Overview

This unit concentrates on developing students' understanding of the innovation process in the technological context. The unit aims to develop, via the use of industry mentors, a deeper understanding of technological innovation and its adoption and diffusion and how to manage this process.

Requisites

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Critically evaluate the process frameworks for developing new products
  • Critically evaluate the generic New Product Development (NPD) Process
  • Apply entrepreneurship fundamentals to the analysis, design and operation of a customised NPD Process for the development of a new product idea in a particular firm contingency
  • Manage product development projects and report on milestone achievements
  • Reflect on problem solving and decision making among people with different disciplinary perspectives

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Class		2.00 12 weeks 24
Online
Lecture		1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PresentationIndividual 10 - 15% 4 
ReflectionIndividual 25 - 45% 1,2,3,4,5 
Report 1Individual 20 - 25% 2,3,4 
Report 2Individual 25 - 35% 2,3,4 

Content

  • Understand the innovation process in the technology context
  • Technological innovation and its adaptation and diffusion
  • Getting in touch with unknown technologies
  • Knowledge transfer
  • Developing innovative business ideas
  • Design of new product or new service

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.