Course detail
Competitive Intelligence
FP-OciPAcad. year: 2020/2021
The course is focused on obtaining of information about competition in legally and ethically way. The aim of the course is to provide students theoretical foundations and methodology necessary for obtaining of information about competition in legally and ethically way. Emphasis is placed on learning the procedures for the analysis of the information obtained as a basic procedure.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Exercises promote the practical mastery of subject presented in lectures or assigned for individual study with the active participation of students.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Credit: elaboration of semester work.
Exam: written form. The student will receive two questions, the answers to which he has a limited time. The exam is classified according to the ECTS scale. In the case of a decision on the distance form, point 3 applies.
Completion of the course for students with individual study:
Credit: elaboration of a semester work, which will be sent to the lecturer.
Exam: written form. The student will receive two questions, the answers to which he has a limited time. The exam is classified according to the ECTS scale. In the case of a decision on the distance form, point 3 applies.
Completion of the course in distance form:
Credit: elaboration of semester work.
Exam: test through e-learning. The exam is classified according to the ECTS scale.
Course curriculum
Intelligence analysis information
Competitive intelligence (CI) cycle
Selected methods for CI
Counter Competitive Intelligence (CCI)
Organizational forms of CI
The process of implementation of CI in the company
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
FULD, L, M. The New Competitor Intelligence. The Complete Resource for Finding, Analysing, and Using Information About Your Competitors. 1995. 482 p. ISBN 0-471-58508-4.
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme MGR-MEO Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
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Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. ACH method-Part 1.
3. ACH method-Part 2.
4. ACH method-Part 3.
5. Validation of Key Assumptions.
6. Background to CI.
7. CI Intelligence Process. Basic Intelligence Process CI.
8. A five-phase model of the intelligence process
9. Time analysis, patent analysis.
10. Counter Competitive Intelligence (CCI).
11. CCI Intelligence, CCI Core Intelligence Process, Five-Phase Model of the CCI Intelligence Process.
12. The process of introducing CI in the enterprise, a news audit, forms of CI deployment.
13. The most common mistakes in introducing CI into an enterprise, the most common causes of CI failure. Trends in CI development.
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Analysis of competing hypotheses Part 2
Analysis of competing hypotheses Part 3
Method of verifying key assumptions Part 1
Method of verifying key assumptions Part 2
CI methods: time analysis, sensitivity analysis.
Counter Competitive Intelligence (CCI).
Elearning