Institutional innovation: synthesis of programme outcomes

Report of the work of the Projects funded by the JISC Institutional change/innovation Programme 2008-2010. Report produced by the Synthesis and Benefits Realisation Team linked to the Programme.

Innovation Research

In this sort video, Lorraine Warren, Senior Lecturer in Innovation at the School of Management, describes her research into this topic and outlines potential projects.

The Curriculum Innovation Programme at the University of Southampton: Curriculum design for a post-Browne world

This is a narrated slide presentation of a seminar delivered by Dr. Peter Smith, Associate Dean (Education) Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences/Associate Dean Education and Student Experience Faculty of Social and Human Sciences. The recording lasts around 25 minutes. The seminar was delivered on 30 November, 2010 to the University of Southampton Higher Education Research Group. The presentation reflects the position of the University's Curriculum Innovation Programme as of November 2010/January 2011.

Curriculum Innovation Network Conference - 18th & 19th January 2011

Presentations from the Curriculum Innovation Network Conference that took place on 18th & 19th January 2011 at the University of Southampton. The ambition was to bring together a global network of universities who are engaged in institution-wide curriculum innovation. The focus of the network is to share learning and practice in a collaborative way, to identify best practice and to explore practical solutions to the challenges we face. Keynote speakers from across the world and colleagues from leading universities came together to share their experience on approaches to transforming their curricula and the overall learning experience of their students. The challenges of doing this are significant, and there is much that we can learn from each other as we seek to transform the learning environment of our institutions. We hope that all who attend found these two days of great value in starting and enhancing a global dialogue about education transformation. Additional presentations will be uploaded in due course. Please note the copy right of these presentations remains with the author.

Pharmaceutical innovation, reference pricing and therapeutic classes

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La adopción de un enfoque de trabajo en red: implicaciones en torno al proceso estratégico de las organizaciones

En el mundo actual el enfoque del proceso estratégico es una variable que cada vez va tomando un mayor peso e incidencia en las decisiones de los directores de empresa, sin embargo, poco se ha estudiado sobre esta variable al ser adoptado por los nuevos modelos de cooperación empresarial en las organizaciones. Es por esta razón que esta investigación busca esclarecer la aplicabilidad de las metodologías y herramientas utilizadas en la planeación estratégica de una empresa en una red, además de servir como un primer acercamiento a los aspectos más importantes en la planeación estratégica de una red.

Innovación en tecnologías digitales

El siguiente trabajo es una recopilación de información sobre la tecnología digital y su proceso de evolución hasta nuestros días. Pretende mostrar como la innovación ha sido un motor de cambio en este sector, ideando un nuevo modelo de negocio donde su cadena de valor para llegar al cliente es más rápida, flexible y rentable. El mundo digital abarca múltiples conocimientos y ha revolucionado la sociedad de conocimiento a través de las tecnologías de comunicación, tanto en la academia, el entretenimiento y todas las ciencias. En Colombia la industria digital ha tenido un gran impulso a través del ministerio de tecnología y comunicación y empresas que han motivado e impulsado a emprendedores a desarrollar aplicaciones e incursionar en este mercado que ofrece grandes ventajas competitivas.

Innovation In Games

In this lecture we look at how innovation in games has moved from the creation of new genres, to the incorporation of new technology, that has unlocked new ways to play games. In particular we look at casual and social games, motion controllers, virtual reality, augmented reality, location-based games, mixed reality, and alternate reality.

Estructuración del mapa de emprendimiento de Bogotá: conclusiones y recomendaciones para el Centro de Emprendimiento de la Universidad del Rosario

Esta investigación busca construir un panorama estructural de los centros de emprendimiento con sede en Bogotá, valiéndose de un conjunto de categorías clasificatorias definidas por parte de los investigadores como: servicios ofrecidos, etapas del emprendimiento, sectores de impacto y clasificación por requerimientos mínimos, permitiendo el desarrollo de un patrón de organización de la información. Con el panorama general construido, de manera puntual, la investigación se orienta a una subcategoría ubicada en los centros de emprendimiento constituidos en el ámbito universitario, entendiendo como centros de emprendimiento universitario, las estructuras que tienen por objetivo el apoyo y seguimiento a ideas de negocio de estudiantes, profesores, egresados y personal administrativo según sea el caso. Esto, por considerar no solo la importancia del fortalecimiento en la relación universidad / empresa y la respuesta que debe emanar desde las universidades a las demandas del entorno, sino también por la responsabilidad que representa la creación de empresas para el desarrollo económico de cualquier país.

Relationship between innovation and organizational performance in an emergent market

Several writings explore the organizational innovation and relate its effect on the organizational performance. However, few studies, on the one hand, take into account the technical innovation and the management innovation as dimensions of organizational innovation; and on the other hand, they use these dimensions to analyze its effect on the organizational performance.In this paper, the authors analyze the influence of innovation -including the twodimensions mentioned- on organizational performance. Furthermore, the authors examinethe behavior of organizational characteristics as a moderator variable of this relationship. The study was applied to service sector companies. The results indicate that innovationand technical innovation have an influence on the organization performance, while management innovation does not. This strengthens the argument that asserts companies need to improve the low perception they have about the importance of management innovation,for better performances.

The Intrapreneur Innovation:Led by Medium and Small Size Companies‘Managers*(Qualitative Research)

This research is focused on an exploratory study developed with Pymes managers and theirroles as intrapreneurs. Using their leadership to impel innovation into organizations.Looking to determined how Pymes employers incentive into organizations individuals or groupinnovations. Therefore, it is possible to think that managers lead the innovation process, whichis classified gradually according to companies needs in order to improve their competitiveness.Organization must have intrapreneuring and organized culture with flexible structure to generateindividual autonomy. A characteristic is the amount of capital risk needed; that is why it isnecessary encourage their work and their risk tolerance.