship
• success or failures of technopreneurs
– Knowledge Management
• managing knowledge in a product development lab
– Marketing
• service performance of products in the market
• How to motivate sales to sell new products?
– New Product Development
• possibilities to reduce lead time in innovation projects
– Supplier development
• NPD in the relationship between a hi-tech company and three key
suppliers
Mentor system
• Select capacity group at last one year before start of the
Msc Thesis Project (at the end of the first semester!)
• Allocation through application; give preference for
mentor
• Virtual market open during quarters II and IV
– Cannot match earlier
– Must match before end – otherwise mentor will be assigned
• Role of mentor:
– assistance with composition of study program
– advise on study planning; international semester
– assistance with selection and preparation of thesis topic and
thesis proposal (and company if needed)
– supervision of thesis project
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Options within the program
• Semester abroad
– for students with standard program (no deficiencies)
• Pre-doctoral certificate
– for students with objective to start PhD
– extra modules at PhD level, provide exemptions in PhD
program
– only after admission by admission board
– with thesis project conducted on theoretical topic
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More information
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Programme: www.tue.nl/masterprograms/im
• Schedules, exams: http://owinfo.tue.nl
• Course related: http://studyweb.tue.nl
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• Department and program related information :
http://www.tm.tue.nl/education
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Questions?
• Welcome on board!
• We hope you will enjoy your time in the
master program and at TU/e
• If, you want to engage in discussions
and improving the program please
contact Industria's Education
coordinator