Teaching code

4S009096

Academic staff

Elena Giaretta, Alessandro Garofalo

Coordinator

Elena Giaretta

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SECS-P/08 - MANAGEMENT

Period

primo semestre (lauree magistrali) dal Oct 5, 2020 al Dec 23, 2020.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The course aims to analyze business creative processes, highlighting their connections with marketing and innovation, with particular attention to product innovation.
Within a theoretical framework that sees creativity as a primary intangible resource to face and promote change, manage problem solving and generate innovation, the reasoning is articulated on different levels, individual, group and organizational, in which it can be declined the development of creativity.
At the end of the course, the student will have acquired: - a basic knowledge of the paradigms of creativity and innovation in marketing; - method indications (mental and technical approaches) to creatively carry out any professional activity, even beyond the marketing sphere, and to develop the creativity of a work team; - awareness of the personal skills to be equipped to generate innovation and change.

Program

Product innovation
- A multidimensional concept
- The importance of product innovation
- Product innovation and competitiveness
- The determinants of product innovation: Novelty, Resolution, Elaboration
- Product innovation and organizational creativity
- The obstacles to product innovation. Not only costs and risks: the brakes to change and creativity killers

Organizational creativity
- The three-dimensionality of corporate creativity: individual, group and organizational factors
- Where good ideas come from: long time, collision, connection and creative failure
- The principles of creativity: breaking of the paradigm, paradox and multisensoriality
- Creative thinking and creative process
- Techniques for developing creativity
- Managerial approaches and soft skills for the creative marketing manager

Marketing and innovation
- The marketing strategies of innovation: timing and positioning
- Product development: from concept generation to market launch
- Creativity and words: the choice of the name, a complex activity
- The role of marketing tests
- Leadership in marketing teams: from leadership of one's ideas to innovation leadership

Reference Books
1. Vicari S., Cillo P., Raccagni D., Product Innovation. Dall'idea al lancio del nuovo prodotto, Egea, Milano, 2013.
2. additional material uploaded to the teaching moodle.

The content of the textbooks, as well as the lessons and exercises, is part of the program. Further in-depth educational material is available during the semester of lesson on the e-learning platform.

(update to 30/06/2020 - The program may be subject to changes)

Examination Methods

The examination will be carried out in remote mode on a zoom platform.
The exam is structured in a written part (compulsory) and in a possible oral part proposed by the teacher in case of doubt. The oral exam can also be requested by the student as a supplement to the written mark.
The written part consists of 5 open but precise questions, which will focus on the textbook, notes (for attending students) and the handouts available on the course moodle.