Course detail

Innovations Management

FP-ipPAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course focuses on innovation process and the position of innovations in entrepreneurial strategy

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. František Bartes, CSc.

Department

Institute of Economics (ÚE)

Entry knowledge

Fundamentals of the organization and managerial functions of the company

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course completion:
Credit: elaboration of semester work.
Exam: The exam can have either:                                              a) a written form. The student receives two questions for which he has a limited time to answer. The exam is classified according to the ECTS scale.                                   b) form of test through e-learning. The exam is classified according to the ECTS scale. Students will be informed about the form of the exam at the beginning of the semester.

Completion of the course for students with individual study:
Credit: elaboration of a semester work, which will be sent to the lecturer.
Exam: The exam can have either: a) a written form. The student receives two questions for which he has a limited time to answer. The exam is classified according to the ECTS scale. b) form of test through e-learning. The exam is classified according to the ECTS scale. Students will be informed about the form of the exam at the beginning of the semester

Completion of the course in distance form:
Exam: test through e-learning. The exam is classified according to the ECTS scale.


Control of results of independent work on specified tasks. Excused absence from seminars make be compensated for via additional condition set by the teacher, usually via elaboration of partial written task.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to provide students with the theoretical foundations and methodology necessary for the preparation and realization of innovation process emphasizing the creation of suitable conditions for innovations and the use of the most suitable innovation technologies.
Students will have a clear idea of modern methods applied when preparing and implementing an innovative process in the given company.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BARTES, F. Inovace v podniku. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o., 2008. 125 s. ISBN: 978-80-214-3634-3. (CS)
VALENTA,F. Inovace v manažerské praxi. Praha: Velryba, 2001. (CS)

Recommended reading

DRUCKER, P.F. Inovace a podnikavost. Praha: Management Press, 1992. ISBN 80 – 85603 – 29 – 2. (CS)
PITRA, Z. Příprava a provádění organizačních změn. Praha: Grada, 1998. ISBN 80 – 7169 – 623 – 4. (CS)
VLČEK,R. Hodnota pro zákazníka. Praha: Management Press, 2002. ISBN 80 – 7261 – 068 – 6. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-SRP Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. František Bartes, CSc.

Syllabus

Topics of lectures are as follows:
- Resources of innovative opportunities
- Innovations implementation principles
- Creating innovation spirit in the company
- Principles of a new project creation and management
- Innovative Entrepreneurial Strategies
- Kondratyev cycle and related theories
- Strategy of science and technology development today
- Value Management.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. František Bartes, CSc.

Syllabus

The seminars are focused on practising the lectured topics and elaboration of case studies (both individually and in teams).