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Teaching

One of the strengths of IKD is that our research areas are deeply embodied in the courses that we teach. Examples are listed below.

Post-Graduate Teaching

The Faculty of Technology has CTS 1+3 ESRC accreditation for PhD studentships, which will provide a basis for attracting quality students to IKD. Its MSc in Technology Strategy Research has a 30 credit point module Technology Policy and Innovation (T890). The involvement of IKD would also potentially enhance this postgraduate programme. Economics will soon be adding a module on innovation and competition policy.

OUBS international research flavour is demonstrated by its PhD students, which include scholars from Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India and the UK. MKIRU's academic and practitioner-oriented projects maintain close links with the development of OUBS teaching material: principally B630/B615, B823, B830 and B822, and the SME research supports B752, B822 and B722, plus U800.

DIG two way synergy between teaching and research on the following OU courses: T172 Working with our Environment (2000), T204 Design principles & practice (1995), T211 Design and designing (2004), T302 Innovation: Design, Environment & Strategy (1996), T307 Innovation; Designing for a sustainable future (2005), Postgraduate Global Programme in Development Management.

Undergraduate Courses

Two current economics courses, DD202 Economics and Economic Change and Understanding Economic Behaviour (D319), feature technological change, intra-organisational dynamics and industry evolution as the unifying themes (in D319 this raises cutting-edge methodological issues as well, e.g. evolutionary methods in economics and computer simulation).

The core 3rd level course for the BABS programme, B300 Business Behaviour in a Changing World, features organisational and technological change as the unifying theme.

Two way synergy between teaching and research on the following OU courses: Working with our Environment (T172); Design Principles and Practice (T204); Design and Designing (T211); Innovation: Design, Environment & Strategy (T302); Innovation: Designing for a Sustainable Future (T307)

MKIRU research led directly to the development of the groundbreaking MBA course Managing Knowledge (B823). Research output has been used in Managing Resources for the Market (B752) and Creativity, Innovation and Change (B822).

SME research output has been used in Managing Resources for the Market (B752)and Innovation and Creative Management (B823). Current entrepreneurship research is supporting the development of a suite of entrepreneurship short courses starting with Developing Entrepreneurial Business Ideas (B722).