Advanced Seminar (MSc) Innovation & Entrepreneurship: (The Internet of Things – Innovation, convergence, and business implications)

Lecturer (assistant)
Number0000002801
TypeSeminar
Duration4 SWS
TermSommersemester 2017
Language of instructionEnglish
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Dates

Admission information

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Note: The registration for the seminars of the TUM School of Management is NOT available via TUMonline, but via the new seminar placement tool (https://seminars.wi.tum.de/). Registration period: 27.02. – 12.03.17. Please note that until the beginning of the registration period there will be no seminars visible on https://seminars.wi.tum.de. Eligible students: SBWL TUM-BWL Master TUM-BWL/TUM-WIN/TUM-WiTec/TUM-NAWI MBA Schwerpunktmodul Consumer Affairs Integrationsfach (Slot: Innovations- und Technologiemanagement) Erasmus If there are more applications than places, we will select the seminar participants based on the application material provided. You will be notified until 4th April 2017 whether you have received a place in this seminar.

Objectives

After having successfully finished this module, students are able to independently structure and write a scientific article, and critically evaluate theoretical findings. Students deepen their knowledge of the innovation management literature in general, and with regards to their seminar paper topic. Students are able to present and discuss their scientific results.

Description

This seminar prepares you for your Master thesis. You will choose a topic in one of the given topic areas or an adjacent topic area and develop a research question that you seek to answer in your seminar paper. You will write a seminar paper, present your work in class, and discuss a fellow student’s seminar paper. The goal of the seminar is to practice relevant skills for your Master thesis. These skills include, among others: framing a topic, identifying the relevant conversation in the literature, critically reviewing the literature, practicing empirical methods of research through case studies or interviews, and reflecting on your own work. You will practice scientific writing, presenting, and discussing. Students will deepen their knowledge of innovation management in general and attain specialist knowledge on their selected topic. This term’s topic is “The Internet of Things – Innovation, convergence, and business implications”. For more information on suggested topic areas as well as a preliminary schedule, please refer the following document on our website: https://www.tim.wi.tum.de/index.php?id=advanced-seminar

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge in technology and innovation management, e.g. through courses such as Technology and Innovation Management: Introduction and/or Advanced Technology and Innovation Management

Teaching and learning methods

The module consists of a seminar. During the seminar, the students learn fundamental skills for approaching and structuring a scientific paper, both through a lecture by the supervisor and continuous coaching for the term of the seminar. Students learn about the structure of a scientific paper, and train crucial skills for their Master thesis. During the seminar, students independently work with scientific literature in their respective topic area in the field of innovation management. Students present their work and give feedback to their colleagues. The topic of the seminar changes each semester. Please refer to our chair's homepage for further information about the current topic: https://www.tim.wi.tum.de/index.php?id=advanced-seminar

Examination

Grading is based on a written seminar paper (60%), the presentation of the seminar paper (30%), and a presentation reviewing another participant's paper (10%). In order to receive a grade, you will need to complete all three obligatory assignments. The presentation and the discussion of another term paper take 30 minutes in total. The grading mirrors the two main pillars of the learning outcomes of the module: the presentation of scientifically conducted research on a topic in innovation management in written and oral form.

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