Innovation Ledarship

The course is given at master's level and can be included in 1 year and 2 year master's degree.

Only those admitted to the commissioned course Innovation Leadership, 7.5 credits at the University of Gothenburg have access to the course. Admission to the course requires a basic academic degree of 180 credits or equivalent. Participants are admitted on the basis of a proposal from their employer, provided that they meet the prerequisites.

This course is for managers in municipal and regional organizations who in their service face challenges related to innovation of products, services, processes, or organizational change. The aim is to give participants an overview of current research on how psychological processes and factors affect innovation and creativity at different levels of the organization. This knowledge should lead to increased competence in their own leadership as well as increased understanding and inspiration for innovation work in their own organization. Within the framework of the course, we highlight different levels: the individual level, the team level and the organizational level.

At the end of the course the student should be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

• describe central scientifically based theories, methods and processes that can lead to increased creativity and innovation capacity in individuals, groups and organizations
• describe how innovation capacity and its contributing factors can be measured in an organization

Skills and abilities

• apply methods of creativity and innovation in the role of leader in relation to employees and work groups

Valuation skills and attitudes

• critically evaluate concepts and theories based on psychological research in order to analyze their own innovation challenge in the organization

Teaching consists of lectures and group discussions.

Language of instruction: Swedish

Course literature is in both Swedish and English.

The course is examined through written assignments to be completed between the course lectures. These assignments are graded with the grades Fail and Pass. To pass the course, a passing grade is required on all assignments.
In addition, attendance is required for at least 75 percent of all course elements.
All teaching and course literature can form the basis for examination.
If a student who has failed the same examination component twice wishes to change examiners for the next examination, such a request must be submitted in writing to the department responsible for the course and be granted unless there are special reasons for not doing so (HF Chapter 6, Section 22).

If a course has been discontinued or undergone major changes, the student must normally be guaranteed access to at least three examination opportunities (including regular examination opportunities) over a period of at least one year based on the previous course structure.

The course is a grading scale of Pass (G) and Fail (U). To pass the course, the student should:

• actively participate in seminars and exercises
• have at least 75 % attendance at all course elements
• get a passing grade on all written assignments

The course leader is responsible for ensuring that students are given the opportunity to complete an anonymous written course evaluation at the end of the course. At the end of the course, the course leader writes a course report, which includes a summary of the course evaluation. The course report is discussed in the relevant review group and communicated both to the students who carried out the course evaluation and to the students who will start the course. Course reports are made available to students.

Attendance is required for at least 75 percent of all course elements. If the course requires access to a computer, internet or any other digital resources, the student is responsible for ensuring that they have access to it.