30 March - 3 April 2009
Innovation is fundamental source of competitive advantage in business and is critical to organisations of all sizes and in all sectors. It changes our thinking and products, is a dynamic, complex and open process, and involves many players and parts of an organisation. Managing innovation requires a sound understanding of the nature of the innovation process, which has changed radically over recent years.
This course equips managers with the skills necessary to lead innovation for sustainable competitive advantage. The course is based on international best practice in innovation leadership and presents an integrated framework to help managers lead innovation within their organisations. Participants will meet with leading innovation industrialists who reveal cutting edge practice in innovation strategy, development and implementation.
Key Benefits
Through attending this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the critical strategic importance of innovation for all organisations
- Demonstrate awareness of the strategic and operational managerial frameworks and tools necessary for innovation leadership
- Develop their own innovation leadership capabilities and assess the unique situation in their own workplaces, as well as analyse current problems and identify possibilities for development in their own context
- Measure and assess the real returns of innovation leadership
- Engage with leading experts who will provide rapid exposure to new ideas, perspectives and ways of thinking about innovation leadership.
Course outline
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Presenters
Dr Tim Kastelle
UQ Business School
Tim Kastelle graduated from Princeton University with a degree in economics. Tim is a lecturer in Innovation Management at UQ Business School and has worked in marketing and management positions in a variety of industries including radio, office equipment, industrial chemicals, higher education and software. Tim's research interest is in applying evolutionary economics to the management of firms. His research areas include the implications of viewing the economy and firms as complex evolving systems.
Dr John Steen
UQ Business School
John Steen is a Senior Lecturer in Strategy and a member of the Innovation Strategy and Leadership research group at UQ Business School. His research and teaching reflects an ongoing interest in intangible resources such as knowledge, ideas and information, and the way they contribute to strategic leadership and sustained competitive advantage. His interest in risk and uncertainty management has been applied to developing business strategies with a range of blue chip corporate companies and he is currently involved in a major international operation on understanding processes of innovation and strategic leadership.
Dr Lance Newey
UQ Business School
Lance Newey's passion is to create and share knowledge that can help improve people's personal and professional experience at work. He contributes to this as a Lecturer in Strategy at UQ Business School. His current research is focused on the tendency to short-termism in publicly-traded firms and the effects on long term tenure.
Who should attend
Senior professionals involved in innovation leadership, line managers with staff responsibilities and general managers who are looking to develop their innovative capabilities.
Venue
This course will be delivered at UQ Business School Downtown, Level 19, Central Plaza One, 345 Queen Street, Brisbane.
This premier UQ Business School location is in the heart of the Brisbane CBD and is equipped with state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities.
Credit towards UQBS postgraduate studies
Students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Executive Leadership may apply to undertake this course for credit towards their postgraduate studies. This course is equivalent to MGTS7711 Innovation Leadership. Students wishing to gain credit must undertake all items of assessment.
Please contact UQBS Student Administration via email to confirm your eligibility and to seek approval to obtain a credit prior to enrolling in the course. All other UQBS postgraduate students interested in enrolling in this course for credit, should contact UQBS Student Administration.
Please contact UQBS Student Administration via email to confirm your eligibility and to seek approval to obtain a credit prior to enrolling in the course. All other UQBS postgraduate students interested in enrolling in this course for credit, should contact UQBS Student Administration.
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Assessment
Course assessment is available to students who wish to complete it. Information regarding the assessment will be made available during the course.
Please note all participants are required to complete a number of non-assessable items and are issued with a participation certificate upon completion of all non-assessable items.
Investment
$4,400 * Fee includes tuition, course materials, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea each day and a formal dinner on Thursday evening.
- * 10% Early Bird Discount applies on or before 23 February 2009.
- Please note GST does not apply to Corporate Education courses.
How to register
Register online OR download the Registration form and return by fax to (07) 3346 7199 or return by mail to: Corporate Education (500), UQ Business School Downtown, Reply Paid 6469, St Lucia Qld 4067.
For further information, please contact UQ Business School Corporate Education, phone (07) 3346 7111 or email Corporate Education.
Course brochure
Download 2009 course brochure (Pdf)
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