Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Áreas Científicas |
Classificação |
Área Científica |
OFICIAL |
Business Science and Communication |
Ocorrência: 2023/2024 - 1S
Ciclos de Estudo/Cursos
Sigla |
Nº de Estudantes |
Plano de Estudos |
Anos Curriculares |
Créditos UCN |
Créditos ECTS |
Horas de Contacto |
Horas Totais |
LTAM |
52 |
Plano de Estudos 2016/17 |
3 |
- |
3 |
45 |
81 |
Docência - Responsabilidades
Língua de trabalho
Portuguese
Objetivos
- Understand processes and innovation models, sources and threats, and how innovation spreads;
- Explain the role of innovation on competitiveness and its impact on products and services;
- Understand the process of creation and development of new ideas;
- Diagnose and conduct feasibility studies to create a new company; Develop a business plan;
- Understand the process of enterprise /company creation and monitor the progress and development of a company.
Resultados de aprendizagem e competências
- Know how to apply creativity techniques (idea generation)
- Understand the innovation process (from idea to product/service)
- Identify entrepreneurial opportunities and develop proactivity
- Be able to assess the opportunities and risk of innovation and entrepreneurship and envisage future directions
- Know how to analyse and solve problems related to the creation of a company
- Develop the ability to make decisions
- Know how to communicate properly (presentation, negotiation, networking)Improve the capacity to work in teams
- Understand the terminology and theoretical instruments of innovation and entrepreneurship
- Understand the challenges, opportunities and risks of innovation and entrepreneurship
- Know the incentives and barriers to innovation and the success and failure factors of entrepreneurial activity
- Know how to identify relevant partners and integrate knowledge networks
Modo de trabalho
Presencial
Pré-requisitos (conhecimentos prévios) e co-requisitos (conhecimentos simultâneos)
not applicable
Programa
1 - Innovation Management
Introduction and basic concepts. Innovation process/ models. Sources and threats to innovation. Spread of innovation.
2 - The Innovative Organization
Innovation opportunities. Innovation and Competitiveness. Innovation Process. Features and Routines of Innovative Organizations. Innovation and the organizational structure. New organizational models. Certification of P&DI
3 - Strategies for Innovation
Innovation strategies. Different typologies.
4 - The Entrepreneurial Activity
Conceptualization and terminology. The social and economic importance of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship and economic growth. Creativity, innovation and technology and its relation to entrepreneurship.
5 - The entrepreneurial process: from idea to practice; Analysis of the idea and business promoters’ potential. Analysis of external constraints. Definition of competitive strategy. The sources of funding.
6 - The implementation of the project; How to build a Business Plan.
Bibliografia Obrigatória
Audretsch D. ; Entrepreneurship: A Survey of the Literature, Institute for Development Strategies, Indiana University & Centre for Economic Policy,, 2002
Dantas, J. ; Gestão da inovação, Vida Económica, 2001. ISBN: 9789727880515
Sarkar, S.; Empreendedorismo e Inovação, Escolar Editora, 2014. ISBN: 9789725924068
Oliveira, A.; Criação de empresas, Edweb, Anje, 2008
Duarte, C., e Esperança, J.; Empreendedorismo e Planeamento Financeiro, Edições Sílabo, 2012. ISBN: 9789726187837
Eric Ries; Lean Startup, Prime Books, 2012. ISBN: 9789896551759
Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y.; Criar Modelos de Negócio, D. Quixote, 2011. ISBN: 9789722044974
Bibliografia Complementar
Godinho, M.M.; Inovação em Portugal, Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, 2014. ISBN: 978 989 866 236 1
Tidd J., Bessant J., Pavitt K.,; Gestão da Inovação, Integração das mudanças tecnológicas, de trabalho e organizacionais, Monitor. ISBN: 9789729413582
Martins, J.; À descoberta do novo: Empreendedorismo e intra-empreendedorismo, Edições Sílabo, 2017. ISBN: 9789726188797
Smith, D.; Pense como um empreendedor, Vogais, 2021. ISBN: 9789726188797
Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem
This is a theoretical-practical curricular unit, based on the study and understanding along with the discussion of different issues / cases. A range of different topics / cases are given to a group of students, who will analyze and discuss them. This course involves a hands-on activity that includes the preparation of a business plan and the creation of a virtual company, tasks that will require intense work throughout the semester.
The Moodle platform will be used for the development of the most important activities, such as: forums for discussion of topics, clarification of doubts, repository of study materials, delivery of student work, disclosure of assessment results, formative activities.
Tipo de avaliação
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Componentes de Avaliação
Designation |
Peso (%) |
Teste |
35,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
65,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Componentes de Ocupação
Designation |
Tempo (Horas) |
Estudo autónomo |
12,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
45,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
24,00 |
Total: |
81,00 |
Obtenção de frequência
According to the General Assessment Standards and the decisions of the Pedagogical Council.
Students who intend to attend continuous assessment must be enrolled in one of the classes of the subject and must have their situation in order.
Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final
The assessment in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship subject results from the weighted average of the above elements, i.e:
(Ti1+Ti2)/2*0,35+TG*0,65.
Ti - Individual test
TG - Written work.
Final test average ≥ 9,5 values
The failure to perform and/or the non-delivery of any of the assessment elements previously mentioned (tests and works), annuls the continuous assessment.
Provas e trabalhos especiais
not applicable
Trabalho de estágio/projeto
Not applicable
Avaliação especial (TE, DA, ...)
When the student does not fit into the normal assessment, he may be assessed by oral examination.
Until the end of the second week of classes, students with special statuses (student worker, association leader, religious freedom, parenting regime, high competition, etc.) may contact the subject leader to clarify any specific situations and their implications in the assessments.